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ERIC Number: EJ1104766
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jul
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
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English Learner and Non-English Learner Students with Disabilities: Content Acquisition and Comprehension
Jeanne Wanzek; Elizabeth Swanson; Sharon Vaughn; Greg Roberts; Anna-Mária Fall
Exceptional Children, v82 n4 p428-442 Jul 2016
This study investigated the effects of Promoting Adolescent Comprehension Through Text (PACT), a content knowledge and comprehension treatment for English learner and non--English learner students with disabilities who were provided instruction in general education social studies classrooms. Eighth-grade students with disabilities in the treatment condition (n = 59) scored significantly higher than students with disabilities in the comparison condition (n = 89) on a measure of content knowledge (effect size = 0.51). Students with disabilities in both study groups scored similarly on measures of content reading comprehension and general reading comprehension. In addition, the effect of treatment did not differ between English learner and non--English learner students with disabilities. Overall, the findings support the use of the instructional practices for improving content acquisition in general education social studies classes for English learner and non--English learner students with disabilities.
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Related Records: ED652221
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Does Not Meet Evidence Standards