2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An intervention study for children with learning difficulty on working memory and phonological awareness.
| Project/Area Number |
21730530
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | Notre Dame Seishin University |
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Principal Investigator |
YUZAWA Miki ノートルダム清心女子大学, 人間生活学部, 准教授 (80335637)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
YUZAWA Masamichi 広島大学, 大学院・教育学研究科 (10253238)
SAITO Satoru 京都大学, 大学院・教育学研究科 (70253242)
KAWAMURA Satoshi 発達ルームそら
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | ワーキングメモリ / 音韻認識 / 英語の活動 / 学習支援 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aimed at improving literacy skills of children with learning difficulty by focusing on working memory and phonological awareness. First, I developed a Japanese version of Automated Working Memory Assessment(AWMA) in order to assess children's working memory(2009). Second, with the AWMA, I obtained the working memory profiles of 10 LD children who belonged to class for children with special need(2010). Finally, I launched a longitudinal study of an intervention program in English for the children once a week for 14 months(2010-2011). I organized the intervention program by means of trying (1) to avoid memory errors by the children from their limited working memory,( 2) to understand the characteristic of their working memory profiles and (3) to improve their phonological awareness in English. In results, they became capable of reading story books in English because of their high phonological awareness in English and became more independent learners, successfully.
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