Search results for "READING"

Digital game-based training of early reading skills : overview of the GraphoGame method in a highly transparent orthography / Entrenamiento de habili…

2014

Learning to read in a language with a transparent orthography is generally quick and easy. To be able to read any words, learners need to know how to connect the smallest spoken language units, phonemes, into the written counterparts, graphemes. However, even learning the basic alphabetic principle has proven difficult for some learners. Here we focus on children who struggle to learn to read in Finnish that has a highly transparent orthography. In an attempt to provide efficient early preventative support for such learners, a technologyenhanced learning environment, GraphoGame, was developed. The GraphoGame method focuses on the specific problematic areas of each individual learner using a…

The GraphoGame Method: The Theoretical and Methodological Background of the Technology-Enhanced Learning Environment for Learning to Read

2014

This paper provides an overview of the GraphoGame method. Both theoretical and methodological aspects related to the method are presented. The method’s guiding principles are based on the prevailing theories and experimental research findings on learning and teaching basic reading skills in alphabetic languages, especially from the point of view of a struggling reader. Because the nature of the target language and its relation to its writing system play central roles in the GraphoGame method, this approach requires the method to be flexible in order to be valid for learners of different languages and orthographies. Thus, the aim of the developed technology is to provide an appropriate readi…

Lukivaikeuksien tunnistaminen ja kuntouttaminen alkuopetusvaiheessa

2014

Embedding Preschool Assessment Methods into Digital Learning Games to Predict Early Reading Skills

2017

The aim of this pilot study was to explore the predictive accuracy of computer-based assessment tasks (embedded within the GraphoLearn digital learning game platform) in identifying slow and normal readers. The results were compared to those obtained from the traditional paper-and-pencil tasks currently used to assess school readiness in Finland. The data were derived from a cohort of preschool-age children (mean age 6.7 years, N = 57) from a town in central Finland. A year later, at the end of first grade, participants were categorized as either slow (n = 11) or normal readers (n = 46) based on their reading scores. Logistic regression analyses indicated that computer tasks were as efficie…

Is School a Better Environment Than Home for Digital Game-Based Learning? The Case of GraphoGame

2015

This study investigated how the use of an online reading game differs in home and school environments. First and second graders (N = 194) participated in an 8-week training during which they used the reading program GraphoGame either at home or at school under the supervision of parents or teachers. Child participants were recommended by parents and teachers recruited from the list of GraphoGame users, and adults decided whether the training took place at home or at school. We measured the frequency and duration of playing, children’s engagement, development of reading skill and reading interest, and adult supportive involvement. The results revealed that children who played GraphoGame at s…

Situazioni didattiche per pensare e ripensare criticamente la conoscenza

2022

Un obiettivo fondamentale da considerare a scuola come all’università è l’esercizio della capacità critica. Le abilità di pensiero critico sono sempre più necessarie per insegnare ai giovani a comprendere, a pensare meglio usando strategie di controllo ed autoanalisi della conoscenza. Il pensiero critico è importante nei contesti sociali e interpersonali in cui devono essere assunte scelte adeguate, autonome e indipendenti. Leggere e scrivere sono strumenti che aiutano gli studenti a ripensare e chiarire, discernere e valutare, interpretare significati in rapido cambiamento. Dopo una breve rassegna di studi, sono approfonditi gli obiettivi e le azioni per potenziare il pensiero critico negl…

The Omission of Accent Marks Does Not Hinder Word Recognition: Evidence From Spanish

2021

Recent research has found that the omission of accent marks in Spanish does not produce slower word identification times in go/no-go lexical decision and semantic categorization tasks [e.g., cárcel (prison) = carcel], thus suggesting that vowels like á and a are represented by the same orthographic units during word recognition and reading. However, there is a discrepant finding with the yes/no lexical decision task, where the words with the omitted accent mark produced longer response times than the words with the accent mark. In Experiment 1, we examined this discrepant finding by running a yes/no lexical decision experiment comparing the effects for words and non-words. Results showed sl…

Análisis pedagógico del contenido del aprendizaje lector (inicial) a través de los terminos de los libros de texto

1986

Realizar un análisis de los términos utilizados en los libros de lectura en unas coordenadas espacio-temporales específicas, para observar su evolución y la incidencia de criterios pedagógicos, ideológicos, etc., en su elaboración. Compuesta de 67 libros, cartillas y métodos de lectura inicial, pertenecientes al período 1936-1984. La investigación, basada en el análisis de los términos utilizados y en su categorización, trata de contextualizar los diversos documentos de lectura, utilizando para ello, las siguientes variables-criterio: período de la Guerra Civil, 1936-1939, período de la Dictadura franquista autárquica 1939-1956, período de la Dictadura franquista tecnocrática 1957-1975 y pe…

Lastenneuvolan laajennetun 5-vuotistarkastuksen yhteydet luku- ja kirjoitustaitoon peruskoulun viidennellä luokalla

1997

Valutare la capacità di riassumere all’Università

2019

La rielaborazione sintetica dei testi è riconosciuta come uno dei processi principali ai fini della comprensione della lettura, tuttavia nella letteratura scientifica italiana non sono diffusi strumenti atti a valutare l’esercizio di questa competenza, né a supportare il suo sviluppo e il suo miglioramento negli studenti universitari. Per poter ipotizzare un modello didattico in cui sia possibile, per ogni studente universitario, controllare la propria capacità di riassumere e più in generale lo sviluppo di abilità di comprensione e di sintesi è necessario utilizzare strumenti di autovalutazione che permettano l’individuazione precoce delle difficoltà linguistico-comunicative. L’articolo ri…