The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the self-monitoring
strategy on task behavior and reading achievement of children with ADHD
tendency. For this study, we selected three third grade students with ADHD
tendency who attend at a general elementary school in Incheon city. The
subjects had difficulties in school life. In order to conduct this study, the
multiple probe design across subjects was used. The intervention was carried
out for 10 minutes\' observation and 10 minutes\' self-monitoring training after
school at the subjects\' classroom. After termination of the intervention, a
maintenance test was administrated under the same condition as baseline in
order to determine whether the increased on-task behavior and reading
achievement were maintained in three weeks.
The results from this study are as follows;
First, the subjects showed increased on-task behavior through the intervention
using the self-monitoring strategy.
Second, the three subjects showed increased reading achievement through the
intervention using th self-monitoring strategy.
Third, the three subjects\' increased on-task behavior through the
self-monitoring strategy was maintained entirely at some high level. However,
the increased reading achievement was maintained similarly to that at the time
of intervention in two of the three subjects, but reading performance of the
other student was higher than the baseline level, but lower than the
intervention level. Some discussions and suggestions for the future research are
presented.