Training Learning Disabled Adolescents in a Strategy for Using Text Structure to Aid Recall of Instructional Prose

Abstract

Instructional programming for LD adolescents has recently focused on strategy training to facilitate the acquisition and retention of curricular material. The purpose of this study was to examine the potential of a specific strategy, text structure recognition and use, for increasing LD high school students' recall of expository prose. Fifty-four participants were assigned to one of two groups. The experimental group received training in recognizing and using text structure, and the comparison group received training in problem-solving strategies as they apply to reading. Immediate posttest and delayed posttest data entered in four separate 2 (reading level: low, high) x2 (treatment: experimental, comparison) analyses of covariance indicated that LD learners can be trained to use text structure strategies and that such training has a positive impact on immedia te and delayed recall performance. Implications for instructional programs are discussed.

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