WO2002041282A2 - Reading and spelling skill diagnosis and training system and method - Google Patents
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- Two appendices are attached that contain 1) a description of each training module (and each game within each training module) in the training tool in accordance with the invention (Appendix A); and 2) a level listing from each game with each training module. These two appendices are attached to the application and are incorporated herein by reference.
- This invention relates generally to a system and method for assessing and training a user to improve the user's reading and spelling skills and in particular to a system and method for training a user's phonological awareness and processing, auditory processing, morphological awareness, print awareness, visual orthographic memory (VOM), phonics, decoding and spelling skills in order to improve the user's reading and spelling skills.
- VOM visual orthographic memory
- Skilled reading involves a complex system of skills and processes and is dependent upon an amalgam of word appearances, meanings and pronunciations.
- the knowledge and activities required to become a skilled reader can be developed systematically and have been studied heavily by researchers.
- Leading researchers have shown that coupling phonological awareness training with letter-sound correspondence training increases children's ability to develop sophisticated decoding and spelling skills - particularly for those children who have difficulty learning developmental literacy skills.
- Word recognition and spelling are facilitated by a network of connections that link the phonological, orthographic, morphological and semantic characteristics of words (Ehri, 1992).
- Phonological connections are defined by children's ability to notice, think about or manipulate the sounds in language (Torgesen, 1997) and are essential to establishing complete representations of words in memory.
- Orthographic connections are defined by children's awareness of functional letter units symbolizing phonemes (including their shapes, names and sounds) as well as letter sequences that distinguish various word spellings from one another (Perfetti, 1992).
- Orthographic and phonological connections work together to benefit decoding, spelling and automatic word recognition when children first begin to read. As children progress through school and encounter longer, more complex words, they will need additional knowledge about syllable patterns and meaning-based spelling patterns (Henderson, 1991). The relative lack of phonetic substance of grammatical morphemes such as “ed”, “ing” "s” and “es” makes them less prominent than content words, therefore, they are acquired later and are more problematic for some children (McGregor, 1997). Here, semantic and mo ⁇ hological connections become more important as children's awareness of spelling patterns involves how spellings relate to meaningful units. This knowledge is essential for children to move beyond using only letter-sound correspondences to process printed language and into making meaningful connections to read and spell irregular and/or more complex words.
- Rhyming skills are thought to play an important role in helping children transition to awareness of correspondences between letters and phonemes in words (Goswami, 1993; Treiman, 1993). This developmental progression suggests that when children begin to read and spell, they analyze words using larger phonological units and eventually become more aware of the constituent features in words that share rhyming spelling patterns. Rhyming words provide children with cues that help them make predictions about pronunciations of words that share common spelling patterns (Goswami, 1991). These hypotheses are based on findings that show that children can read and spell words that rhyme and share spelling patterns more easily than words that share medial vowels or final consonants (Bruck & Treiman, 1992; Goswami & Mead, 1992). Using spelling and pronunciation patterns to teach children about the relationship between print and speech establishes a bridge between gross phonological skills and more discreet awareness of connections between individual phonemes and letters that make up regular words in English.
- VOM visual orthographic memory
- a phonological reading and spelling system and method that trains a user's phonological awareness and phonics skills and bridges the user's auditory processing, phonological awareness and mo ⁇ hological awareness skills to the user's print awareness, phonics, decoding and spelling skills and it is to this end that the present invention is directed.
- the system and method in accordance with the invention uses the language-to-literacy model of learning to read to design educationally sound products for beginning readers of all skill levels.
- the skills represented in each step of the model are foundational to the next, while at the same time reciprocal and overlapping.
- the system in accordance with the invention refe ⁇ ed to as "Letter Connections" herein, is designed to help children who have established the sound foundations of auditory processing, oral language and phonological awareness that they will need to make connections between spoken and printed language.
- Letter Connections focuses on target skills in the next two steps in the model — phonics and decoding/spelling. Phonics instruction helps children develop the skills they need to make linkages between discrete phonemes and individual letters.
- Letter Connections was designed to develop and systematically bridge phonological and visual orthographic memory skills with phonics, reading and spelling instruction.
- the program offers a variety of engaging activities that inco ⁇ orate cutting-edge research methods and clinically-proven training techniques to children who are beginning to make the leap into early decoding and spelling.
