The effectiveness of an intervention program -barton intervention programon reading fluency of Iranian students with dyslexia
نویسندگان
1 Department of Psychology, Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences
2 Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences
3 Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences
4 Psychosocial Injuries Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences
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6 Department of Surgery, Emam Khomini Hospital, Ilam University of Medical Sciences
7 Department of Psychology , Mostafa Khomini Hospital, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IR, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Difficulty with reading fluency has been increasingly acknowledged as a significantaspect of reading disabilities which is called dyslexia. To investigate this important issue, thisresearch aims to examine the impact of an intervention program on reading fluency of dyslexicstudents.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research is an experimental one. The population of the studyincluded all the second‑ and third‑grade male and female students in the city of Ilam, Iran, among whom68 students were recognized to be dyslexic using a screening inventory reading test (IRT) developedby Shafiei et al., in 2009, they were selected using purposeful sampling method. The students wereequally divided and assigned into a control and an experimental group. The experimental groupreceived the Barton intervention program for 10 weeks. The reading fluency test was administeredfor the measurement of reading fluency in pre‑ and post‑tests. Data were analyzed using descriptivestatistics (mean and standard deviation) and paired t‑test.RESULTS: The analysis of the finding through t‑test found a statistically significant difference betweenthe control and experimental groups after the intervention program at P < 0.01.CONCLUSIONS: The results revealed that the students who received the intervention program ofthe experimental group were improved in terms of their reading fluency.
