A Summary of the Reading Comprehension Research Undertaken With Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

The American Federation of Teachers (1999) has stated that “the most fundamental responsibility of schools is teaching students to read” (p. 7). The central purpose of reading is comprehension—constructing meaning from text. The purpose of the present study was to identify, review, and summarize the...

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Published in:American annals of the deaf (Washington, D.C. 1886) D.C. 1886), 2008-03, Vol.153 (1), p.6-36
Main Authors: Luckner, John L., Handley, C. Michele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Children
Cognition
Deaf education
Deafness
FEATURE ARTICLES
Female
Hard of Hearing
Hearing loss
Humans
Language comprehension
Literacy
Male
Partial Hearing
Periodicals
Persons With Hearing Impairments
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Reading Instruction
Reading Research
Students
Teaching Methods
Womens studies
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Summary:The American Federation of Teachers (1999) has stated that “the most fundamental responsibility of schools is teaching students to read” (p. 7). The central purpose of reading is comprehension—constructing meaning from text. The purpose of the present study was to identify, review, and summarize the research published in professional peer-reviewed journals related to reading comprehension and school-age students who are deaf or hard of hearing between 1963 and 2005. Fifty-two studies were identified and reviewed. The results were summarized in a table and reported descriptively. The most frequently researched reading comprehension teaching strategies were identified and discussed. The need for more research in this critical area was noted.
ISSN:0002-726X
1543-0375
1543-0375
DOI:10.1353/aad.0.0006