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Abstract
A sample of 131 10–14‐year‐old Dutch children with reading and spelling difficulties received a treatment for dyslexia. The treatment was computer‐based and focused on learning to recognise and use the phonological and morphological structure of Dutch words. The treatment consisted of several modules, each addressing specific links between phonological concepts and the writing system. A process‐oriented evaluation of this treatment showed a time course of effects that was specifically related to the timing of treatment components. The children showed a cascade of improvements that corresponded to the presentation order of the treatment modules. These findings indicate that the computerised treatment based on inferential algorithms provides an effective tool in the remediation of dyslexia.
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IWAL, Amaliastraat 5, 1052 GM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Email:[email protected]
A phone is a perceptual class of speech sounds with a singular linguistic function. The terms “phonic” and “phone” are used to express the perceptual character of speech sounds, phonemes being abstract linguistic entities within a phonetic or phonological theory.
The IWAL Institute was founded by members of the department of psychology of the University of Amsterdam in 1983 in order to bring scientific knowledge of dyslexia into practice. It specialises in research, assessment, and treatment in the field of dyslexia.
