Abstract
Learning to master reading and spelling can be assisted by communication technologies, ever more common among children. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a new science-based computer-assisted intervention could improve reading and spelling in 2nd graders at risk to fail literacy acquisition. Participants were 7-year-old monolingual children identified as having reading difficulties in their native language, Portuguese. Following neurocognitive assessment, the children were divided into two matched groups (N = 15 × 2), one to be trained with Graphogame Fluent Portuguese that we developed (target intervention) and the other with an analogous Graphogame in mathematics (control intervention) as supplement to regular classroom instruction. After 7-h training, the target group made greater progress in reading and spelling than the control group. These results show that Graphogame Fluent Portuguese allowed struggling beginning readers to improve reading and spelling and thus is a promising tool for early intervention in reading difficulties in Portuguese.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Block, H., Oostdam, R., Otter, M., Overmaat, M.: Computer-assisted instruction in support of beginning reading instruction: a review. Rev. Educ. Res. 72, 101–130 (2002)
Seymour, P.H.K., Aro, M., Erskine, J.M.: COST action A8 network: foundation literacy acquisition in European orthographies. Brit. J. Psychol. 94, 143–174 (2003)
Richardson, U.: A science-based tool for training fluency in literacy for teachers and learners. Progress report, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (2011)
Lyytinen, H., Erskine, J., Kujala, J., Ojanen, E., Richardson, U.: In search of a science-based application: a learning tool for reading acquisition. Scand. J. Psychol. 50, 668–675 (2009)
Lovio, R., Haltunnen, A., Lyytinen, H., Naatanen, R., Kujala, T.: Reading skill and neural processing accuracy improvement after a 3-h intervention in preschoolers with difficulties in reading-related skills. Brain Res. 1448, 42–55 (2012)
Ojanen, E., Ronimus, M., et al.: Graphogame - a catalyst for multi-level promotion of literacy in diverse contexts. Front. Psychol. Educ. Psychol. 6, 671 (2015)
Kyle, F., Kujala, J., Richardson, U., Lyytine, H., Goswami, U.: Assessing the effectiveness of two theoretically motivated computer-assisted reading intervention in United Kingdom: GG Rime and GG Phoneme. Read. Res. Q. 48, 61–76 (2012)
Sucena, A., Castro, S.L.: ALEPE, bateria de Avaliação da Leitura em Português Europeu. Cegoc, Lisboa (2011)
Sucena, A., Castro, S.L.: Aprender a Ler e Avaliar a Leitura – O TIL, Teste de Idade de Leitura. [Learning to Read and Assessment of Reading – TIL Reading Age Test]. Almedina, Porto (2010)
Simões, M.: Investigações no âmbito da aferição nacional do Teste das Matrizes Progressivas Coloridas de Raven. Textos Universitários de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Coimbra (2002)
Vicente, S., Sousa, A.S., Silva, M.: Adapted version of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-4 from Dunn & Dunn (2007). Master Dissertation Thesis, Porto (2011)
Wechsler, D.: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Third Edition (WISC-III). Cegoc-Tea, Lisboa (2006)
Blomert, L., Vaessen, A.A.: 3DM Differential diagnostics for dyslexia: cognitive analysis of reading and spelling. Boom Test Publishers, Amsterdam (2009)
Reis, A., Castro, S.L., Inácio, F., Pacheco, A., Araújo, S., Santos, M., Faísca, L.: Portuguese version of the 3DM battery for reading and writing assessment (in preparation)
Gomes, I., Castro, S.L.: Porlex, a lexical database in European Portuguese. Psychologica 32, 91–108 (2003)
Teixeira, C., Castro, S.L.: Portulex: Base de dados lexical de manuais do 1º ao 4º anos de escolaridade. Laboratório de Fala da FPCE Universidade do Porto (2007)
Soares, A.P., Medeiros, J.C., Simões, A., Machado, J., Costa, A., Iriarte, A., Almeida, J.J., Pinheiro, A.P., Comesaña, M.: ESCOLEX: a grade-level lexical database from European Portuguese elementary to middle school textbooks. Behav. Res. Meth. 46(1), 240–253 (2014)
Simpson, I.C., Mousikou, P., Montoya, J.M., Defior, S.: A letter visual-similarity matrix for Latin-based alphabets. Behav. Res. Meth. 45(2), 431–439 (2013)
Struiksma, C., van der Leij, A., Stoel, R.: Response to fluency-oriented intervention of Dutch poor readers. Learn. Individ. Differ. 19, 541–548 (2009)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this paper
Cite this paper
Carvalhais, L., Richardson, U., Castro, S.L. (2018). Computer-Assisted Reading and Spelling Intervention with Graphogame Fluent Portuguese. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) Trends and Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST'18 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 746. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77712-2_140
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77712-2_140
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-77711-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-77712-2
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)