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Technology-based tools for teaching early literacy skills
Citation
O'Brien, B. A., Tan, C. S., & Onnis, L. (2024). Technology-based tools for teaching early literacy skills (Report No. OER 04/17 OBA). National Institute of Education (Singapore), Office of Education Research. https://hdl.handle.net/10497/27453
Abstract
This project focuses on improving literacy development for young learners who are struggling with learning to read English by investigating the process of learning grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs). Learning GPC is foundational to learning to read alphabetic languages, and is a core problem for struggling readers. In this project, two methods are used in two studies to understand the process of learning English GPCs as the crux of acquiring literacy. First, a machine learning neural network modelling approach is used to study the effect of sound-symbol grain size and consistency and training input on learning progression and outcomes. Second, a behavioural randomized controlled study is conducted to examine the effects of interventions with LSP students focused at different grain sizes. Between these two studies, information about the types of input that may yield most effective learning is corroborated.
Date Issued
2024
Publisher
Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Series
OER Final Report
Project
OER 04/17 OBA
Grant ID
Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP)
Funding Agency
Ministry of Education, Singapore