Interactive Stories and Exercises with Dynamic Feedback for Improving Reading Comprehension Skills in Deaf Children

Autor/inn/en	Mich, Ornella; Pianta, Emanuele; Mana, Nadia
Titel	Interactive Stories and Exercises with Dynamic Feedback for Improving Reading Comprehension Skills in Deaf Children
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 65 (2013), S.34-44 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2013.01.016
Schlagwörter	Reading Comprehension; Usability; Deafness; Story Telling; Childrens Literature; Instructional Materials; Reading Materials; Elementary School Students; Reading Instruction; Special Education; Educational Technology; Animation; Multimedia Materials; Intelligent Tutoring Systems; Web Based Instruction; Computer Interfaces; Computer Software Evaluation; Assistive Technology; Instructional Design; Instructional Effectiveness; Control Groups; Experimental Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseverstehen; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Leseunterricht; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Intelligentes Tutorsystem; Web Based Training; Softwareanalyse; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	Deaf children have significant difficulties in comprehending written text. This is mainly due to the hearing loss that prevents them from being exposed to oral language when they were an infant. However, it is also due to the type of educational intervention they are faced with, which accustoms them to decoding single words and isolated sentences, rather than entire texts. This paper presents an evolved version of a literacy web tool for deaf children based on stories and comprehension exercises. Two substantial improvements were made with the respect to the first version of our application. First, the text of the stories is now presented to children in the context of "animated" web pages. Second, "intelligent dynamic feedback" is given to the users when resolving the exercises. A preliminary evaluation study with deaf children, as the treatment group, and hearing children, as the control group, assessed the usability and effectiveness of the new system and its graphical interface. (Contains 9 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10