Computer-assisted remedial reading intervention for school beginners at risk for reading disability

The aim of the longitudinal study was to investigate whether a computer application designed for remedial reading training can enhance letter knowledge, reading accuracy, fluency, and spelling of at-risk children. The participants, 7-year-old Finnish school beginners (N=166), were assigned to 1 of 3 groups: (a) regular remedial reading intervention (n=25), (b) computer-assessed reading intervention (n=25), and (c) mainstream reading instruction (n=116). Based on the results, computer-assisted remedial reading intervention was highly beneficial, whereas regular type of intervention was less successful. The results indicated that at-risk children require computer-based letter-name and letter-sound training to acquire adequate decoding and spelling skills, and to reach the level of their non-at-risk peers.     

Changes in the prevalence of child sexual abuse, its risk factors, and their associations as a function of age cohort in a Finnish population sample

Objective

We examined (1) the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) experiences as a function of cohort and gender, (2) the prevalence of factors associated with CSA as a function of cohort and whether the association of these factors with CSA remained the same irrespective of cohort, and (3) whether any cohort differences could be explainable by cohort differences in reporting bias.

Method

We used the responses of 4,561 men (M = 29, SD = 7 years) and 8,361 female (M = 29, SD = 7 years) Finnish participants who responded to the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form as well as questions regarding family structure.

Results

The prevalence of CSA experiences varied between 0.7-4.6% for men and 1.8-7.5% for women depending on the item. Younger cohorts reported less CSA as well as less of the risk factors (physical neglect and abuse, emotional neglect and abuse, parental substances abuse, not growing up with both biological parents) that were positively associated with the likelihood of CSA. The effects of these risk factors did not vary as a function of the cohort. Also, the declining trend was not explainable by social desirability being higher in the younger cohorts.

Conclusions

The results suggest that there is a real decline in the prevalence of CSA and it is associated with a simultaneous decline in factors associated with CSA.     

大学和社会经济发展的关系

在发言开始前,我想对受邀参加本次校长会议表示感谢,并代表开普敦大学以及南非向清华大学表达诚挚的祝贺和良好的祝愿。如同中国大学一样,我国的大学也正逐步融入世界大学群体。由于数十年的种族隔离制度作祟,来自学术界的杯葛接踵而至,南非的大学与国外同行间的合作或交换关系发展得异常困难与复杂。即使在     

扑克游戏

一张牌可以睡个懒觉,一张牌可以逃学一次,一张牌可以不做作业……这可不是一个天真又懒惰的学生写出来的愿望清单,而是乌伯特·盛旦老师发明的扑克游戏。     

万事俱备

课文大不同 你是否好奇过大洋彼岸的孩子们在读着怎样的课文？你是否遥想过父辈们当年所念的书本？本栏目就带你去瞧瞧那些曾经或正在与你同龄的伙伴们都在学习着怎样的课文．探寻精彩纷呈的语文世界。     

诗人华斯沃斯先生

有一天下午四点钟,来了一位奇／怪的人。那时我已经从学校回来,那个人对我说：“索尼,我可以进你们家的院子吗？”     

六便士

儿童是最不可预知的小生物。谁也不会明白像狄克这样乖巧、听话又懂事的孩子会突然任性地耍脾气,像姐姐说的那样,就像发疯的小狗,而且没有人能对付他。     

姆咪特罗尔变形记

夏天里一个温暖的日子,姆咪谷下着细雨,因此大家决定在室内玩捉迷藏。小吸吸站在墙角,双手捂住鼻子,数到十,然后转过身来开始捉——先到平时大家躲着的地方去捉．接着到一些特别的地方去捉。     

“瓦萨”号翻倒的研究

1682年8月10日,瑞典的斯德哥尔摩有一艘当时最大的主力舰＂瓦萨＂号正在举行首航仪式,一阵微风吹来,船身奇怪地晃动了一下,向左倾斜过来,炮长命令把所有的左舷上的大炮移到右舷以抵消船的倾斜,但甲板的倾斜度在增加.然后,当船上的货物、压舱物、弹药以及400个人轰的一声滑到倾斜得很厉害的左舷船壁时。     

物理建模教学模式简介

建模教学是近30年来美国物理教学改革中最成功的教学模式之一．以认知建模理论为基础,建模教学包含3个循环的阶段：建立模型、检验和完善模型、应用模型,旨在帮助学生深入、连贯地学习物理学的思想方法．