- the instructional approach used in Letter Connections emphasizes the importance of teaching word spellings, meanings and pronunciations together. This approach was designed to develop children's awareness of how printed letters represent spoken words and sounds. Skill training in sound- symbol co ⁇ espondence, phonics, reading fluency, sight word recognition, mo ⁇ hological awareness and print awareness provide children with exposure to the knowledge and activities they will need to successfully decode words.
- Letter Connections games provide extensive systematic instruction designed to help children map printed letters to sounds in spoken language and develop key skills they will need to acquire basic reading and spelling skills.
- the extensive decoding and spelling activities inco ⁇ orate skill training in letter- sound identification, fluency and vocabulary development using an adaptive training format.
- Letter Connections carefully controls important learning variables such as time between stimuli presentations, response time, varying spelling pattern difficulty (e.g., CVC, CCVC, CVCC) as well as the availability of visual cues.
- Letter Connections also inco ⁇ orates brief tutorials designed to reinforce meaning and help children learn new vocabulary. These skills are taught in tandem to help children move from understanding in spoken language to understanding how the sound structure in spoken language applies to print.
- Letter Connections develops children's knowledge of sound-symbol co ⁇ espondences by leading children through a series of tasks designed to develop awareness of letter-sound co ⁇ espondences in different contexts such as asking students to decode, blend and identify onsets and rime units, individual letters and eventually whole words.
- Letter Connections helps children analyze and synthesize important components of words while building upon what they know about spoken language and what they are learning about print. The systematic progression through which children are taken when playing Letter Connections games is based upon years of developmental spelling research.
- Letter Connections provides practice that takes children from segmenting sentences into words to blending individual letters and sounds to make a whole word.
- Letter Connections gradually fades auditory support and visual cues to develop children's ability to match spoken sounds and words to printed letters, words and sentences.
- Letter Connections provides opportunities for children to exercise these skills by using nonwords. Nonwords challenge children's decoding and spelling skill by encouraging them to transfer what they know about familiar words to read and spell unfamiliar letter strings.
- Letter Connections carefully teaches children to develop automatic letter and word recognition skills.
- Letter Connections systematically decreases the amount of response time available to students, gradually encouraging children to recognize and identify words more quickly and accurately.
- Letter Connections also fades visual cues and auditory feedback to help children develop automatic word recognition and use visual orthographic images. All games require children to apply letter-sound co ⁇ espondences and pattern recognition skills in the context of words, providing multiple exposures to a variety of common spelling patterns, decodable real words and non-decodable sight words.
- Letter Connections uses regular, frequently occu ⁇ ing English spelling patterns to teach children to recognize common rime units among words. The games do not stop at the onset-rime level. They progressively present information designed to develop children's awareness of the internal characteristics of common spelling patterns, thereby bridging the gap between whole word recognition and decoding with individual letter-sound co ⁇ espondences.
- Letter Connections inco ⁇ orates sorting tasks that encourage development of children's knowledge of regularity in larger linguistic units (rimes), but gradually increase difficulty by focusing children on medial vowels or final consonants with visual cues and more complex sorting requirements This training takes children beyond the regularity of regular rime units and encourages them to examine the constituent linguistic units that differentiate one rime pattern from the next. Letter Connections reduces reaction time and gradually fades visual cues to increase word reading fluency and use of visual orthographic images.
- the phonological reading and spelling system and method in accordance with the invention may train and diagnose problems with a user's auditory processing, phonological awareness and processing skills that are important to the development of reading and spelling skills of the user.
- the system in accordance with the invention also introduces mo ⁇ hological awareness and visual orthographic memory training and diagnosis.
- the training provided by the system bridges a user's auditory processing skills, phonological awareness skills, mo ⁇ hological awareness skills and visual orthographic memory skills with print awareness and phonics, decoding and spelling instruction.
- the training provided by the system begins with phonological awareness skills and then transitions to the concu ⁇ ent teaching and training of phonological awareness skills with sound-symbol co ⁇ espondences (phonics).
- the training provided by the system in accordance with the invention also permits a user, such as a child, to apply his/her mo ⁇ hological awareness and knowledge of phonics to decoding printed words.
- the training provided by the system in accordance with the invention also provides spelling instruction to the user which has a positive effect on the user's phonological awareness and decoding skills.
- the training provided by the system in accordance with the invention may be from one or more different modules which train one or more particular sets of phonological awareness and processing, auditory processing, mo ⁇ hological awareness and visual orthographic memory (VOM) skills of the user.
