Tutoring writing spelling skills within a web-based platform for children

Ebner, Martin; Edtstadler, Konstanze

doi:10.1007/s10209-017-0564-6

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“…A necessary requirement for using the IDeRBlog-platform is according to Ebner et al (2017) "that children have acquired the alphabetic principle of German orthography. This means that the children should apply at least the basic correspondences between phonemes and graphemes.…”

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Learning analytics to improve writing skills for young children – an holistic approach

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Purpose Due to the important role of orthography in society, the project called IDeRBlog presented in this paper created a web-based tool to motivate pupils to write text as well as to read and to comment on texts written by fellow students. In addition, IDeRBlog aims to improve student’s German orthography skills and supports teachers and parents with training materials for their students. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach With the aid of learning analytics, the submitted text is analyzed and special feedback is given to the students so that they can try to correct the misspelled words themselves. The teachers as well as the parents are benefiting from the analysis and exercises suggested by the system. Findings A recent study showed the efficiency of the system in form of an improvement of the students’ orthographic skills. Over a period of four months 70 percent of the students achieved a significant reduction of their spelling mistakes. Originality/value IDeRBlog is an innovative approach to improving orthography skills combining blogging and new media with writing and practice.

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Learning analytics to improve writing skills for young children – an holistic approach

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Ebner

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“…The work by Ebner et al [33] addresses a group of students with very specific learning needs. This work presents a web-based (training) platform for Germanspeaking users aged 8-12.…”

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