A Study of the Ability in Reading Comprehension of Matthayomsuksa 1 Autistic Students in an Inclusive Through the Kwl – Plus Reading Strategy

Abstract

           This experimental research aimed 1) to study the reading comprehension ability of the Matthayomsuksa 1 autistic students an inclusive through the KWL – Plus reading strategy. 2) to compare the reading comprehension ability of the Matthayomsuksa 1 autistic students an inclusive before and after using the KWL – Plus reading strategy. The sample group were 3 autistic students in Matthayomsuksa 1 at The Demonstration school of Ramkhamhaeng University in the second semester of 2020 academic year. The sample were chosen by a purposive sampling. The instrument used in this research were the KWL-Plus reading strategy lesson plans and the achievement test of the ability in reading comprehension for the Matthayomsuksa 1 autistic students. The duration of the strategy application was 5 weeks divided into 10 sessions, 50 minutes per session, twice a week. The data were statistically analyzed by using frequency, mean, percentage, The Wilcoxon Matched – Pairs Signed – Ranks test, and Relative Growth score. The results of the research were: 1) The ability in reading comprehension of autistic students in Matthayomsuksa 1 through the KWL – Plus reading strategy was of a good level. 2) The ability in reading comprehension of Autistic students in Matthayomsuksa 1 through KWL – Plus reading strategy was at a higher level. The difference was not statistically significant at the 0.05 level.