Effect of Visual Imaging Technique on Literacy Skills Acquisition of Junior Secondary One Students with Reading Disabilities in Pankshin, Plateau State

Abstract

This study examines the effect of visual imaging
technique on the acquisition of junior secondary one
students with reading disabilities in Pankshin,
plateau state. Of all the empirical studies reviewed,
there was no study known to the researchers that
used visual imaging technique with JS1 students with
reading disabilities in Pankshin local government
area of plateau state. The study adopted the quasiexperimental design, specifically the non-equivalent
group pre-test – post-test design was used. All JS1
students with reading disabilities in government
secondary schools in Pankshin was form the
population of the study. The sample size was 58 JS1
students with reading disabilities, 26 students from
GSS Daika form the experimental group and 32
students from GSS Pankshin form the control group.
Some research questions were formulated to guide
the study. Four instruments were used for data
collection. These were a 100 high frequency words
adapted from Umolu , a comprehension test (CT),
matching of words with pictures and a cloze test. In
order to ascertain the consistency and reliability of
the instrument, test-retest reliability method was used
to obtain the reliability index for each instrument.
The Study made major findings and
recommendations were proffered based on the
findings