- Each module may include one or more tasks wherein each task may train a particular skill or set of skills of the user, hi a prefened embodiment, the system may include four different modules including a sentence/syllable/sound segmentation and discrimination module (called “Rock On” in the prefened ' embodiment), a segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling module (called “Slu ⁇ & Bu ⁇ in the prefened embodiment), a sound/symbol module (called “Letter Express” in the prefened embodiment) and a sound and word recognition module (called “Juggling Letters" in the prefened embodiment).
- a sentence/syllable/sound segmentation and discrimination module called "Rock On” in the prefened ' embodiment
- Each task within a module may be a game with an interactive graphical user interface that requires user input.
- Each game may also include a scoring mechanism to track the user's progress.
- the system may store the scores for each user so that the scores for a particular user may be analyzed later.
- the system may be used to diagnose defects in one or more skill areas of the user, making performance comparisons within and across tasks to help determine areas of strength, weakness and variables that influence both.
- a device and method for training one or more reading and spelling skills of a user including phonological and mo ⁇ hological skills is provided.
- the device has a graphical display that displays images to a user and a user input device that permits the user to interact with the computer.
- the device may further include a game that presents stimuli to the user so that the user can respond to the stimuli and improve the reading and spelling skills of the user wherein the game further comprises a phonological skills training portion for training the phonological skills of the user and a sound/symbol co ⁇ espondence training portion for training the sound/symbol co ⁇ espondence skills of the user wherein the game trains the phonological skills of the user and then transitions to framing the sound/symbol co ⁇ espondence skills once the phonological skills are mastered (Holy! That sentence is tinged with Faulknerism).
- a method and computer-implemented system for training a user's spelling and reading skills is provided.
- the system visually presents a target word to the user for a predetermined time and then visually presents a series of words to the user after the target word is removed.
- the system then prompts the user to identify the word in the series of words whose letters are in reverse order to the target word.
- a method and computer-implemented system for training a user's spelling and reading skills is provided.
- the system visually presents one or more words to the user and visually presents one or more categories into which the word is sorted by the user.
- the system then prompts the user to sort the one or more words into the one or more categories to improve the user's skills at recognizing patterns in words.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating a computer-based reading and spelling skills training system in accordance with the invention
- Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating a prefened embodiment of the training tool of Figure 1 in accordance with the invention including one or more modules that are used to train and assess one or more skills;
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating more details of the training tool of Figure 2 in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the modules including in the training system in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks in the sound segmentation and discrimination training module in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks in the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks in the sound/symbol training module in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks in the sound and word recognition training module in accordance with the invention
- Figures 9A - 12 are diagrams illustrating more details of each task in the sound segmentation and discrimination training module ("Rock On") in accordance with the invention
- Figures 13 A - 23 are diagrams illustrating more details of each task in the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module ("ZAP!) in accordance with the invention.
- Figures 24A - 35 are diagrams illustrating more details of each task in the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention.
- Figures 36 - 48 are diagrams illustrating more details of each task in the sound and word recognition training module ("Circus Fun") in accordance with the invention.
- the invention is particularly applicable to a computer-based training system for training a child's auditory processing, phonological awareness and processing, mo ⁇ hological awareness, visual orthographic memory (VOM), reading and spelling skills and it is in this context that the invention will be described. It will be appreciated, however, that the system and method in accordance with the invention has greater utility since 1) it may be used to test and teach a variety of other individuals, such as illiterate and cognitively- impaired people, individuals whose native language is not English who are learning to read, and adolescents and adults who read poorly and wish to improve their literary skills; and 2) the system may be implemented on other computer networks, such as the Web, the Internet, a local area network or the like.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a computer- based auditory processing, phonological awareness and processing, mo ⁇ hological awareness, VOM, reading and spelling skills training system 50 in accordance with the invention.
- the training system 50 may be executed by a computer 52.
- the computer 52 may be a stand-alone personal computer or a computer connected to a network or a client computer connected to a server.
- training in accordance with the invention may be computer- based that provides opportunities for a variety of different individuals to access and participate in the training with alternative media that can be provided in a variety of locations and enviromnents using, for example, stand-alone computers, networked computers or client/server web-based systems.
- the invention may be implemented over a computer network, including the web, the internet, a LAN, a WAN or the like wherein the user interacts with a server computer using a browser application and may download one or more updates/changes to the games over the computer network.
