Misconceptions, Neuromyths and Dyslexia

Maria Rauschenberger
Maria RauschenbergerUniversity of Applied Science Emden/Leer
Maria Rauschenberger
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Maria.Rauschenberger@upf.edu
Misconceptions, Neuromyths and Dyslexia
About me
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Computer Scientist
#London
#Oldenburg
#BCN
#Emden
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http://www.ueq-online.org/
#Dyslexia
#Language
#SeriousGames
#Auditory
#Visual
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Dyseggxia App
#HCI
https://changedyslexia.org/
#Accessibility
#Pittsburg,
USA
Set the stage
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How can we help people to learn in an
effective, efficient, attractive and
accessible way?
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(Koper & Tattersall, 2005a)
Teaching depends on … right?
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● Specific situation?
● Learning Design ?
● Learning types?
● Material ?
⇒ Is that correct?
(Koper & Tattersall, 2005b)
Research Findings and Misconceptions
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● 49% teachers believed 49% of the neuromyths statements.
● 70% of the general knowledge statements were answered correctly.
● Possessing greater general knowledge about the brain does not appear to
protect teachers from believing in neuromyths.
⇒ This demonstrates the need for enhanced interdisciplinary communication
to reduce such misunderstandings in the future and establish a successful
collaboration between neuroscience and education.
(Dekker et al., 2012)
Problem with Neuromyths?
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Misconceptions and myths may have adverse effects
on educational practice.
(Dekker et al., 2012)
“Preferred Learning Styles / Learning types”
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● It is the belief that individuals can benefit from receiving information in their
preferred format.
(Dekker et al., 2012)
“Preferred Learning Styles / Learning types”
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● It is the belief that individuals can benefit from receiving information in their
preferred format.
Problem:
● No coherent framework of preferred learning styles
○ auditory, visual or kinesthetic learners based on self-reports.
○ 70 different models, e.g. “left vs. right brain,” “verbalisers vs. visualisers”
● No or only weak evidence on the effectiveness could be found. While
appropriated combining of material is more effective.
(Dekker et al., 2012)
Common Misconception 2017
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The two most commonly endorsed neuromyths
across all groups were related to learning styles
and dyslexia.
(∼50% endorsement or higher)
(Macdonald, 2017)
Suggestion
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● Read popular science magazines not popular media.
● Explicit education for teachers about neuromyths
● Enhanced interdisciplinary communication to reduce
such misunderstandings.
(Dekker et al., 2012)
Agenda
● Introduction
● The power of errors
● How you can support a person with dyslexia
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What is dyslexia?
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(American Psychiatric Association,2013)
● a specific learning disorder
● affects around 10% of the
population
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Dyslexia is not connected to how intelligent
a person is!
Dyslexia is ...
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Question:
What do you think is a common indicator of
dyslexia?
School failure
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Question:
What do you think is a common indicator of
dyslexia?
● a specific learning disorder
● affects around 10% of the
population
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Dyslexia is ...
Agenda
Introduction
● The power of errors
● How you can support a person with dyslexia
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The power of errors & language
● Amount of spelling and reading mistakes
● Dyslexia exists in different languages
● Second language & Dyslexia
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Misspelling of words or
The power of spelling mistakes
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A. Collect Texts from Children
B. Do Error Classification
C. Do Error Annotation
1. Visual Features
2. Phonetic Features
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How to ...
http://goo.gl/LRaUDA
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A. German Texts from Children
● 47 texts from students
○ homework exercises, dictations, and school essays
● Over 1,000 written errors
● 8-17 years old
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...
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B. Error Classification
– Substitution
– Capital Letter
– Insertion
– Omission
– Transposition
– Word boundary errors
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– Multi-errors
German specific:
Beginning of the word
should be written or
should not be written
with a capital letter
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B. Error Classification - Specific for German
Mistake Correct Translation
Capital
Letter
geschichten Geschichten stories
Wrong Capital
Letter
Glücklich glücklich happy
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C1. Error Annotation - Visual Features
Example
– Mirror letter <d> <b>
– Rotation <d> <p>
– Fuzzy letters <s> <z>
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C2. Error Annotation - Phonetic Features
– Sound distinction
– Sound sequence
– Combination of consonants
– Words with <v>
– Umlaut
– Double consonant / false
double consonant
– Lengthening
– Derivation
– Words with <s/ß>
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http://rauschii.github.io/DysListGerman/
“Having a resource of errors from people with dyslexia helps to
understand the difficulties and challenges people with dyslexia have
with the language.”
