Trends in Studies to Improve Reading Skills for Students with Reading Difficulties

Reading difficulty can be defined as the inability of the individual to read in proportion to his/her intelligence level and physical characteristics. There are many studies aimed at addressing the reading difficulties of students with inability to read. This research, which was carried out in accordance with the qualitative research approach, seeks to determine the trends in studies which aimed at improving the reading skills of students with reading difficulties in Turkey. The data of the research were collected through qualitative document review and analyzed by the descriptive analysis. Within the scope of the research, Dergipark Academic, EBSCOhost, Google Academic and National Thesis Center databases were scanned and 53 studies were reached that met the predefined criteria. The studies identified were processed into the data processing template developed based on sub-problems. As a result of the research, it was seen that; the studies increased in 2019 and 2020, the majority of studies consist of articles, action research is preferred more as a research model, studies are concentrated at the 3rd and 4th grades of primary school, the vast majority of applications are performed with a single participant, implementation time in studies is often in the range of 26-50 course hours, repetitive reading and echo reading methods are much more preferred to improve reading skills, “The Informal Reading Inventory” was frequently used in the evaluation of reading skills.