The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of reading guidance through smart learning on reading fluency of students with intellectual disability and to find the desirable linguistic program for application to the special education field. For the goal of this study, two students with intellectual disability were participated who were attending on 4th-grade and 6th-grade of elementary school in Seoul. To compare the effectiveness of the intervention strategy, the alternating-treatment design among the single subject research was selected and baseline phase 3 times, alternating-treatment phase 12 times, final best-treatment phase 6 times, maintenance 3 times were applied. The participants of this study were tested by BASA reading test that measured reading fluency by the number of syllables that the subject correctly read in one minute.
The results of this study were as follows: First, reading guidance through smart learning were effective for improving the reading speed. Second, reading guidance through smart learning were effective for improving the reading accuracy. The results of this study showed that the two subjects with intellectual disability had improved remarkably in reading fluency. Subjects actively took part in their class with confidence.