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- Title
Teaching Emergent Literacy Skills Using Cultural Contextual Story-Based Lessons.
- Authors
Spooner, Fred; Rivera, Christopher J.; Browder, Diane M.; Baker, Joshua N.; Salas, Spencer
- Abstract
Recent statistics suggest that the number of English-language learners has been growing at a rapid rate in the United States. The growth of this population will inevitably lead to a larger number of culturally and linguistically diverse students with significant cognitive disabilities. Currently, there is little research on effective literacy practices, specifically for English-language learners with a moderate or severe intellectual disability. The participants in this study were one Latina paraprofessional and an English-language learner with a moderate intellectual disability. A multiple probe design across skill sets was used to evaluate number of items correct throughout three skill sets derived from a cultural contextual story-based lesson protocol. Results suggest that the cultural contextual story-based lessons did increase emergent literacy skills for this student. Future research and implications are discussed.
- Subjects
COGNITION disorders; CULTURE; LITERACY; RESEARCH funding; STORYTELLING; INTER-observer reliability
- Publication
Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2009, Vol 34, Issue 3/4, p102
- ISSN
1540-7969
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2511/rpsd.34.3-4.102