1. Welcome to a Webinar on: Improving Expository Text Comprehension in Students with Learning Disabilities Asha Jitendra, PhD hosted by The Center on Instruction June 30, 2008 Funded by U.S. Department of Education

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5. Improving Comprehension of Expository Text in Students With LD: A Research Synthesis Asha Jitendra Rodney Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning University of Minnesota

25. Table 1. Effect sizes for content enhancement interventions

29. Table 2. Effect sizes for single cognitive strategy instruction interventions

31. Table 2. Effect sizes for multiple cognitive strategy instruction interventions

38. Table 3. Average effect sizes by student, instructional, and research design characteristics.

44. Thank You! Asha K. Jitendra (jiten001@umn.edu)

45. Questions?