Digital literacy technologies: Leveraging orthographic learning for maximum reading outcomes.

数字素养技术：利用正字法学习获得最大的阅读成果。

• 批准号: 542651-2019
• 负责人: Deacon, Hélène
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=680176
• 关键词: Digital; literacy; technologies; Leveraging; orthographic

Learning to read is the single most important skill that children learn. In childhood, it is the basis for learning in school; in adulthood, it underpins participation in society. Yet more than 40% of Canadian adults do not have reading levels needed to contribute to our knowledge economy, which has broad financial consequences. TD Bank Financial Group's analyses show that each 1% increase in national average literacy levels results in a $32 billion boost to our annual GDP. We need to provide children with the best opportunities to learn reading skills essential to full participation in Canadian society. This project will do so by connecting researchers, educators, and entrepreneurs, to provide evidence-based innovation designed to optimise children's reading success. EyeRead Inc, operating as Squiggle Park, has two principal software offerings designed to support reading skills: Squiggle Park and Dreamscape. Squiggle Park is for children in kindergarten to Grade 2; and Dreamscape is for Grade 3 to 6. These products have had remarkable success and remarkable uptake by schools around the world (with over 15,000 institutions and 150,000 users). The company Squiggle Park's next challenge is to bridge the gap between its two products because school districts want a single product across the elementary school years. The problem is that strong readers can complete Squiggle Park in late Grade 1, but are not yet ready for the Grade 3 level content of Dreamscape; similarly, poor readers in Grade 3 are not yet ready for the texts in Dreamscape. These gaps leave districts turning to other software offerings, and the company Squiggle Park losing market share. The company Squiggle Park and Deacon will work in partnership to overcome this challenge, utilising Deacon's scientific expertise to develop new content and to test the effectiveness of its inclusion. By implementing an intervention design, this project will also offer a causal prediction from a prominent theory of reading development. As such, it will meet important scientific, economic, and societal needs.

学习阅读是孩子们学习的最重要的技能。在儿童时期，它是学校学习的基础;在成年时期，它是参与社会的基础。然而，超过40%的加拿大成年人没有达到为我们的知识经济做出贡献所需的阅读水平，这对经济产生了广泛的影响。道明银行金融集团的分析显示，全国平均识字水平每提高1%，我们的年度GDP就会增加320亿美元。我们需要为儿童提供学习阅读技能的最佳机会，这些技能对充分参与加拿大社会至关重要。该项目将通过连接研究人员，教育工作者和企业家来实现这一目标，以提供旨在优化儿童阅读成功的循证创新。 EyeRead Inc以Squiggle Park的名义运营，有两个主要的软件产品旨在支持阅读技能：Squiggle Park和Dreamscape。 Squiggle Park适合幼儿园至2年级的儿童; Dreamscape适合3至6年级的儿童。这些产品取得了显著的成功，并被世界各地的学校（超过15，000个机构和150，000个用户）所采用。Squiggle Park公司的下一个挑战是弥合两种产品之间的差距，因为学区希望在整个小学阶段都有一种单一的产品。问题是，阅读能力强的学生可以在一年级后期完成《曲线公园》，但还没有准备好阅读《梦境》的三年级内容;同样，阅读能力差的学生在三年级还没有准备好阅读《梦境》的课文。这些差距使地区转向其他软件产品，公司Squiggle Park失去了市场份额。 Squiggle Park和Deacon公司将合作克服这一挑战，利用Deacon的科学专业知识开发新内容并测试其纳入的有效性。通过实施干预设计，本项目还将从阅读发展的重要理论中提供因果预测。因此，它将满足重要的科学，经济和社会需求。