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(Rello et al., 2016a)
(Rello et al. 2018)
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Example Dytective website
Find the letter “e”!
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● 17 stages
● Spanish and English
● 83 % accuracy for predicting
dyslexia
Details
(Rello et al., 2016c)
(Rello et al., 2018)
Examples of Digital Detection
● Lernserver(Höinghaus and Schönweiss 2010)
● Lexercise Screener (Lexercise 2016)
● Legascreen (http://legascreen.de/)
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Fig. Lexercise Screener
(Lexercise 2016)
Examples of Digital Detection: Pre-Readers
DysMusic
● DYSL-X / DIESEL-X (Geurts et al. 2015, Audenaeren 2013)
● Detect Pre-Readers (Gaggi et al. 2012, Facoetti et al. 2007)
● Bielefelder Screening(Steinbrink and Lachmann 2014)
● AGTB 5–12 (Steinbrink and Lachmann 2014)
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Fig. Fence letters game
(Gaggi et al. 2012)
Fig. DYSL-X game
(Audenaeren 2013)
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To sum up...
All reading and spelling tests need a
minimum knowledge of phonological awareness,
grammar, and vocabulary
of the child to predict risk of dyslexia
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Dyslexia is normally detected using linguistic elements.
That can only be possible when children have already developed
reading skills.
Is it possible to predict that a child may have dyslexia before
s/he develops reading skills?
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Detection for Pre-Readers
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(Rauschenberger et al., 2017)
Other approaches
● With brain recordings for newborns (Guttorm et al., 2003)
● With rapid auditory cues for infants (Benasich, 2002)
● With the perception of visual-spatial attention for
kindergarten children (Franceschini, 2012)
⇒ Expensive approaches to predict future
language acquisition of pre-readers.
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⇒ research on
gameful and easy
detection for
Pre-Readers
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(Rauschenberger et al. 2018)
(Rauschenberger et al. 2017)
Other indicators?
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(Auditory) Indicators Literatur-Matrix
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Indicators
● Short-term memory difficulties
● Phonological memory / awareness
● Working memory
⇒ For Readers and Pre-Readers
DysMusic
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K. Overy. Dyslexia, Temporal Processing and Music: The
Potential of Music as an Early Learning Aid for Dyslexic
Children. Psychology of Music, 28(2):218–229, oct 2000.
R. F. Port, “Meter and speech,” J. Phon., vol. 31, pp.
599–611, 2003.
Indicators
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● Elements with similar features that represent
horizontal and vertical symmetries which are
known to be difficult for a person with dyslexia.
Example:
b, d, p, q (Rello et. al 2016c)
Goals
● Finding dyslexia pre-readers indicators related to music
● Integration of successful items in a game to predict and
intervene dyslexia
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M. Rauschenberger, L. Rello, R. Baeza-yates, E. Gomez, and J. P. Bigham, “Towards the Prediction of
Dyslexia by a Web-based Game with Musical Elements,” in W4A’17, 2017, pp. 4–7.
Content Design
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Musical part
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(Rauschenberger et. al 2017)
Tasks Related to Indicators
● Finding the same sound
● Distinguishing between sounds
● Short time interval perception, e.g.
