I chose an article that reviewed 9 different studies
conducted by various companies between 2004 and 2009 to determine the best
strategies for increasing reading comprehension in students labeled as EBD/ED.
Residential students were excluded from the study as were children in a
detention facility. Students in either a special education classroom or a self-contained
setting were included. The article was noting the results of those 9 companies’
findings. The studies did not always relate the same exact information, but
included such things as repeated reading strategies, use of comprehension maps,
using text maps, listening while reading strategies and making predictions to
increase reading comprehension in EBD/ED students. I find the visual strategies
to help students connect to the story helpful in my classroom and we often
times read the same passage out loud together and then split into groups to
read to a partner to reread the same passage to help solidify the content. I
think this article was helpful in presenting studies that related to students
that I currently have in my classroom and directly supports the textbook by
providing strategies to assist students with reading comprehension that often
times fall behind.
Citation:
Garwood, J. D., Brunsting, N. C., & Fox, L. C.
(2014). Improving Reading Comprehension and Fluency Outcomes for Adolescents
with Emotional-Behavioral Disorders: Recent Research Synthesized. Remedial
And Special Education, 35(3), 181-194.
