Audio-visual training in children with reading disabilities

Annie Magnan; Jean Ecalle

Computers & Education Vol. 46, No. 4 (May 2006) pp. 407–425

This study tested the effectiveness of audio-visual training in the discrimination of the phonetic feature of voicing on the recognition of written words by young children deemed to at risk of dyslexia (experiment 1) as well as on dyslexic children...

Language: English

Lasting effects on literacy skills with a computer-assisted learning using syllabic units in low-progress readers

Jean Ecalle; Annie Magnan; Caroline Calmus

Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 3 (April 2009) pp. 554–561

This study examines the effects of a computer-assisted learning (CAL) program in which syllabic units were highlighted inside words in comparison with a CAL program in which the words were not segmented, i.e. one requiring whole word recognition. In ...

Language: English

Effects of computer-assisted comprehension training in less skilled comprehenders in second grade: A one-year follow-up study

Anna Potocki; Jean Ecalle; Annie Magnan

Computers & Education Vol. 63, No. 1 (April 2013) pp. 131–140

This study examines the effects of a new CAI program designed to remediate text comprehension difficulties in less skilled comprehenders at the beginning of learning to read. In a randomized control trial design, two groups of second grade children...

Language: English

Topics: Elementary Education

Evidence-based practices to stimulate emergent literacy skills in kindergarten in France: A large-scale study

Jean Ecalle; Hélène Labat; Marion Le Cam; Thierry Rocher; Laurent Cros; Annie Magnan

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 50, No. 1 (August 2015) pp. 102–113

In a randomized controlled trial with 3569 kindergarten children, evidence-based literacy practices (EBLP) were proposed by teachers to an experimental group (EG). A control group did not receive any specific interventions during the same period....

Language: English