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Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty that affects primary school students, which is difficult to tackle through traditional school learning due to limited resources...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty that affects primary school students, which is difficult to tackle through traditional school learning due to limited resources. To this end, large-scale digital learning presents new opportunities to address the need for inclusive education. A unique challenge for students with dyslexia in Hong Kong is learning Chinese characters. In this article, we investigate whether students with dyslexia can learn the writing of Chinese characters independently in an informal learning environment. For that purpose, we developed a mobile application for learning to write Chinese characters with three different writing conditions. First, students learn new Chinese characters in Condition 1: Grid+Contour+Instruction. Then, students strengthen their memory of the learned Chinese characters in Condition 2: Grid+Contour. Finally, students retrieve the memory of the learned Chinese characters in Condition 3: Grid Only. Students with dyslexia demonstrated a significant improvement after practicing with the three-condition design. For example, they wrote much slower than students without dyslexia before the study but caught up over time. This study contributes an approach to facilitate the self-paced learning of students with dyslexia at scale.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ( Volume: 16, Issue: 5, October 2023)
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- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Dyslexia ,
- Informal Learning ,
- Inclusive Education ,
- Chinese Characters ,
- Primary School Students ,
- Digital Learning ,
- Chinese Learners ,
- Specific Learning Difficulties ,
- Digital Tool ,
- Working Memory ,
- Statistically Insignificant ,
- Online Teaching ,
- Word Recognition ,
- Learning Conditions ,
- Chinese Traditional ,
- Correct Order ,
- Visual Ability ,
- Sound Effects ,
- Massive Open Online Courses ,
- Visual Skills ,
- Seventh Week ,
- Morphological Awareness ,
- Right-hand Side Of Fig ,
- Middle Score ,
- Paper-based Test ,
- Position Components ,
- Alphabetic Languages ,
- Education Bureau ,
- Pictograms
- Author Keywords
Keywords assist with retrieval of results and provide a means to discovering other relevant content. Learn more.
- IEEE Keywords
- Index Terms
- Dyslexia ,
- Informal Learning ,
- Inclusive Education ,
- Chinese Characters ,
- Primary School Students ,
- Digital Learning ,
- Chinese Learners ,
- Specific Learning Difficulties ,
- Digital Tool ,
- Working Memory ,
- Statistically Insignificant ,
- Online Teaching ,
- Word Recognition ,
- Learning Conditions ,
- Chinese Traditional ,
- Correct Order ,
- Visual Ability ,
- Sound Effects ,
- Massive Open Online Courses ,
- Visual Skills ,
- Seventh Week ,
- Morphological Awareness ,
- Right-hand Side Of Fig ,
- Middle Score ,
- Paper-based Test ,
- Position Components ,
- Alphabetic Languages ,
- Education Bureau ,
- Pictograms
- Author Keywords