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Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 10(1), pp. 48 - 56
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2022.100105
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Effect of Two Therapies and Gender on Reading Skills of Pupils with Learning Disabilities
Udeme Samuel Jacob 1,2,*, Kelechi Uchemadu Lazarus 2, Jace Pillay 3, Hammed Gbenga Adewale 2
1 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
2 Department of Special Education, University of Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria
3 South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
ABSTRACT
Reading is a fundamental skill required for effective participation in academic tasks. This research investigated the significant main effects of phonics and neurological impress instructional methods on the reading skills of pupils with learning disabilities. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design with a 3 x 2 factorial matrix was used. Purposive sampling was used to select forty-five students with learning disabilities (N = 45, M = 22, F = 23, Mean age = 9.3) from three government-owned primary schools. Six instruments were used: Pupil Rating Scale (Revised) (r = 0.75); Picture Vocabulary Test (r = 0.75); PALS-PreK (r = 0.82); Informal Reading Inventory (r = 0.70); and Umolu's One Hundred High Frequency Words (r = 0.85). The data collected were analysed using the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and an estimated marginal mean score of 0.05 level is of significance. The findings revealed that treatment had a significant main effect on the reading skills of students with learning disabilities (F(2, 42) = 43.178, p < .05, 畏2 =.762), but gender had no significant main effect. It is recommended that phonics and neurological impress instructional methods be adopted when teaching reading skills to pupils with learning disabilities.
KEYWORDS
Phonics, Neurological Impress Method, Reading Skills, Pupils with Learning Disabilities
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Udeme Samuel Jacob , Kelechi Uchemadu Lazarus , Jace Pillay , Hammed Gbenga Adewale , "Effect of Two Therapies and Gender on Reading Skills of Pupils with Learning Disabilities," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 48 - 56, 2022. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2022.100105.
(b). APA Format:
Udeme Samuel Jacob , Kelechi Uchemadu Lazarus , Jace Pillay , Hammed Gbenga Adewale (2022). Effect of Two Therapies and Gender on Reading Skills of Pupils with Learning Disabilities. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 10(1), 48 - 56. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2022.100105.