The effectiveness of the early instruction; prevention of reading comprehension difficulties in learning disabilities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730772
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Special needs education
Research Institution	Saitama Junshin College
Principal Investigator	URA Yukiko 埼玉純真短期大学, その他部局等, 講師 (60528363)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	聞き取り指導 / 語彙指導 / 幼児 / 読解 / 聞き取り / 語彙 / 指導
Research Abstract	This study examined the effectiveness of the two instructions for preschool children, one was listening comprehension instruction with vocabulary training and the other was only vocabulary instruction. As a result, the children that were impaired in language skills improved than before with listening comprehension instruction in study 1. However, the obvious difference of effectiveness was not found compared with vocabulary instruction in study 2.