short-time intervals
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Huss, M., Verney, J. P., Fosker, T., Mead, N., &
Goswami, U. (2011). Music, rhythm, rise time
perception and developmental dyslexia:
Perception of musical meter predicts reading and
phonology. Cortex, 47(6), 674–689.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2010.07.010
Example
● 4 tasks, each with 2 subtasks
● One subtask with 4 cards, the
other with 6 cards
● 4 different acoustic parameters
○ Frequency
○ Length
○ Rise Time
○ Rhythm
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Huss, M., Verney, J. P., Fosker, T., Mead, N., &
Goswami, U. (2011). Music, rhythm, rise time
perception and developmental dyslexia:
Perception of musical meter predicts reading and
phonology. Cortex, 47(6), 674–689.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2010.07.010
Visual part
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Study
● Within-subject design, counter-balanced
● Web-Application
● 178 participants in total
● 4 languages (Spanish,German, English & Catalan)
● Age range from 7 to 12 years
● 16 game rounds
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Participants
● 178 participants, all languages
○ 67 diagnosed of dyslexia (33f, 34m)
○ 111 in control group (67f, 44m)
○ Including: English (n= 6), Catalan (n= 7)
● 108 participants, Spanish
○ 41 diagnosed of dyslexia (23f, 18m)
○ 67 control group (42f, 25m)
● 57 participants, German
○ 17 diagnosed of dyslexia (5f, 12m)
○ 40 control group (21f, 19m)
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Results & Discussion
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Significant Indicators for Spanish
● Musical
○ Total clicks
○ 4th click interval
○ 6th click interval
○ Duration
○ Average click time
☇ yet none for German
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● Visual
○ Total clicks
○ Time of first click
○ Hits
○ Misses
○ Accuracy
○ Efficiency
Significant Indicators for all languages
● Musical
○ Yet, none for music
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● Visual
○ Total clicks
○ Time of first click
○ Hits
○ Efficiency
With the same tendency
Visual Game Part
Spanish and German participants with dyslexia ...
● Click less time
● Take more time before they make the first click
● Have less hits
● Take more time for a hit
… compared to each language control group
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But ...
Spelling errors Game errors
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Agenda
Introduction
The power of errors
● How you can support a person with
dyslexia
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How you can support
a person with dyslexia
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(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
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Suggestions for your students
● Use different spell checkers, e.g. Drive, Grammarly and Word Office.
● Use spell checkers specifically designed for a person with dyslexia e.g. Babel,
PoliSpell or RealCheck (Rauschenberger et al., 2019).
● Ask for proof reading.
● Organisational support, e.g. student contact/disability services, more time in an
examen
● British Dyslexia Assocation: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
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Text Customization
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(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
Font suggestions
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Fonts like
● Arial
● Courier
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(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
(Wery & Diliberto, 2017)
(Rello & Baeza-Yates, 2016b)
Font families like
● roman
● sans serif
● monospace
⇒ are suggested to increase readability.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monospaced_font
Fonts features
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features like
● italics
● serfi
(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
(British Dyslexia Association, 2018)
(Rello & Baeza-Yates, 2017)
(Rello & Baeza-Yates, 2016b)
⇒ are suggested to be avoided.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif
Background Color
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● Have an impact on the readability
(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
(Rello & Bigham, 2017)
● warm background colors are beneficial for the
reading performance.
● Cool background colors decrease the readability.
Font Size ...
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● … has a significant effect on the readability and
the understandability of a text
⇒ Recommendation:
18-point font size
(Rello et al., 2013)
Various Guidelines
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● Dyslexia Style Guide 2018 (British Dyslexia Association, 2018)
● Making the Web Accessible (Web accessibility initiative (WAI), 2018)
● Web accessibility (de Santana et al., 2012)
● Design Guidelines (Miniukovich et al., 2017)
(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
⇒ mainly with recommendations for
readability on the Web and digital devices.
Text Simplification
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(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
Simplification on ...
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...typographical errors and not on
the complexity of the content.
⇒ specific difficulties with phonetically or
orthographically similar words or letters
(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
(Rello et al., 2016c).
(Rauschenberger et a., 2016)
(Ellis, 1984)
Dictionary function
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● Look up words with a similar spelling e.g
● quiet vs. quit
● You have to send the later now
vs.
You have to send the letter not.
(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
Spelling Correction
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(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
Real world errors...
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● are wrong in the context but are very
similar to another word from that language
● e.g.
German Schal (’scarf’) — Schall (’sound’)
Spanish pala (’shovel’) — palabra (’word’)
English from and form.
(Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
Agenda
Introduction
The power of errors
● How you can support a person with dyslexia
● Summary
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Summary
● Dyslexia is a specific learning disability.
● A person with dyslexia has difficulties in learning
how to read and write.
● Dyslexia is intelligence.
● A text written in Arial, 18 point font size and
with a warm background color increases the
readability and comprehension.
