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Computer-Assisted Remedial Reading Intervention for School Beginners at Risk for Reading Disability
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Saine, Nina L.; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Ahonen, Timo; Tolvanen, Asko; Lyytinen, Heikki – Child Development, 2011
The aim of the longitudinal study was to investigate whether a computer application designed for remedial reading training can enhance letter knowledge, reading accuracy, fluency, and spelling of at-risk children. The participants, 7-year-old Finnish school beginners (N = 166), were assigned to 1 of 3 groups: (a) regular remedial reading…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Spelling, Intervention, Remedial Reading
Reading Development Subtypes and Their Early Characteristics
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Torppa, Minna; Tolvanen, Asko; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Eklund, Kenneth; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Leskinen, Esko; Lyytinen, Heikki – Annals of Dyslexia, 2007
The present findings are drawn from the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia (JLD), in which approximately 100 children with familial risk of dyslexia and 100 control children have been followed from birth. In this paper we report data on the reading development of the JLD children and their classmates, a total of 1,750 children from four…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Dyslexia, Word Recognition, Profiles
Children's Help Seeking and Impulsivity
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Puustinen, Minna; Kokkonen, Marja; Tolvanen, Asko; Pulkkinen, Lea – Learning & Individual Differences, 2004
The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between students' (100 children aged 8 to 12) help-seeking behavior and impulsivity. Help-seeking behavior was evaluated using a naturalistic experimental paradigm in which children were placed in a problem-solving situation and had the opportunity to seek help from the experimenter, if…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Conceptual Tempo, Structural Equation Models, Measures (Individuals)
Very Early Phonological and Language Skills: Estimating Individual Risk of Reading Disability
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Puolakanaho, Anne; Ahonen, Timo; Aro, Mikko; Eklund, Kenneth; Leppanen, Paavo H. T.; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Tolvanen, Asko; Torppa, Minna; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Analyses from the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia project show that the key childhood predictors (phonological awareness, short-term memory, rapid naming, expressive vocabulary, pseudoword repetition, and letter naming) of dyslexia differentiate the group with reading disability (n = 46) and the group without reading problems…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Dyslexia, Phonological Awareness, Short Term Memory
Rapid Serial Naming: Relations between Different Stimuli and Neuropsychological Factors
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Narhi, Vesa; Ahonen, Timo; Aro, Mikko; Leppasaari, Taisto; Korhonen, Tapio T.; Tolvanen, Asko; Lyytinen, Heikki – Brain and Language, 2005
We report two studies on rapid serial naming (RSN). Study 1 addressed the relations among RSN tasks comprising different stimuli. Separate components for RSN of alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric stimuli, as well as for tasks in which the stimuli alternated between categories were identified. In Study 2, phonological skills, processing speed, motor…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Task Analysis, Psychomotor Skills, Verbal Ability