독해전략 훈련이 정신지체 학생의 표현력 향상에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this this is to find out what effect a reading comprehension strategy training has on expression abilities for the students with mental retardation who are having difficulties in expression. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, three students in a special education class were chosen as subjects. They were all diagnosed second in mental retarded grades by the special education institution with their IQ ranging from 45 to 51 and their SQ(Social Maturity Quotient) ranging from 49 to 59. Experimental design used in this study was multiple probe design across subjects. Experimental treatments were performed 25sessions in total for 12 weeks and the measurement was done every fifth sessions during this period and five measurement were done in total. In addition, for improvement judgement in expression abilities, three types of assessment test items are prepared according to item difficulty: low, middle, and high. The summary of the result of this study is as follows. A reading comprehension strategy training was positively effective in the improvement of expression abilities. Compared with the rate of correct answers in the baseline period, subjects improved by average 22.3% during intervention period and by average 29.4% during the maintenance period. Judging from this results, we can aware that a reading comprehension strategy training has a positive effect on expression improvement. Therefore various reading strategic training programs have to be developed in order to apply to the students with various disabilities including Learning disabilities and mental retardation and the follow-up studies should be kept on.