Providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader’s structuring interaction with expository texts
<em><span style="font-family: Times-Italic; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times-Italic; font-size: small;"><p align="left">The interventional case-study presented in this report was intended to explore how the use of a</p><...
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| description | <em><span style="font-family: Times-Italic; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times-Italic; font-size: small;"><p align="left">The interventional case-study presented in this report was intended to explore how the use of a</p><p align="left">conceptual meta-model representing coherent and conceptual relations commonly appearing in</p><p align="left">expository texts helped a blind reader to use structuring strategies in reading them. The</p><p align="left">instructional approach designed and tested in the study was based on the key elements of the</p><p align="left">theory of planned stage-by-stage formation of mental acts and concepts (PSFMAC), introduced by</p><p align="left">Galperin, and also drew on contemporary approaches in reading comprehension interventions.</p><p align="left">The participant of the study was a 17-year-old, blind man with semantic and syntactic disorders in</p><p align="left">his early language development. The results of the study indicate that the use of the developed</p><p align="left">conceptual meta-model appeared to considerably affect his strategies in structuring the expository</p><p align="left">text content. During the intervention, the participant started more accurately to take account of</p><p align="left">some frequent coherent and conceptual, particularly causal, relations that he was previously</p><p align="left">prone to ignore. He also started more actively to use external speech while reading. The results</p><p align="left">provide evidence that the developed conceptual meta-model can serve as an external organizer</p><p>helping a blind reader to actively structure text content.</p></span></span></em> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e77ca92a941041789a0f94a9b139d2b12023-01-02T12:33:44ZengThe Outlines AssociationOutlines1399-55101904-02102010-06-0112124412557Providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader’s structuring interaction with expository textsKari Kosonen0Minna Lakkala1Kai Hakkarainen2Institute of behavioral science, University of HelsinkiInstitute of behavioral science, University of HelsinkiInstitute of behavioral science, University of Helsinki<em><span style="font-family: Times-Italic; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times-Italic; font-size: small;"><p align="left">The interventional case-study presented in this report was intended to explore how the use of a</p><p align="left">conceptual meta-model representing coherent and conceptual relations commonly appearing in</p><p align="left">expository texts helped a blind reader to use structuring strategies in reading them. The</p><p align="left">instructional approach designed and tested in the study was based on the key elements of the</p><p align="left">theory of planned stage-by-stage formation of mental acts and concepts (PSFMAC), introduced by</p><p align="left">Galperin, and also drew on contemporary approaches in reading comprehension interventions.</p><p align="left">The participant of the study was a 17-year-old, blind man with semantic and syntactic disorders in</p><p align="left">his early language development. The results of the study indicate that the use of the developed</p><p align="left">conceptual meta-model appeared to considerably affect his strategies in structuring the expository</p><p align="left">text content. During the intervention, the participant started more accurately to take account of</p><p align="left">some frequent coherent and conceptual, particularly causal, relations that he was previously</p><p align="left">prone to ignore. He also started more actively to use external speech while reading. The results</p><p align="left">provide evidence that the developed conceptual meta-model can serve as an external organizer</p><p>helping a blind reader to actively structure text content.</p></span></span></em>http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines/article/view/2843Blindnessreadinglanguage developmentconceptual meta-model |
| spellingShingle | Kari Kosonen Minna Lakkala Kai Hakkarainen Providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader’s structuring interaction with expository texts Outlines Blindness reading language development conceptual meta-model |
| title | Providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader’s structuring interaction with expository texts |
| title_full | Providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader’s structuring interaction with expository texts |
| title_fullStr | Providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader’s structuring interaction with expository texts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader’s structuring interaction with expository texts |
| title_short | Providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader’s structuring interaction with expository texts |
| title_sort | providing an orientation basis for a young blind reader s structuring interaction with expository texts |
| topic | Blindness reading language development conceptual meta-model |
| url | http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines/article/view/2843 |
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