Teaching the reading of connected text through sight-word instruction to students with moderate intellectual disabilities

Sight-word instruction is the most common method of reading instruction for students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities reported in the research literature. The purpose of this study was to go beyond instruction of single word units to instruction of multiple-word phrases. This study demonstrat...

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Published in:Research in developmental disabilities 2010-11, Vol.31 (6), p.1467-1474
Main Authors: Alberto, Paul A., Waugh, Rebecca E., Fredrick, Laura D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Connected text
Disabilities
Dyslexia - rehabilitation
Education of Intellectually Disabled - methods
Education, Special - methods
Female
Form Classes (Languages)
Generalizations
Humans
Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation
Learning disabilities
Literature
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Retardation
Moderate intellectual
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reader Text Relationship
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Reading Instruction
Reading Materials
Severity of Illness Index
Sight Vocabulary
Sight-word instruction
Simultaneous prompting
Special education. Orthophony
Speech
Teaching
Treatments
Visual Perception
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Summary:Sight-word instruction is the most common method of reading instruction for students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities reported in the research literature. The purpose of this study was to go beyond instruction of single word units to instruction of multiple-word phrases. This study demonstrated the instruction of reading and comprehending individual words and connected text through the use of simultaneous prompting. Instruction progressed through a series of phases which systematically introduced various parts of speech and combinations of parts of speech. Following acquisition, students demonstrated generalization across connected text found in community environments and leisure-reading materials.
ISSN:0891-4222
1873-3379
DOI:10.1016/j.ridd.2010.06.011