An Impact Analysis of Computer Assisted Instruction on the Reading Skills of Students with Disabilities

An Impact Analysis of Computer Assisted Instruction on the Reading Skills of Students with Disabilities
Author: David A. Reiser
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Total Pages: 400
Release: 2018
Genre: Learning disabled children
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This quantitative, quasi-experimental research study was designed to determine the impact of a computer assisted reading instruction program on the fluency rates and comprehension skills of third and fourth grade students with reading disabilities at an Ohio suburban-metropolitan elementary school. Pretests established the participants' baseline reading skills. The participants' reading progress was monitored, during twenty-week baseline and intervention periods, with weekly measures of fluency and comprehension. Posttests measured the intervention program's impact on the participants' fluency rates and comprehension skills. Results were evaluated through visual analyses of experimental data graphs and by conducting time series matched pair t confidence interval tests to determine the reading intervention program's impact on the participants' reading skills, as measured by AIMSweb reading fluency probes, STAR reading comprehension tests, and Woodcock Johnson IV tests of reading achievement. The study provided two potential benefits for participants, improved reading fluency rates and comprehension skills, and increased value-added measures of student performance on Ohio's Common Core State Standards tests; and a third unintended benefit, improved school district's and teachers' value-added evaluation scores on the Ohio State Report Card.

The Effect of Computer-assisted Reading Instruction on the Basic Reading Skills of Students with Developmental Disabilities

The Effect of Computer-assisted Reading Instruction on the Basic Reading Skills of Students with Developmental Disabilities
Author: Sara Moore Snyder
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Total Pages: 174
Release: 2017
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This study evaluated the effects of a computer-assisted reading program, Mindplay Virtual Reading Coach (MVRC) on the basic reading skills of three elementary students served in a classroom for students with developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. A multiple baseline across participants design with regulated randomization was used to evaluate the effects of MVRC on basic reading skills as assessed by three curriculum based measurement (CBM) reading assessments. While some participants showed improvements on specific CBM measures, the results were not consistent across participants nor statistically significant using non-parametric statistical analysis. The study lasted six months; however, even with daily intensive instruction, this may not have been long enough to show any significant change in reading skills. Directions for future research and implications for educational practice are discussed.