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Misconceptions, Neuromyths and Dyslexia

  • 1. Maria Rauschenberger Universitat Pompeu Fabra Maria.Rauschenberger@upf.edu Misconceptions, Neuromyths and Dyslexia
  • 4. How can we help people to learn in an effective, efficient, attractive and accessible way? 4 (Koper & Tattersall, 2005a)
  • 5. Teaching depends on … right? 5 ● Specific situation? ● Learning Design ? ● Learning types? ● Material ? ⇒ Is that correct? (Koper & Tattersall, 2005b)
  • 6. Research Findings and Misconceptions 6 ● 49% teachers believed 49% of the neuromyths statements. ● 70% of the general knowledge statements were answered correctly. ● Possessing greater general knowledge about the brain does not appear to protect teachers from believing in neuromyths. ⇒ This demonstrates the need for enhanced interdisciplinary communication to reduce such misunderstandings in the future and establish a successful collaboration between neuroscience and education. (Dekker et al., 2012)
  • 7. Problem with Neuromyths? 7 Misconceptions and myths may have adverse effects on educational practice. (Dekker et al., 2012)
  • 8. “Preferred Learning Styles / Learning types” 8 ● It is the belief that individuals can benefit from receiving information in their preferred format. (Dekker et al., 2012)
  • 9. “Preferred Learning Styles / Learning types” 9 ● It is the belief that individuals can benefit from receiving information in their preferred format. Problem: ● No coherent framework of preferred learning styles ○ auditory, visual or kinesthetic learners based on self-reports. ○ 70 different models, e.g. “left vs. right brain,” “verbalisers vs. visualisers” ● No or only weak evidence on the effectiveness could be found. While appropriated combining of material is more effective. (Dekker et al., 2012)
  • 10. Common Misconception 2017 10 The two most commonly endorsed neuromyths across all groups were related to learning styles and dyslexia. (∼50% endorsement or higher) (Macdonald, 2017)
  • 11. Suggestion 11 ● Read popular science magazines not popular media. ● Explicit education for teachers about neuromyths ● Enhanced interdisciplinary communication to reduce such misunderstandings. (Dekker et al., 2012)
  • 12. Agenda ● Introduction ● The power of errors ● How you can support a person with dyslexia 12
  • 13. What is dyslexia? 13 (American Psychiatric Association,2013)
  • 14. ● a specific learning disorder ● affects around 10% of the population @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com Dyslexia is not connected to how intelligent a person is! Dyslexia is ...
  • 15. @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com Question: What do you think is a common indicator of dyslexia?
  • 16. School failure @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com Question: What do you think is a common indicator of dyslexia?
  • 17. ● a specific learning disorder ● affects around 10% of the population @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com Dyslexia is ...
  • 18. Agenda Introduction ● The power of errors ● How you can support a person with dyslexia 18
  • 19. 19 The power of errors & language ● Amount of spelling and reading mistakes ● Dyslexia exists in different languages ● Second language & Dyslexia @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 20. Misspelling of words or The power of spelling mistakes 20
  • 21. A. Collect Texts from Children B. Do Error Classification C. Do Error Annotation 1. Visual Features 2. Phonetic Features 21 How to ... http://goo.gl/LRaUDA @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 22. 22 A. German Texts from Children ● 47 texts from students ○ homework exercises, dictations, and school essays ● Over 1,000 written errors ● 8-17 years old @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 24. 24 B. Error Classification – Substitution – Capital Letter – Insertion – Omission – Transposition – Word boundary errors @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com – Multi-errors German specific: Beginning of the word should be written or should not be written with a capital letter
  • 25. 25 B. Error Classification - Specific for German Mistake Correct Translation Capital Letter geschichten Geschichten stories Wrong Capital Letter Glücklich glücklich happy @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 26. 26 C1. Error Annotation - Visual Features Example – Mirror letter <d> <b> – Rotation <d> <p> – Fuzzy letters <s> <z> @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 27. 27 C2. Error Annotation - Phonetic Features – Sound distinction – Sound sequence – Combination of consonants – Words with <v> – Umlaut – Double consonant / false double consonant – Lengthening – Derivation – Words with <s/ß> @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 28. 28 http://rauschii.github.io/DysListGerman/ “Having a resource of errors from people with dyslexia helps to understand the difficulties and challenges people with dyslexia have with the language.” @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 29. 29 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com (Rello et al., 2016a) (Rello et al. 2018)
