Remedial Instruction in Reading
Remedial Instruction in Reading
Remedial Instruction in Reading
Definition
• It refers to correcting or improving deficient
skills in a specific subject. Thus, Remedial
Reading is a change in instruction that helps
remedy a weakness in the area of reading.
How RIR should be taught?
• Remedial Reading programs should be
research-based and implemented with fidelity
by teachers who have received sufficient
training. The instruction should be explicit and
should move sequentially from the simplest
concepts to the more complex. Instruction
should be consistent and intensive with
teacher modelling, guided practice, and
independent practice.
Types of Reader
• RUDIMENTARY - ABILITY TO CARRY OUT SIMPLE,
DISCRETE READING TASKS
• BASIC - ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND SPECIFIC OR
SEQUENTIALLY RELATED INFORMATION
• INTERMEDIATE - ABILITY TO SEARCH FOR SPECIFIC
INFORMATION, INTERRELATE IDEAS, AND MAKE
GENERALIZATIONS
• ADEPT - ABILITY TO FIND, UNDERSTAND, SUMMARIZE,
EXPLAIN RELATIVELY COMPLICATED INFORMATION
• ADVANCED - ABILITY TO SYNTHESIZE AND LEARN FROM
SPECIALIZED READING MATERIALS
Three steps or modes of analysis are reflected in three types of reading and
discussion: