Literacy by Design Journal Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Literacy instruction for students with significant intellectual disabilities traditionally emphasizes isolated skills instruction focusing on sight words and basic vocabulary. Recent research suggests these students benefit from high-quality instruction that includes comprehension and storybook reading. This study examined the effect of a technology-based universal design for learning (UDL) approach to literacy instruction, Literacy by Design (LBD), on the reading achievement of 16 students with significant intellectual disabilities in Grades K–2. The LBD approach emphasizes reading for meaning, combining UDL-scaffolded e-books and letter and word recognition software. Nine teachers received training in research-based literacy practices. Of these, five received LBD training and implemented it four to five times weekly. Controlling for initial reading achievement, the LBD group made significantly greater gains on the Woodcock–Johnson Test of Achievement III Passage Comprehension subtest. Implications for research and practice in beginning reading instruction for children with significant intellectual disabilities are discussed.

publication date

  • May 1, 2012

has restriction

  • green

Date in CU Experts

  • January 23, 2015 8:12 AM

Full Author List

  • Coyne P; Pisha B; Dalton B; Zeph LA; Smith NC

author count

  • 5

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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0741-9325

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1538-4756

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 162

end page

  • 172

volume

  • 33

issue

  • 3