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Comparing community-based reading interventions for middle school children with learning disabilities: possible order effects when emphasizing skills or reasoning

Comparing community-based reading interventions for middle school children with learning disabilities: possible order effects when emphasizing skills or reasoning

Authors :
Lisa M. D. Archibald
Christine Davison
Alyssa Kuiack
Stella Doytchinova
Colin King
Deborah Shore-Reid
Paul Cook
Meghan Vollebregt
Source :
Frontiers in Education, Vol 8 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Frontiers Media S.A., 2023.

Abstract

IntroductionThere is an abundance of community-based reading programs for school-age children who are struggling learners. The aim of this study was to compare two community-based programs (i.e., skill and reason-based programs) and to analyze any complementary benefits.MethodsIn this randomized cross-over study, 20 children completed two 8-week literacy intervention programs. The skills-based program, Leap to Literacy, focused on explicit teaching and repeated practice of the five key components of literacy instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension). The reason-based program, Wise Words, focused on morphological knowledge, hypothesis testing, and critical thinking.ResultsResults revealed study-wide improvements in phonemic awareness, nonword reading, passage reading accuracy, spelling words and features, and affix identification. There were consistent program by program order effects with robust effects of completing the skills-based program first for phonemic awareness, the reason-based program first for passage reading accuracy, and both programs for affix identification. A significant increase in an oral language measure, recalling sentences, was observed for the group who completed the reason-based program first, although they also started off with a lower initial score.DiscussionFindings indicated improvements from participating in either program. The observed order effects suggest potential additive effects of combining reason- and skills-based approaches to intervention.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2504284X
Volume :
8
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Frontiers in Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.62b4afdd4f414a258d2e63b72769ac76
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1104945