Learning to Read and Write in Small Steps: evaluation of the effectiveness of the reading program and writing by eye tracker

• Grant number: 20/01265-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2020
• End date: October 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Cognitive Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Katerina Lukasova
• Grantee: Laísa Amorim da Conceição
• Host Institution: Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição (CMCC). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50909-8 - INCT 2014: Behavior, Cognition and Teaching (INCT-ECCE): relational learning and symbolic functioning, AP.TEM

Abstract

The Reading Program: Learning to Read and Write in Small Steps (LRWSS), which is mediated by the Computer-Based Teaching Manager (CBTM) software, is the result of decades of studies in cognitive psychology, linguistics, psychology of learning and related areas, and has been successfully used in some Brazilian cities as a tool to assist students who present difficulties in the literacy process. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of LRWSS, which will apply in the second year of Elementary School Cycle I, in a municipal school of Santo André. The work proposes to analyze the performance in children with difficulties in pre- and post-intervention literacy by LRWSS - CBTM with a pre-reading evaluation and eye movements through the Eye tracker technique. This procedure aimed to map the literacy process longitudinal.