TEACHING TO READ: AN INTERESTING INTERFACE BETWEEN NEUROSCIENCE AND EDUCATION
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Nov 11, 2022
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Neuroscience, Education, Reading Education, Alphabetical and Phono-syllabic Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
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The work presents the results of a large experimentation carried out in Italy, which aimed to verify the advantages and sustainability of a rigorous phono-syllabic programme (Alfabeto140) compared to programmes that include marked traits of global and ideo-visual methods. The evaluation made use of tools in line with the different evolutionary phases of the reading and writing process, assessing at the pre-test the skills related to the prerequisites of reading and writing, and at the post-test those related to the acquisition of the alphabetical phase. The experimentation shows how the experimental group achieves significantly better results over 7 months of activity than the control group, with a more consistent systematic reduction of the subjects initially at risk for reading and writing difficulties, and an excellent appreciation by the teachers who have tried the programme.
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Gagné, R., & Briggs, L. J. (1974). Principles of instructional design. New York, NY, US: Holton.
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Higgins, S., Katsipataki, M., Villanueva-Aguilera, A. B., Coleman, R., Henderson, P., Major, L. E., … Mason, D. (2016). The Sutton Trust Education Endowment Foundation teaching and learning toolkit. London, UK: Education Endowment Foundation.
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Karmiloff-Smith, A. (1986). From metaprocess to conscious access: Evidence from children’s metalinguistic and repair data. Cognition, 28, 95-147. doi: 10.1016/0010-0277(86)90040-5
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Morais, J. (1989). Phonological awareness: A bridge between language and literacy. In D.J. Sawyere & B.J. Fox (Eds.), Phonological awareness in reading: The evolution of current perspective (191-215). New York, NY, US: Springer.
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Padovani, R., Odorici, E., Graziosi, V., Bertelli, B., Iadevaia, M., Bellei, M. F., … Cavazzoni, M. (2018). Sperimentazione del metodo sillabico per insegnare a leggere e scrivere nella scuola primaria. Dislessia, 15(2), 161-172.
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Posner, M. I. (2004). Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention. London, UK: The Guilford Press.
Rosenshine, B. (2010). Principles of instruction. International Academy of Education. Retrieved from https://orientation94.org/uploaded/MakalatPdf/Manchurat/EdPractices_21.pdf
Sabitzer, B. (2010). Neurodidaktik: Neue Impulse für den Informatikunterricht. In G. Brandhofer (Ed.), 25 Jahre Schulinformatik in Österreich. Zukunft mit Herkunft. Tagungsband (pp. 305-320). Wien, AT: Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft ÖCG.
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SNLG -ISS -Sistema Nazionale Linee Guida dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità (2022). Linea Guida sulla gestione dei Disturbi Specifici dell’apprendimento. Retrieved from https://snlg.iss.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LG-389-AIP_DSA.pdf
Stella, G. & Apolito, A. (2004). Lo screening precoce nella scuola elementare. Può una prova di 16 parole prevedere i disturbi specifici di apprendimento? Dislessia, 1(1), 111-118.
Tancredi, S., Chen, R. S. Y., Krause, C., Abrahmson D., &, Gomez Paloma, G. F. (2021). Getting up to SpEED: Special Education Embodied Design for Sensorially Equitable Inclusion. Education Sciences & Society, 1, 115-136. doi: 10.3280/ess1-2021oa11818
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Ventriglia, L. (2016). Come insegnare a leggere ai bambini. Presentazione di una metodologia. Form@re. Open Journal per la Formazione in Rete, 2(16), 374-384. doi: 10.13128/formare-17928
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