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Niemelä, Marko; Kärkkäinen, Tommi; Äyrämö, Sami; Ronimus, Miia; Richardson, Ulla; Lyytinen, Heikki – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Serious games are designed to improve learning instead of providing only entertainment. Serious games analytics can be used for understanding and enhancing the quality of learning with serious games. One challenge in developing the computerized support for learning is that learning of skills varies between players. Appropriate algorithms are…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Learning Analytics, Reading Skills
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Lassault, Julie; Sprenger-Charolles, Liliane; Albrand, Jean-Patrice; Alavoine, Edouard; Richardson, Ulla; Lyytinen, Heikki; Ziegler, Johannes C. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
Purpose: This study was designed to assess the efficiency of a French version of "GraphoGame" (GG) against an equally engaging math intervention ("Fiete Math," FM) in a large school sample of children from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods in grade 1 (N = 921). Method: The intervention was implemented in two…
Descriptors: French, Educational Games, Low Income Students, Grade 1
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Borleffs, Elisabeth; Maassen, Ben A. M.; Lyytinen, Heikki; Zwarts, Frans – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
This narrative review discusses quantitative indices measuring differences between alphabetic languages that are related to the process of word recognition. The specific orthography that a child is acquiring has been identified as a central element influencing reading acquisition and dyslexia. However, the development of reliable metrics to…
Descriptors: Language Classification, Morphology (Languages), Phonemes, Language Processing
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Ronimus, Miia; Eklund, Kenneth; Pesu, Laura; Lyytinen, Heikki – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
This study investigates the effectiveness of a digital game--GraphoLearn (GL)--in supporting second-grade students who have persistent difficulties with acquiring accurate and fluent reading skills. The participants (N = 37) were randomly assigned either to a 6-week intervention including sessions with GL, in addition to school-provided support,…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Fluency, Computer Games