Effects of Direct Instruction Rewards Program Strategies to Teach Separation Of Complex Words To Two High School Students with Disabilities

Lauren Mullaney*, Megan Baker**, Katie Rutherford***, Jennifer Neyman****, T. F. McLaughlin*****, Susan Stookey******
* University of Oregon, Eugene
***Aurora Public Schools, Aurora,Colorado..
**_****_*****_****** Gonzaga University.
Periodicity:February - April'2014
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.7.4.2652

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of the Direct Instruction REWARDS® program on reading complex words of two fifteen-year-old boys in a reading resource room. Both participants had difficulty in reading and were diagnosed as learning disabled. During baseline, both participants had difficulty in syllabication. The results showed that through the REWARDS® program and by promoting generalization in phonemic reading, the program was successful and efficient. The students had stated that they felt more comfortable towards the end of the intervention with the ® REWARDS® program and produced large improvements in reading. The benefits of employing REWARDS were also discussed in this paper.

Keywords

Reading, Rewards®, Syllables, High School, Learning Disabilities, Autism, Phonics, Reading Program

How to Cite this Article?

Mullaney, L., Baker, M., Rutherford, K., Neyman, J. , McLaughlin ,T. F., and Stookey , S. (2014). Effects of Direct Instruction Rewards® Program Strategies to Teach Separation of Complex Words to Two High School Students with Disabilities. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 7(4), 12-18. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.7.4.2652

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