  • 31. Example Dytective website Find the letter “e”! 31
  • 32. 32 ● 17 stages ● Spanish and English ● 83 % accuracy for predicting dyslexia Details (Rello et al., 2016c) (Rello et al., 2018)
  • 33. Examples of Digital Detection ● Lernserver(Höinghaus and Schönweiss 2010) ● Lexercise Screener (Lexercise 2016) ● Legascreen (http://legascreen.de/) 33 Fig. Lexercise Screener (Lexercise 2016)
  • 34. Examples of Digital Detection: Pre-Readers DysMusic ● DYSL-X / DIESEL-X (Geurts et al. 2015, Audenaeren 2013) ● Detect Pre-Readers (Gaggi et al. 2012, Facoetti et al. 2007) ● Bielefelder Screening(Steinbrink and Lachmann 2014) ● AGTB 5–12 (Steinbrink and Lachmann 2014) 34 Fig. Fence letters game (Gaggi et al. 2012) Fig. DYSL-X game (Audenaeren 2013)
  • 35. 35
  • 36. To sum up... All reading and spelling tests need a minimum knowledge of phonological awareness, grammar, and vocabulary of the child to predict risk of dyslexia 36 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 37. Dyslexia is normally detected using linguistic elements. That can only be possible when children have already developed reading skills. Is it possible to predict that a child may have dyslexia before s/he develops reading skills? 37 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 39. Other approaches ● With brain recordings for newborns (Guttorm et al., 2003) ● With rapid auditory cues for infants (Benasich, 2002) ● With the perception of visual-spatial attention for kindergarten children (Franceschini, 2012) ⇒ Expensive approaches to predict future language acquisition of pre-readers. 39 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 40. ⇒ research on gameful and easy detection for Pre-Readers 40 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com (Rauschenberger et al. 2018) (Rauschenberger et al. 2017)
  • 43. Indicators ● Short-term memory difficulties ● Phonological memory / awareness ● Working memory ⇒ For Readers and Pre-Readers DysMusic 43 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com K. Overy. Dyslexia, Temporal Processing and Music: The Potential of Music as an Early Learning Aid for Dyslexic Children. Psychology of Music, 28(2):218–229, oct 2000. R. F. Port, “Meter and speech,” J. Phon., vol. 31, pp. 599–611, 2003.
  • 44. Indicators 44 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ● Elements with similar features that represent horizontal and vertical symmetries which are known to be difficult for a person with dyslexia. Example: b, d, p, q (Rello et. al 2016c)
  • 45. Goals ● Finding dyslexia pre-readers indicators related to music ● Integration of successful items in a game to predict and intervene dyslexia 45 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com M. Rauschenberger, L. Rello, R. Baeza-yates, E. Gomez, and J. P. Bigham, “Towards the Prediction of Dyslexia by a Web-based Game with Musical Elements,” in W4A’17, 2017, pp. 4–7.
  • 47. Musical part 47 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com (Rauschenberger et. al 2017)
  • 48. Tasks Related to Indicators ● Finding the same sound ● Distinguishing between sounds ● Short time interval perception, e.g. short-time intervals 48 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com Huss, M., Verney, J. P., Fosker, T., Mead, N., & Goswami, U. (2011). Music, rhythm, rise time perception and developmental dyslexia: Perception of musical meter predicts reading and phonology. Cortex, 47(6), 674–689. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2010.07.010
  • 49. Example ● 4 tasks, each with 2 subtasks ● One subtask with 4 cards, the other with 6 cards ● 4 different acoustic parameters ○ Frequency ○ Length ○ Rise Time ○ Rhythm 49 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com Huss, M., Verney, J. P., Fosker, T., Mead, N., & Goswami, U. (2011). Music, rhythm, rise time perception and developmental dyslexia: Perception of musical meter predicts reading and phonology. Cortex, 47(6), 674–689. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2010.07.010
  • 50. Visual part 50 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 51. Study ● Within-subject design, counter-balanced ● Web-Application ● 178 participants in total ● 4 languages (Spanish,German, English & Catalan) ● Age range from 7 to 12 years ● 16 game rounds 51 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 52. Participants ● 178 participants, all languages ○ 67 diagnosed of dyslexia (33f, 34m) ○ 111 in control group (67f, 44m) ○ Including: English (n= 6), Catalan (n= 7) ● 108 participants, Spanish ○ 41 diagnosed of dyslexia (23f, 18m) ○ 67 control group (42f, 25m) ● 57 participants, German ○ 17 diagnosed of dyslexia (5f, 12m) ○ 40 control group (21f, 19m) 52 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 54. Significant Indicators for Spanish ● Musical ○ Total clicks ○ 4th click interval ○ 6th click interval ○ Duration ○ Average click time ☇ yet none for German 54 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ● Visual ○ Total clicks ○ Time of first click ○ Hits ○ Misses ○ Accuracy ○ Efficiency