- a stand-alone computer 52 will be described.
- a computer 52 may include a central processing unit (CPU) 58, a memory 60, a persistent storage device 64, such as a hard disk drive, a tape drive an optical drive or the like and a training tool 66.
- the training tool may be one or more software applications (training different auditory processing, phonological awareness and processing, mo ⁇ hological awareness, VOM, spelling skills or reading skills) stored in the persistent storage of the computer that may be loaded into the memory 60 (as shown in Figure 1) so that the training tool may be executed by the CPU 58.
- the computer 52 may be connected to a remote server or other computer network that permits the computer 52 to receive updates to the training tool over the computer network.
- the training tool may also be used in conjunction with the diagnostic system as described in US patent application serial number
- the computer 52 may further include one or more input devices 76 such as a keyboard 78, a mouse 80, a joystick, a speech recognition system 82 or the like, a display 84 such as a typical cathode ray tube, a flat panel display or the like and one or more output devices 86 such as a speaker for producing sounds or a printer for producing printed output.
- the input and output devices permit a user of the computer to interact with the training tool so that the user's skills at various auditory processing, phonological awareness and processing, mo ⁇ hological awareness, VOM and other reading and spelling skills are improved.
- the speech recognition system permits the user to speak into the speech recognition system 82 in response to a stimulus from the training tool as described below.
- the computer 52 may also execute a browser software application in order to interact with the diagnostic system as described above and download one or more updates to the training tool.
- the training tool may include one or more different modules that train various auditory processing, phonological awareness and processing, mo ⁇ hological awareness, VOM and reading and spelling skills so that a child's proficiency at these skills may be increased.
- the training tool 66 may keep track of a user's scores in each skill area and adaptively change the difficulty of each game in each task in the training tool based on the user's cu ⁇ ent skills. For example, the training tool may either increase or decrease the difficulty of the training.
- the training tool may alter one or more difficulty variables of a cu ⁇ ent training (e.g., the similarly of two different words or sounds, the position of a sound in a word, the availability of visual cues and the like) to change the difficulty of the training. Now, more details of the training tool will be described.
- Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating more details of the computer 52 that may be a part of the training system of Figure 1.
- the computer 52 may include the CPU 58, the memory 60, the persistent storage device 64 and the training tool 66.
- the training tool 66 may further comprise one or more software applications including a user interface (UI) 100 and game logic 102.
- UI user interface
- the user interface may generate multiple images and audible sounds that are viewed and heard and responded to by the user using the input devices in order to train the user in various auditory processing, phonological awareness and processing, mo ⁇ hological awareness, VOM and spelling and reading skill areas (the "skills").
- the game logic 102 may store the one or more modules (each module including one or more tasks/games) that make up the training tool wherein each module may train the user in a different set of skills. As each task is being executed by the CPU 58 of the computer system, it may be loaded from the persistent storage device 64 into the memory 60 so that it may be executed by the CPU. As shown in Figure 2, the user interface 100 and the game logic 102 are shown loaded into the memory 60 since the training tool is being executed by the CPU.
- the training tool in accordance with the invention may use games to train the user since the user may be a child that is more likely to be willing to learn when given a game to play. In other words, the child may be playing the game and, without realizing it, may also be training and improving a particular skill.
- the training tool may also obviously be implemented using similar games with different user interfaces for adult users. Now, more details of the training tool in accordance with the invention will be described.
- FIG 3 illustrates more details of the training tool 66 that includes the user interface 100 and the game logic 102.
- the game logic 102 may include a game file database 110, a score database 112 and a game administrator and scorer module 114.
- the game file database may store one or more modules (and one or more games/tasks for each module) of the training tool wherem each module trains a different set of skills. Each module in the prefened embodiment will be described below with reference to Figures 4 - 8.
- the score database 112 may store the scores for one or more users for the one or more games contained in the training tool.
- the score database 112 pe ⁇ nits the user's progress at each skill to be monitored and analyzed.
- the game administrator and scorer module 114 controls which game is being played, the user interface for the particular game, the score of the particular game and the level of difficulty of each game. In this manner, the user of the training tool can track his/her score or progress but is preventing from changing parameters of the games that may be very important developmental stepping stones in literacy instruction.
- the system may automatically track and report the scores and progress of the each user that uses the system.
- the administrator also permits one or more different users to use the training tool on the same computer and keep track of each user separately.
