Effective Interventions for Reading Difficulties
11.2 Popular Interventions with Minimal to Modest Results
Learning Intentions
After viewing this module session participants will be able to:- Identify types of interventions that have limited results
- Explain why these approaches do not substantially “close the gap” between struggling readers and their typically-developing peers
Watch the session below.
*Please see the Transcripts resource folder located in Module 0 for a text copy of the transcript from this video.
Summary
- There
are several common assumptions about reading intervention that affect our
instructional efforts with weak readers
- These
assumptions are not consistent with what researchers have discovered about
reading development and reading difficulties
- Most
commercially available approaches are based upon these unsupported assumptions
- As a result, the most commonly used interventions are of limited helpfulness for weak readers
Reflect & Connect
What assumptions have your brought to the task of reading instruction or intervention? How have they affected your choice of approach?