2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of Refractive Errors on Reading Development in Japanese Children
Project/Area Number |
20K03052
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 09060:Special needs education-related
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Research Institution | International University of Health and Welfare |
Principal Investigator |
Okano Mayumi 国際医療福祉大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (80320498)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
内川 義和 国際医療福祉大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (10331159)
佐藤 司 国際医療福祉大学, 保健医療学部, 講師 (20782444)
新井田 孝裕 国際医療福祉大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (30222730)
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Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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Keywords | 屈折異常 / 遠視 / 屈折矯正 / 読み発達 / 音読 / 読解 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of refractive errors on reading development in Japanese children. We investigated the relationship between refractive errors and both reading aloud and reading comprehension abilities in preschool and elementary school children. Among the various refractive errors, hyperopia was found to be associated with single mora reading scores in preschool children and short sentence reading scores in lower elementary school grades. These findings suggest that hyperopia affects the development of reading aloud skills in preschool and early elementary school years.
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Free Research Field |
眼科学、学校保健、特別支援教育
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の学術的意義は、就学前期および学童期の日本語話者における屈折異常と読み能力の発達との関連を明らかにした点にある。屈折異常の中でも遠視は、就学前期および小学校低学年の音読力の発達と関連することが確認された。本研究の成果は、教育的観点から遠視に対する屈折矯正が必要であることを示唆する有益な知見を提供するものである。
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