Search results for "oppimispeli"

An Evaluation of the Efficacy of GraphoGame Rime for Promoting English Phonics Knowledge in Poor Readers

2020

© Copyright © 2020 Ahmed, Wilson, Mead, Noble, Richardson, Wolpert and Goswami. Here, we report further analysis of data drawn from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) run in the United Kingdom designed to evaluate the efficacy of an adaptive software game to aid the learning of English phonics, GraphoGame Rime. We evaluate the efficacy of GraphoGame Rime for the “top half” of players in the RCT, children aged 6 to 7 years who played above the group mean play progress point (95 children). We also analyze three sub-groupings of this cohort. The GraphoGame family of games in different languages was originally designed to support children at family risk of dyslexia, hence we analyzed data for …

Supporting Acquisition of Spelling Skills in Different Orthographies Using an Empirically Validated Digital Learning Environment

2021

This paper discusses how the association learning principle works for supporting acquisition of basic spelling and reading skills using digital game-based learning environment with the Finland-based GraphoLearn (GL) technology. This program has been designed and validated to work with early readers of different alphabetic writing systems using repetition and reinforcing connections between spoken and written units. Initially GL was developed and found effective in training children at risk of reading disorders in Finland. Today GL training has been shown to support learning decoding skills among children independent of whether they face difficulties resulting from educational, social, or bi…

Is There Hope for First Graders at the Lowest Percentiles? : The Roles of Self-Efficacy, Task Avoidance, and Support in the Development of Reading Fl…

2022

Self-efficacious children are expected to be more task-focused in challenging achievement situations and consequently have better chances of overcoming learning difficulties than children who have lower self-efficacy. The present study investigates this presumption with Finnish-speaking first graders struggling with reading acquisition ( N = 285). The development of the children’s reading fluency, self-efficacy, and task avoidance was followed from the middle of Grade 1 to the end of Grade 2, and a 6-week mobile game-based intervention was administered to those who exhibited the greatest risk for reading disabilities (≤ 5th percentile). Exploratory structural equation modeling was used to …

Observations on possible use of the "Literate" game on poor readers in a multicultural classroom setting

2007

The 'Literate' game, developed in Finland, is designed to help enhance learning lettersound correspondences and later reading of words with increasing complexity in children. The ̔Literate̓ game uses the phonetic/synthetic method of teaching phonological awareness which is currently seen as the basis of all reading. The ̔Literate̓ was piloted in Zambia (2005) to determine how it could be implemented into a multi-cultural setting. Factors such as pre-intervention skill and language background were examined in relation to observations of the game-based learning among the poor readers. A sample of 8 pupils (6 girls and 2 boys) was selected from a Grade 2 class at a private international school…

Sprachlernspiele im DaF-Unterricht : Einblick in die Spielpraxis des finnischen und ungarischen Deutsch-als-Fremdsprache-Unterrichts in der gymnasial…

2009

The goal of this study is to analyze and compare aspects of language learning games in the context of Finnish and Hungarian high-school teaching of German as a foreign language (GFL). First, the practices of using games in GFL are investigated. Secondly, the subjective theories of teachers on language learning games are analyzed. Thirdly, the differences between the Finnish and Hungarian contexts are discussed.The data for this study was gathered with a written questionnaire (48 Finnish, 49 Hungarian GFL teachers) and through semi-standardized interviews (8 Finnish, 5 Hungarian GFL teachers). In addition, Hungarian and Finnish national curricula are analyzed. Through triangulation, both qua…

Digitaalisen oppimispelin motivoivuus : havaintoja Ekapeliä pelanneista lapsista

2012

Tieto- ja viestintätekniikan käyttötaitojen opetus pelillisesti

2016

Tutkielmassa perehdytään tieto- ja viestintätekniikan opettamiseen digitaalisen pelin ja sen tarinankerronnan avulla. Tutkielma on toteutettu kehittämistutkimuksena, jonka tuloksena tuotetaan oppimispellin suunnitelma, joka kuvailee pelin konseptin, tarinan, pelimekaniikkoja ja tehtäviä. Lopussa tuotoksen käytännöllisyyttä ja soveltuvuutta tieto- ja viestintätekniikan opetukseen arviodaan. This research examines the teaching of information and communications technology with a digital game and its story-telling. This thesis is implemented with the development research method which produces a design for a learning game. The design describes the game concept, story, mechanics and objectives. A…

Rapid automatized naming and reading fluency in children with learning difficulties

2015

Serious games as catalyst for intercultural literacy development? : a case study of Immigropoly

2017

This thesis inquires into whether a specific online game could be used as a catalyst for intercultural literacy development. The case study focused on Immigropoly, a game aimed at introducing the hardships of immigrants to society at large in Europe by putting players in control of a fictional immigrant character and tasking them with getting that character safely to Europe. The interest towards this topic is two-fold. First, it deals with immigration, a hot topic with tremendous societal impact, and how to better cope with similar intercultural phenomena. Secondly, the usage of computers and computer games as a medium to convey information is something that is quite often discussed, and to…

In order to enable meaningful playing : how to support player's learning through digital game narrative design

2017

The main research problem of this constructive study is, how player’s learning during game playing can be supported through game narrative design. When the solutions are searched within narrative theories, modern game theories, and learning game design research, the problem turns conceptually challenging. Basically, the challenge stems from the ambiguous concept of narrative and the diversity of narrative theories. The academic conversation on learning game design has drawn approaches from various narrative theories and traditions of screenwriting and creative writing. Hence, the conversation results fragmental. Firstly, I consider what kind of narrative definition and conception should be …