- the administrator 114 may also permit the person monitoring the use of the system, such as a teacher, to control the games.
- the teacher may control the amount of time permitted for each response or the teacher may set which games a particular user may have access to in order to prevent a child from playing the games that she/he is best at and avoiding the harder games.
- the teacher may also alter the mode of play between the continuous playing of a predetermined number of rounds of games before a break or playing the games one at a time.
- the teacher may also control the availability of audio replay so that a user may be permitted to re-listen to a stimulus repeatedly (easier) or may only be permitted to listen to a stimulus once.
- the administrator 114 may also include statistical software applications (not shown) that permit the administrator 114 to generate statistics about the one or more users using the training tool.
- the elements shown in Figure 3 may be located on a server computer and the user may interact with the server computer using a browser application to play the games of the training tool and to receive updates/changes to the games from the server computer.
- a browser application to play the games of the training tool and to receive updates/changes to the games from the server computer.
- FIG 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks included in a prefened embodiment of the training tool 66 in accordance with the invention.
- the training tool 66 may include a sound segmentation and discrimination module 120 (called “Rock On” in this example), a segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling module 122 (called “Slu ⁇ & Bu ⁇ ” in this example), a sound/symbol module 124 (called “Letter Express” in this example) and a sound and word recognition module 126 (called “Juggling Letters” in this example).
- Each of these modules may train a set of one or more of the skills described above.
- Each module may include one or more tasks wherein each task may be an interactive game that trains a particular set of skills of the user.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks and games in the sound segmentation and discrimination training module 120 in accordance with the invention.
- the sound segmentation and discrimination training module 120 may include a task 130 of identifying the number of words in a sentence, a task 132 of identifying the number of syllables in a word, a task 134 of discriminating syllable stresses in a word and a task 136 of identifying syllable stress patterns in a word.
- the tasks may train a primary skill or a secondary skill. If the module or task manipulates learning variables to challenge and exercise a particular skill, then that skill is a primary skill being trained. If the task actively engages and requires a user a use a particular skill during the task, then the skill is a secondary skill.
- the primary skills being trained are segmenting sentences into words, discriminating syllable stresses, identifying syllable stresses, auditory short term memory, print awareness and auditory attention.
- the secondary skills being trained are left to right progression, discrimination of syllables and words, auditory pattern recognition and following oral directions.
- the training method may generally include presenting a stimulus to the user, gathering a response from the user to the stimulus, analyzing the response for co ⁇ ectness and perfo ⁇ nance, providing feedback to the user and changing the difficulty of the task (by changing one or more difficulty variables) based on the user's performance.
- the user is asked to detect and identify the number of words in a sentence at different difficulty levels by varying the difficulty variables in accordance with the invention, hi this task, the user may advance to a harder difficulty level or fall back to an easier difficulty level based on the user's perfo ⁇ nance during the task.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the number of syllables in words (a word with more syllables is harder to identify), changing the phonological similarity of the words presented to the user (e.g., rhyming vs. non-rhyming), changing the availability of auditory feedback during user response and changing the availability of a printed display of the word.
- the user is asked to identify the number of syllables in a word and the difficulty variables may include changing the availability of auditory feedback during user response and changing the availability of a printed display of the syllables
- the third task 134 the user is presented with two words and asked to identify whether the two presented words have the same syllable stresses.
- the difficulty variables in this task may include changing the number of syllables in a word and changing the availability of a visual cue. to facilitate performance.
- the fourth task 136 the user is presented with a word and asked to identify the syllable stress pattern in the word.
- the difficulty variables in this task may include changing the number of syllables in a word, changing the availability of auditory feedback to the user and changing the availability of visual cues to facilitate performance of the user.
- Each of these tasks is described in more detail in the attached Appendix. Now, the tasks associated with the blending/segmentation and decoding/spelling training module will be described.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks and games in the blending/segmentation and decoding/spelling training module 122 in accordance with the invention.
- the blending segmentation and decoding/spelling training module 122 may include a task 140 of identifying a word from blending sound units, a task 142 of identifying a nonsense word from blending sound units, a task 144 of identifying rime units of a word, a task 146 of identifying a word from blending phonemes, a task 148 of identifying a nonsense word from blending phonemes, a task 150 of identifying the number of phonemes in a word, a task 152 of spelling a word, a task 154 of identifying a word from blending phoneme units, a second task 156 of identifying a word from blending phoneme units, a task 158 of identifying the number of phonemes in a sound unit and a task 160 of spelling a word.
