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- Child friendly app for spelling trainingPublication . Sucena, Ana; Silva, Ana Filipa; Garrido, Cristina; Marques, Cátia; Santos, Raquel; Carneiro, João Falcão; Abreu, Paulo; Restivo, TeresaSpelling skills are usually more difficult to acquire than reading skills. Nonetheless research based intervention proposals are scarce for spelling skills. In this study the impact of a child friendly spelling app on spelling skills is assessed. Results indicate an increase on spelling skills after training with the app.
- “I Read”: reading and writing skills promotion softwarePublication . Sucena, Ana; Marques, Cátia; Silva, Ana Filipa; Ramalho, Ana; Machado, Ana Rita; Santos, Ana Raquel; Santos, Cláudia; Garrido, Cristina; Freitas, Helena; Santos, Inês; Rangel, Isabel; Mata, Maria José; Sucena, AnaPersistent difficulties in reading and writing learning are a risk factor for motivation in school and for children's schools learning. In this way, ludic instruments have been developed to face these difficulties. "I read" is a software that seeks through a systematic training and with different games, to develop and train reading and writing skills in a playful and complementary way. It should be used with children who are at the beginning of their school journey and who show difficulties in reading and / or writing or who have special educational needs. This article presents the goals and the structure of this software, as well as results of its use by 244 children between 5 and 7 years old. The results indicate that 58.2% completed the stage dedicated to the study of simple consonants (alphabetical decoding), 41.8% were able to reach the last stage of the game, dedicated to the study of the combined consonants (orthographic decoding), of these 15.2% finished the game. It is concluded that early qualified, continuous and systematic training seems to have an effect on reducing the difficulties of reading and writing.
- Is Redshirting Beneficial for Reading Acquisition Success?Publication . Sucena, Ana; Marques, Cátia; Silva, Ana Filipa; Garrido, Cristina; Pimenta, RuiThe controversy around the effect of academic redshirting on reading acquisition continues receiving attention in the international literature. However, few studies are known with non-English speaking children. In this study we intend to understand this phenomenon with 698 Portuguese speaking first graders, 360 girls (51.6%), aged between 5 years old and 8 months and 7 years old and 6 months (M = 6.3 months, SD = 3.9 months). Reading acquisition precursors were assessed namely phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge. Results reveal that 5.9% of first graders are redshirted. Clusters analysis indicated two clusters per variable. Cluster 1 with low phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge and low socioeconomic status, cluster 2 with high phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge and medium-high socioeconomic status. The cluster results suggest a prevalence of 24.5% children at risk of having learning difficulties. The MANOVA indicated that only socioeconomic status has an effect on phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge, with children from medium-high level presenting higher results. It is concluded that redshirting did not bring additional advantages for reading acquisition success. Implications about the importance of education in order to lessen those differences, as well as prevent difficulties are presented.
- Serious Game for reading and spelling skillsPublication . Sucena, Ana; Silva, Ana Filipa; Garrido, Cristina; Abreu, Paulo; Carneiro, João Falcão; Restivo, Maria TeresaThis work describes an interactive child-friendly application focused on spelling, intended to promote sensibility to Portuguese orthography. A description of the game and its particularities are given, as well as preliminary results obtained in school environment.