  • 55. Significant Indicators for all languages ● Musical ○ Yet, none for music 55 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ● Visual ○ Total clicks ○ Time of first click ○ Hits ○ Efficiency With the same tendency
  • 56. Visual Game Part Spanish and German participants with dyslexia ... ● Click less time ● Take more time before they make the first click ● Have less hits ● Take more time for a hit … compared to each language control group 56 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 57. But ... Spelling errors Game errors 57 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 58. Agenda Introduction The power of errors ● How you can support a person with dyslexia 58
  • 59. How you can support a person with dyslexia 59 (Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
  • 60. 60 Suggestions for your students ● Use different spell checkers, e.g. Drive, Grammarly and Word Office. ● Use spell checkers specifically designed for a person with dyslexia e.g. Babel, PoliSpell or RealCheck (Rauschenberger et al., 2019). ● Ask for proof reading. ● Organisational support, e.g. student contact/disability services, more time in an examen ● British Dyslexia Assocation: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/ @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com
  • 62. Font suggestions 62 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com Fonts like ● Arial ● Courier ● (Rauschenberger et al., 2019) (Wery & Diliberto, 2017) (Rello & Baeza-Yates, 2016b) Font families like ● roman ● sans serif ● monospace ⇒ are suggested to increase readability. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monospaced_font
  • 63. Fonts features 63 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com features like ● italics ● serfi (Rauschenberger et al., 2019) (British Dyslexia Association, 2018) (Rello & Baeza-Yates, 2017) (Rello & Baeza-Yates, 2016b) ⇒ are suggested to be avoided. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif
  • 64. Background Color 64 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ● Have an impact on the readability (Rauschenberger et al., 2019) (Rello & Bigham, 2017) ● warm background colors are beneficial for the reading performance. ● Cool background colors decrease the readability.
  • 65. Font Size ... 65 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ● … has a significant effect on the readability and the understandability of a text ⇒ Recommendation: 18-point font size (Rello et al., 2013)
  • 66. Various Guidelines 66 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ● Dyslexia Style Guide 2018 (British Dyslexia Association, 2018) ● Making the Web Accessible (Web accessibility initiative (WAI), 2018) ● Web accessibility (de Santana et al., 2012) ● Design Guidelines (Miniukovich et al., 2017) (Rauschenberger et al., 2019) ⇒ mainly with recommendations for readability on the Web and digital devices.
  • 68. Simplification on ... 68 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ...typographical errors and not on the complexity of the content. ⇒ specific difficulties with phonetically or orthographically similar words or letters (Rauschenberger et al., 2019) (Rello et al., 2016c). (Rauschenberger et a., 2016) (Ellis, 1984)
  • 69. Dictionary function 69 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ● Look up words with a similar spelling e.g ● quiet vs. quit ● You have to send the later now vs. You have to send the letter not. (Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
  • 71. Real world errors... 71 @Rauschii | www.mariarauschenberger.com ● are wrong in the context but are very similar to another word from that language ● e.g. German Schal (’scarf’) — Schall (’sound’) Spanish pala (’shovel’) — palabra (’word’) English from and form. (Rauschenberger et al., 2019)
  • 72. Agenda Introduction The power of errors ● How you can support a person with dyslexia ● Summary 72
  • 73. Summary ● Dyslexia is a specific learning disability. ● A person with dyslexia has difficulties in learning how to read and write. ● Dyslexia is intelligence. ● A text written in Arial, 18 point font size and with a warm background color increases the readability and comprehension. 73
  • 74. Contact Details — Participate? Researchgate/Rauschenberger GoogleScholar/Rauschenberger 74
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