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

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 quasi-experimental design 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.