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An Experimental Study to Strengthen Students' Comprehension of Informational Texts: Is Teaching for Transfer Important?
- Source :
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Learning Disabilities Research & Practice . May 2022 37(2):124-139. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Reading nonfiction texts with understanding is important to school success, yet many students struggle to do so. This randomized controlled trial extends previous research by contrasting an earlier iteration of a comprehension tutoring program (Comp) against a variant with strategies for transferring learning (Comp+Transfer). Participants were 189 fourth and fifth graders with weak reading comprehension. To evaluate their efficacy, we used commercially developed far-transfer measures and experimenter-made near- and mid-transfer measures of reading comprehension. In contrast to controls, students in both programs significantly improved their understanding of near-transfer passages. Additionally, students in Comp+Transfer improved performance on mid-transfer passages. These findings suggest the value of teaching for transfer and the importance of measuring program efficacy with researcher-made tests alongside commercial tests.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0938-8982
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Learning Disabilities Research & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1335914
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ldrp.12276