Using Assistive Technology to Improve Decoding Skills in Special Educational Needs (SEN) Students
Using Assistive Technology to Improve Decoding Skills in Special Educational Needs (SEN) Students
Author(s): Ruxandra CalotăSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Universitatea din București, Facultatea de Psihologie și Științele Educației, Departamentul Psihopedagogie Specială
Keywords: assistive technology; reading skills; intellectual disability; special educational needs;
Summary/Abstract: While text-to-speech and other related read-aloud tools have been used before to foster reading comprehension skills in Special Educational Needs (SEN)students, they have been mainly used to translate written text into spoken text, thus enabling poor readers to follow along. This study examines the impact of using such tools to design an adaptive learning curriculum that aims to improve decoding skills by integrating high-frequency words into technology-enhanced phonics lessons. Results suggest this technique iseffective in facilitating a better understanding of high-frequency word structure in students with learning disabilities, but less so in strengthening their ability to decode nonsense words.
Journal: Revista de Psihopedagogie
- Issue Year: 11/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 43-52
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English