- the primary skills being trained are auditory attention, discrimination, short term memory, phonological blending, phonological segmentation, phonological identification, phonological sequencing, phonological working memory, sequential verbal memory, phonetic decoding, visual orthographic memory and phonetic spelling.
- the secondary skills being trained are letter recognition, oral directions, left-to-right progression, sight recognition, vocabulary and keyboard entry.
- the training method may generally include presenting a stimulus to the user, gathering a response from the user to the stimulus, analyzing the response for co ⁇ ectness and performance, providing feedback to the user and changing the difficulty of the task (by changing one or more difficulty variables) based on the user's performance.
- the user is presented with an onset and a rime separated by a period of time and asked to detect and identify the word created by blending the onset and rime sound units together at different difficulty levels by varying one or more difficulty variables in accordance with the invention.
- the user may advance to a harder difficulty level or fall back to an easier difficulty level based on the user's performance during the task.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the time between the onset and the rime, changing the perceptual similarity of the response choices and changing the presentation of the word to the user (e.g., auditory alone, auditory and visual or visual alone).
- task 142 the user is presented with an onset and a rime sound unit and asked to identify a nonsense word when the onset and rime unit are blending together.
- the difficulty variables in this task are the same as for task 140:
- the user is presented with a word and asked to identify the rime unit in the word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the perceptual similarity of the response choices and changing the presentation of the word to the user (e.g., auditory alone, auditory and visual or visual alone).
- task 146 the user is presented with individual phonemes separated by a predetermined time and asked to identify the word generated by blending the presented phonemes together.
- the difficulty variables in this task may include changing the time period between the phonemes, changing the perceptual similarity of the response choices and changing the presentation of the word to the user (e.g., auditory alone, auditory and visual or visual alone).
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the time period between the phonemes, changing the perceptual similarity of the response choices and changing the presentation of the word to the user (e.g., auditory alone, auditory and visual or visual alone).
- the user is presented with a word and asked to identify the number of phonemes in the word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the type of the word (e.g., from a real word or a nonsense word), changing the availability of auditory feedback and changing the visual display of the graphemes.
- the user is presented with a word and asked to spell the word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the availability of auditory feedback and changing the availability of auditory cues, hi task 154, the user is presented with a series of phonemes, such as CVCC (consonant, vowel, consonant and consonant) separated by a predetermined time and is asked to identify the word created by blending the phonemes together.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the predetermined time between the phonemes, changing the perceptual saliency of the phonemes and changing the presentation format of the phonemes to the user (e.g., auditory alone, auditory and visual or visual alone).
- the user is presented with a series of phonemes, such as CCVC (consonant, consonant, vowel and consonant) separated by a predetermined time and,is asked to identify the word created by blending the phonemes together.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the predetermined time between the phonemes, changing the perceptual saliency of the phonemes and changing the presentation format of the phonemes to the user (e.g., auditory alone, auditory and visual or visual alone).
- task 158 the user is presented with a sound unit and is asked to identify the number of phonemes in the sound unit.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the phonetic saliency of the phonemes, changing the availability of auditory feedback and changing the availability of visual display of the graphemes, hi task 160, the user is presented with a word and is asked to spell the word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the phonetic saliency of the word, changing the availability of auditory feedback and changing the availability of auditory cues.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks and games in the sound/symbol training module 124 in accordance with the invention.
- the sound/symbol module 124 may include a task 170 of identifying the next letter in an order, a task 172 of identifying letters co ⁇ esponding to a long vowel phoneme, a task 174 of identifying letters co ⁇ esponding to a short vowel phoneme, a task 176 of identifying an upper case letter co ⁇ esponding to a consonant phoneme, a task 180 of identifying the lower case letter co ⁇ esponding to a consonant phoneme, a task 182 of typing the letter on the keyboard co ⁇ esponding to a phoneme, a task 184 of matching long vowel phonemes, a task 186 of matching short vowel phonemes, a task 188 of matching consonant phonemes, a task 190 of identifying a beginning phoneme, a task 192 of identifying
- the training method may generally include presenting a stimulus to the user, gathering a response from the user to the stimulus, analyzing the response for co ⁇ ectness and performance, providing feedback to the user and changing the difficulty of the task (by changing one or more difficulty variables) based on the user's perfo ⁇ nance.
