Development of DAISY Audio Books on Reading Comprehension for Visually Impaired Students
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https://doi.org/10.14456/rcmrj.2021.236288Keywords:
DAISY Book, Reading Comprehension skills, Visually impaired studentsAbstract
The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop DAISY audio books on Reading Comprehension for visually impaired students to attain the criterion of 70/70 standard, 2) to study Effectiveness Index of DAISY audio books, 3) to compare learning achievement on reading comprehension by using pretest and posttest after using DAISY audio books.
The research population were 6 Mattayomsuksa 3 visually impaired students of the Northern School for the Blind under patronage of the Queen studying in 2018 academic year. The research tools utilized in this study were DAISY audio books on Reading Comprehension, instructional Manual, pretest and posttest. Data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Effectiveness Index.
The research result showed that: 1) the efficiency of DAISY audio books on Reading Comprehension for visually impaired students attained the criterion of 70/70 standard at 80.00/75.80; 2) the Effectiveness Index of DAISY audio books on Reading Comprehension was at 0.70 ; and the learning achievement on reading comprehension after using DAISY audio books was higher.
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