Research on Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies

Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies

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Research on Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies
Gregory C. Sales, Ph.D.
Presented at the Pacific Educators Conference
Honolulu, HI

"Digging Reading" is a comprehensive program for teaching reading comprehension strategies to third-fifth grade students. It was developed in part with a $600,000 grant from the Institute of Educational Sciences and is research based.

The program includes both teacher materials and student materials and teaches nine crucial reading comprehension strategies using authentic texts. These strategies are taught in five three-week units throughout the school year. The instruction includes direct explanation by the teacher, collaborative small group work, individual work, and special emphasis on motivation and transfer.

The research consisted of a year-long field test of the product in 17 diverse classroom settings with a total of 438 students. An additional 17 classrooms and 427 students were included in the study as controls. Pre and post tests, tests at the end of each module, classroom observations, interviews and standardized test scores were used to determine the efficacy of the intervention.

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