- the user is presented with a letter of the alphabet and is asked to identify the next letter in the alphabet at different difficulty levels by varying one or more difficulty variables in accordance with the invention.
- the user may advance to a harder difficulty level or fall back to an easier difficulty level based on the user's performance during the task.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the position in the alphabet of the letter presented to the user, changing from the upper or lower case display of the letter and changing the visual cueing of the user.
- the user is presented with a long vowel phoneme and is asked to identify the visual representation (letter) of the long vowel phoneme.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the availability of auditory cues, changing the availability of associated keywords, changing from the upper or lower case display of the letter and changing the visual cueing of the user.
- task 174 the user is presented with a short vowel phoneme and is asked to identify the visual representation of the short vowel phoneme.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the availability of auditory cues, changing the availability of associated keywords, changing from the upper or lower case display of the letter and changing the visual cueing of the user
- hi step 176 the user is presented with a consonant phoneme and is asked to identify the visual representation (an upper case letter) conesponding to the consonant phoneme.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the availability of auditory cues, changing the availability of associated keywords and changing the phonetic similarity of the responses, hi step 180, the user is presented with a consonant phoneme and is asked to identify the visual representation (a lower case letter) co ⁇ esponding to the consonant phoneme.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the availability of auditory cues, changing the availability of associated keywords and changing the phonetic similarity of the responses.
- the user is presented with a phoneme and is asked to select the co ⁇ esponding letter on the keyboard.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the perceptual saliency of the phoneme, changing the availability of the display of the printed letter and changing whether the letter is displayed as upper or lower case
- hi task 184 the user is presented with a long vowel phoneme and is asked to identify the matching sound.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the number of response choices presented to the user, changing the availability of the display of the printed letter and changing whether the letter is displayed as upper or lower case.
- the user is presented with a short vowel phoneme and is asked to identify the matching sound.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the number of response choices presented to the user, changing the availability of the display of the printed letter and changing whether the letter is displayed as upper or lower case.
- the user is presented with a consonant phoneme and is asked to identify the matching sound.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the number of response choices presented to the user, changing the availability of the display of the printed letter and changing whether the letter is displayed as upper or lower case.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the type of word (real vs. nonsense), changing the format of the response choices (e.g., auditory only, auditory and visual or visual only) and changing the phonetic similarity of the response choices.
- the user is presented with a word and asked to identify the ending phoneme of the word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the type of word (real vs. nonsense), changing the format of the response choices (e.g., auditory only, auditory and visual or visual only) and changing the phonetic similarity of the response choices.
- task 194 the user is presented with a word and asked to identify the medial phoneme of the word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the type of word (real vs. nonsense), changing the format of the response choices (e.g., auditory only, auditory and visual.or visual only) and changing the phonetic similarity of the response choices.
- Each of these tasks is described in more detail in the attached Appendix. Now, the tasks associated with the sound and word recognition training module will be described.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the tasks and games in the sound and word recognition training module 126 in accordance with the invention.
- the letter training module 122 may include a task 200 of sorting words based on a beginning target phoneme, a task 202 of sorting words based on an ending rime, a task 204 of sorting words based on an ending target phoneme, tasks 206, 208 of sorting words into one or more semantic categories, a task 210 of recognizing words, a task 212 of identifying a sound in a word, a task 214 of identifying a vowel in a word, a task 216 of identifying the same ending mo ⁇ heme in a word, a task 218 of identifying matching nonsense words, a task 220 of identifying words with matching word-final plurality mo ⁇ hemes, a task 222 of identifying words with matching word-final tense mo ⁇ hemes, and a task 224 of identifying words spelled in reverse to the target word.
- the primary skills being trained are auditory attention, auditory short term memory, auditory & phoneme discrimination (syllable sound patterns, vowels, consonants, syllables, words), phoneme identification (recognizing a sound in a word), mo ⁇ heme identification (recognizing inflectional mo ⁇ hemes, mo ⁇ hological identification (Inflected Mo ⁇ hemes: plurals & verb markers), comprehension of linguistic concepts, letter recognition, sound-symbol co ⁇ espondence (short vowels, consonants, consonant digraphs, consonant blends, rimes), orthographic knowledge, visual orthographic memory, sight word recognition (printed syllables and words), reading fluency (words in isolation), reading comprehension (vocabulary), decoding with use of mo ⁇ hological knowledge and semantic classification.
