Using Construction-Integration Theory to Interpret Reading Comprehension Instruction for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Zhang, S (通讯作者),Univ St Joseph Connecticut, Dept Educ, Sch Arts Sci Business & Educ, 1678 Asylum Ave, Hartford, CT 06117 USA.
2023-1
More than 800,000 students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are served in U.S. public schools, a number that has increased annually for almost 20 years since Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) included ASD as an eligibility category. These students often experience widespread and persistent reading comprehension challenges. A systematic review and meta-analysis, anchored in a construction-integration model of reading comprehension, was undertaken to examine single-subject research design (SSRD) and group design studies aimed at remediating reading comprehension challenges in students with ASD. Reading comprehension instruction was operationalized by surface, textbase, and situation model levels. Random effect modeling with robust standard error estimations suggested small yet statistically significant intervention effects. Situation model-level interventions demonstrated the highest intervention effects in group design studies. Across designs, retelling and curriculum-based question-answering measures demonstrated larger effect sizes than cloze and norm-referenced measures. Methodological quality analysis suggested that few individual SSRD and group studies had high design quality with large intervention effects. We concluded that reading comprehension instruction focused on the situation model level should be prioritized for students with ASD, and future studies should reduce bias in designing intervention studies.
READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
卷号:58|期号:1|页码:126-159
ISSN:0034-0553|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
University of North Carolina; Appalachian State University
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
5
2013以来使用计数
5
EISSN
1936-2722
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.1002/rrq.483
学科领域
循证教育学
关键词
autism spectrum disorder construction-integration methodological quality reading comprehension risk of bias
WOS学科分类
Education & Educational Research Psychology, Educational