2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The effects of cognitive strategy training on reading ability of learning disabled children.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	14580295
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	教科教育
Research Institution	Naruto University of Tokushima
Principal Investigator	SHIMADA Yasuhito Naruto University of Education, College of Education, Assistant Professor, 学校教育学部, 助教授 (90178955)
Project Period (FY)	2002 – 2003
Keywords	Learning Disability / Reading / Cognitive Strategy Training / Relational Processing / Item-Specific Processing
Research Abstract	Present study examined the effects of cognitive strategy training on reading ability of learning disabled children. Three studies were carried out. Study1: Traits of relational processing functions of children with learning disabilities or other similar problems. Study2 (Case A) : Remedial teaching of relational and item-specific processing for a borderline child. Study3 (Case B) : Remedial teaching of relational and item-specific processing for a child with verbal learning disability. Especially on study2 and study 3, theoretical framework of Hunt and McDaniel (1993) was applied for cognitive remediation. Through these studies it was concluded that remediation of relational and item-specific processing was effective for improvement of reading ability.

(2 results)