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标题：Examining Teachers Practice: Enhancing Reading Comprehension for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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作者：Gina Braun ; Marie Tejero Hughes
期刊名称：Journal of Teacher Education and Educators
印刷版ISSN：2147-0456
电子版ISSN：2147-5407
出版年度：2020
卷号：9
期号：3
页码：287-307
语种：English
出版社：Uludag University
摘要：Providing instruction to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be challenging for teachers since students can have a range of unique learning needs, particularly in reading comprehension. Given that reading comprehension is a complex process requiring the use of various knowledge and skills simultaneously, many students with ASD often struggle and score signifcantly lower on comprehension assessments compared to their typically developing peers, as well as other peers with disabilities. Unfortunately, there is little research on the instructional practice teachers utilize in the classroom to build the comprehension of students with ASD. Thus, this multi-case study’s primary purpose was to identify the instructional practices and activities that four special education teachers used to enhance the reading comprehension of their students with ASD. To do so, the researchers conducted multiple classroom observations and fve interviews per teacher, including an introductory, post-lessons, and fnal. The fndings demonstrate that special education teachers have both the knowledge and skills to support their students with ASD in comprehension development by implementing components of evidence-based instructional practices and supports. However, there is a continued need for these teachers to fnd ways to both assess and deepen their students’ higher-order thinking skills related to texts. Implications and limitations are discussed.
关键词：Teacher practice;reading comprehension;evidence-based practices;autism spectrum disorder;multi-case study