Online ISSN: 2325-7466
2006
Triannual
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
United States

Articles

Using E-Readers to Improve Reading for Students with Mild Disabilities

Amy Camardese, Ph.D., M. Eileen Morelli, Ed.D., Yehuda Peled, Ph.D., Maile Kirkpatrick Second Grade Teacher
  • Amy Camardese, Ph.D. (Author) Westminster College image/svg+xml
    Amy Camardese, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Education, Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Coordinator of Special Education. Work address: 219 S. Market St., Old Main 301B, New Wilmington, Pa.16172.
  • M. Eileen Morelli, Ed.D. (Author) Westminster College
    M. Eileen Morelli, Ed.D. Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Reading Specialist program at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa. 16172. Research interests include language arts and the acquisition of reading.
  • Yehuda Peled, Ph.D. (Author) Western Galilee College image/svg+xml
    Yehuda Peled, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Information Studies, Western Galilee College, POB 2125, Akko, Israel, 24121 Phone: (972) 4-9015200. Dr. Peled was a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Westminster College during the 2010-11 academic year.
  • Maile Kirkpatrick Second Grade Teacher (Author) Greenville School District
    Maile Kirkpatric k Second grade teacher and former undergraduate student and graduate assistant at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.238
Abstract
Improving reading comprehension and fluency in students with mild disabilities has long been a challenge for educators. Technology has provided a host of new possibilities for working with students with mild disabilities. This study incorporated a mixed method to investigate the potential of using E-Readers as an instructional tool. Three features of E-Readers were thought to be of particular benefit to students with mild disabilities: (a) the ability to change the font, (b) the text to speech feature, and (c) the dictionary feature where students highlight a word and the definition pops up.
Keywords
Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Program Effectiveness
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Camardese, A., Morelli, M. E., Peled, Y., & Kirkpatrick, M. (2014). Using E-Readers to Improve Reading for Students with Mild Disabilities. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 9(2), 7-24. https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.238

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