Literacy software for struggling readers

Posted by in Uncategorized Dec 9th, 2004

From THE Journal …

Research in neuroscience is providing us with an opportunity to not only design programs that target what struggling readers need instructionally, but also to determine the effectiveness of the instruction. For example, we have learned that targeted instruction designed to develop sound-symbol correspondence knowledge to a level of automaticity will strengthen previously weak functional connectivity in the brain and significantly reduce energy expenditure while reading. Knowing this, developers can design technology-based programs suitable for large group deployments that explicitly target the instructional needs of struggling readers. In addition, educators should demand software that offers instruction which focuses on building the automaticity of sound-symbol recognition.

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