Intervention Strategies that Promote Learning: Their Basis and Use in Enhancing Literacy

9720348 McClelland鉴于学习是在神经元之间的连接上进行的，代表不同类型信息的大脑区域之间的连接模式对学习联系各种类型的信息的难易程度有很大影响。这项研究结合了对技能培训程序、计算建模、脑功能成像和自动辅导的实验研究，以提高对实施这些原则的大脑机制的理解。这项工作还旨在应用、评估和完善培训程序，以切实提高正常儿童和阅读障碍儿童的阅读能力。研究结果不仅对阅读教育的理论和实践具有重要的指导意义，而且对更广泛的认知技能的有效训练也具有重要的指导意义。

9720348 McClelland Given that learning takes place at the connections between neurons, the pattern of connectivity between brain areas representing different types of information has a strong influence on how hard or easy it is to learn to relate various types of information. The research combines experimental investigation of skill training procedures, computational modeling, functional brain imaging, and automated tutoring in to improve understanding of the brain mechanisms that implement the principles. The work also aims to apply, evaluate, and refine training procedures to produce concrete improvements in the reading proficiency of both normal and reading-impaired children. The results will have important implications not only for the theory and practice of reading education, but also for the effective training of cognitive skills more generally.