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Direct linkTakala, Marjatta – Support for Learning, 2013
This article discusses a teaching method called reading through writing (RtW), based on the use of computers rather than handwriting. The pupils use the computers in pairs and decide themselves what they will write about. The use of this method is studied via a questionnaire to 22 teachers and via seven Master's and two Bachelor's theses,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Students, Teaching Methods, Reading
Takala, Marjatta; Kuusela, Jorma – Support for Learning, 2009
A pseudo-word test called Tarzan will be presented and standard scores for high school-aged students between 16 and 18 will be suggested. The test uses E. R. Burroughs' text, in which pseudo-words are added in order to study phonological coding and, through that, possible dyslexia. Girls performed better on the test and their scores correlated…
Descriptors: Phonology, Test Use, Dyslexia, High School Students
Tormanen, Minna R. K.; Takala, Marjatta; Sajaniemi, Nina – Support for Learning, 2008
This study examined whether audiovisual computer training without linguistic material had a remedial effect on different learning disabilities, like dyslexia and ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). This study applied a pre-test-intervention-post-test design with students (N = 62) between the ages of 7 and 19. The computer training lasted eight weeks…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Disorders, Students
