Search results for "oppimisvaikeudet"

Screening for Slow Reading Acquisition in Norway and Finland : a Quest for Context Specific Predictors

2020

Early identification of children at risk of developing reading difficulties is crucial for effective interventions. While orthographies and educational contexts differ, predictors included in early at-risk screening tend to remain rather homogeneous across countries. In this study, we compared longitudinal prediction patterns of being among the 20 percent lowest performing in reading fluency by the end of Grade 1 in Norway (N = 918) and Finland (N =378). The two countries differ in orthographic consistency (semi-transparent versus transparent), age at school entry and pre-primary education. Letter knowledge, phoneme isolation and rapid automatized naming (RAN) were unique predictors in the …

Development of reading and arithmetic skills across Grades 1 to 4 in two groups of children receiving part-time special education

2021

This study investigated why some Finnish students receive part-time special education in Grade 1, duration of that support, and its relation to student reading fluency, reading comprehension, and arithmetic fluency development. The participants included two groups from Grade 1 receiving part-time special education (1–2 years vs. 3–4 years) and a control group comprising the remaining participants from the study. Teachers identified reading and expressive language difficulties as the main reasons for part-time special education in Grade 1. By Grade 4, students who received support until Grade 1 or 2 caught up the level of the control group especially in reading fluency. Students who had rece…

Early temperament and age at school entry predict task avoidance in elementary school

2016

This study examined the role of temperament, prereading skills, and age at school entry in the development of Finnish children's task avoidance. Teachers rated the task-avoidant behavior of 198 participants in kindergarten and twice in Grades 2 and 3. Parents rated the children's temperament at age 3 and children's prereading skills were measured at age 5. The results showed that, on average, the level of children's task avoidance remained the same from kindergarten to Grade 2 fall, but decreased from Grade 2 fall to Grade 3 spring. A low task avoidance level was predicted by good prereading skills, high effortful control, and high negative affectivity. Low surgency predicted a decrease in …

Adolescents’ Academic Emotions and Academic Achievement Across the Transition to Lower Secondary School : The Role of Learning Difficulties

2020

This study examined the role of learning difficulties in academic emotions and achievement across the transition to lower secondary school among 848 Finnish adolescents. Reading difficulties (RD) and math difficulties (MD) were identified based on test scores in Grade 6 and 7. Students with difficulties were identified as having resolving, emerging, or persistent RD/MD. Students rated their academic emotions and information on students’ academic achievement was acquired from school registers. The results showed that a decline in academic emotions and achievement was typical among all students across the transition. Resolving, emerging, or persistent types of RD/MD were also meaningfully ref…

Lukutaidon ja laskutaidon heikkoudet ja niiden päällekkäistyminen alakoulussa

2017

Ahtola, Emilia. 2017. Lukutaidon ja laskutaidon heikkoudet ja niiden päällekkäistyminen alakoulussa. Kasvatustieteen pro gradu -tutkielma. Jyväskylän yliopisto. Opettajankoulutuslaitos. 53 sivua. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastelun kohteena olivat luku- ja laskutaidon heikkoudet ja niiden päällekkäistyminen alakoulun aikana luokilla 2, 3 ja 4. Tavoitteena oli selvittää, missä määrin 4. luokalla tunnistetut oppilaiden (n = 1873) lukemisen ja laskutaidon heikkoudet päällekkäistyivät ja missä määrin päällekkäistyvissä ja yksin esiintyvissä heikkouksissa ilmeni pysyvyyttä. Neljännen luokan luku- ja laskutaidon testitulosten perusteella muodostettiin seuraavat neljä alaryhmää: vähintään ikätasoinen …

"Mun kompassin neula vaan pyörii" : keskeyttämiskokemuksia ammatillisesta koulutuksesta

2011

Miten nuoret löytävät toiveammattinsa ja millaisin valmiuksin he tekevät toisen asteen koulutusvalintojaan? Miten syntyvät keskeyttämisajatukset ammatillisessa koulutuksessa ja millaisia syitä keskeyttämisten takaa paljastuu? Onko oppilaitoksilla keskeyttämistä puskuroivia keinoja ja mahdollisuuksia tukea pitkittyneissä opinnoissa? Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan ammatillisen koulutuksen keskeyttämistä prosessina, nivelvaiheen siirtymäongelmana ja syrjäytymisriskinä. Julkaisu valaisee jännitteitä yksilön ja koulun välisessä suhteessa sekä yksilöiden kokemuksia opinpolkujen variaatioissa. Tarinat paljastavat keskeyttämiset suhteessa aikaisempaan elämänhistoriaan ja tulevaisuuden odotuksiin. Tutk…

Ammattiin opiskelevien nuorten kokemus oppimisen vaikeuksista, psyykkisestä hyvinvoinnista ja saatavilla olevasta tuesta

2009

Attentional Processes in Children With Attentional Problems or Reading Difficulties as Revealed Using Brain Event-Related Potentials and Their Source…

2020

Visual attention-related processes include three functional sub-processes: alerting, orienting, and inhibition. We examined these sub-processes using reaction times, event-related potentials (ERPs), and their neuronal source activations during the Attention Network Test (ANT) in control children, attentional problems (AP) children, and reading difficulties (RD) children. During the ANT, electroencephalography was measured using 128 electrodes on three groups of Finnish sixth-graders aged 12–13 years (control = 77; AP = 15; RD = 23). Participants were asked to detect the direction of a middle target fish within a group of five fish. The target stimulus was either preceded by a cue (center, d…

Response to computer-assisted intervention in children most at risk for mathematics difficulties

2015

Evidence of an association between poor early number skills and a high risk for later difficulties in mathematics manifests a need for both early identification of risk and effective prevention of difficulties. However, only a few theory-based assessment and progress monitoring tools, and intervention methods are avail able for this purpose in Finnish pre-primary education. This thesis aimed to examine to what extent a theory-based computer-assisted intervention method (GraphoGame Math, GGM) can support early number skills development in children (6௅7-year-olds) most at risk for mathematics difficulties (MD; defined as performance below the 10th percentile). The specific aims were threefold…

Cognitive and Academic Outcomes of Fundamental Motor Skill and Physical Activity Interventions Designed for Children with Special Educational Needs: …

2022

This systematic review aimed to investigate the methodological quality and the effects of fundamental motor skills and physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic skills in 3- to 7-year-old children with special educational needs. The review was reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA 2020) statement. A literature search was carried out in April 2020 (updated in January 2022) using seven electronic databases, including ERIC, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO, CINAHL, PubMed, and SPORTDiscus. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed with Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) Quality Asses…