A Review of Summarizing and Main Idea Interventions for Struggling Readers in Grades 3 Through 12: 1978–2016

• Published in: Remedial and special education Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 131 - 149
• Main Authors: Stevens, Elizabeth A., Park, Sunyoung, Vaughn, Sharon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2019; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities
• Subjects: Educational Practices; Elementary School Students; Expository Writing; Group size; Instructional Effectiveness; Intervention; Learning Strategies; Literacy; Meta Analysis; Middle schools; Outcomes of Education; Quasi-experimental methods; Reading Comprehension; Reading Difficulties; Reading Instruction; Reading Skills; Secondary School Students; Systematic review; Text Structure; high school; main idea; middle school; reading comprehension; learning disability; struggling reader; summarizing; intervention

This systematic review examines the effects of summarizing and main idea interventions on the reading comprehension outcomes of struggling readers in Grades 3 through 12. A comprehensive search identified 30 studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 1978 and 2016. Studies included struggli...