- the secondary skills being trained are rhyme (identify rhyming word), following oral directions and mo ⁇ hophonemic spelling.
- the training method may generally include presenting a stimulus to the user, gathering a response from the user to the stimulus, analyzing the response for co ⁇ ectness and performance, providing feedback to the user and changing the difficulty of the task (by changing one or more difficulty variables) based on the user's performance.
- a difficulty variable may include adaptively changing the time permitted for a response.
- the user is presented with a target phoneme, such as a consonant, and a word and is asked to sort the word based on the target phoneme at different difficulty levels by varying the difficulty variables in accordance with the invention.
- the user may advance to a harder difficulty level or fall back to an easier difficulty level based on the user's performance during the task.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the presentation format (e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only), changing the availability of auditory cues and changing the time permitted for a response.
- the user is presented with a target phoneme, such as a rime containing a short vowel, and a word and is asked to sort the word based on the target rime at different difficulty levels by varying the difficulty variables in accordance with the invention.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the presentation format (e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only), changing the availability of auditory cues and changing the time permitted for a response.
- the user is presented with a target phoneme and a word and is asked to sort the word based on the target phoneme at the end of the word at different difficulty levels by varying the difficulty variables in accordance with the invention.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the presentation format (e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only), changing the availability of auditory cues and changing the time permitted for a response.
- the user is presented with a semantic category and a word and is asked to sort the word as it belongs into one or more semantic categories.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the presentation format (e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only), changing the availability of auditory cues and changing the time permitted for a response.
- the user is presented with a target word, such as a high frequency sight word, and a series of words and is asked to identify a word in the series that matches the target word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the presentation format of the target word (e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only), changing the availability of auditory cues, changing the time permitted for a response and changing the presentation format of the series of word (e.g., auditory or visual).
- the presentation format of the target word e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only
- changing the availability of auditory cues e.g., auditory or visual only
- changing the presentation format of the series of word e.g., auditory or visual
- the user is presented with a word and asked to identify a word that begins with the same sound heard at the end of the first presented word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the availability of auditory cues, changing the availability of a visual display, and changing the time permitted for a response.
- the user is presented with a word and asked to identify a word that contains the same medial vowel as the first presented word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the availability of auditory cues, changing the availability of a visual display, and changing the time permitted for a response.
- the user is presented with a word and asked to identify a word that ends with the same ending mo ⁇ heme as first presented word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the availability of auditory cues, changing the availability of a visual display, and changing the time permitted for a response.
- the user is presented with a nonsense target word and a series of words and is asked to identify the word in the series that matches the target word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the presentation format of the target word (e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only), changing the availability of visual cues, changing the time permitted for a response and changing the presentation format of the series of word (e.g., auditory or visual).
- the user is presented with a target word, such as a real word containing target plurality mo ⁇ heme, and a series of words and is asked to identify a word in the series that matches the target word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the presentation format of the target word (e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only), changing the availability of visual cues, changing the time permitted for a response and changing the presentation format of the series of word (e.g., auditory or visual).
- the target word e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only
- changing the availability of visual cues e.g., visual and auditory or visual only
- changing the presentation format of the series of word e.g., auditory or visual
- the user is presented with a target word, such as a real word containing a target verb tense mo ⁇ heme, and a series of words and is asked to identify a word in the series that matches the target word.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the presentation format of the target word (e.g., auditory only, visual and auditory or visual only), changing the availability of visual cues, changing the time permitted for a response and changing the presentation format of the series of word (e.g., auditory or visual).
- the user is presented with a printed word (real or nonsense) and a series of other words (real or nonsense) and is asked to identify when a word spelled in reverse to the target word in the series is presented to the user.
- the difficulty variables for this task may include changing the number of letters in the words, changing the availability of visual cues and changing the time permitted for a response.
- the training system may include one or more tasks wherein each task may further include one or more games/sub-tasks.
- the combination of the various tasks and games described above permits a user's phonological awareness and processing, auditory processing, mo ⁇ hological awareness, NOM, reading and spelling skills to be trained and improved to improve the user's reading and spelling ability.
- Figures 9A - 12 are diagrams illustrating more details of each task in the sound segmentation and discrimination training module ("Rock On") in accordance with the invention. In a prefened embodiment of this module implemented in a product. Generally, the user may click on a button to catch the "Rap-A-Taps" rhythm by counting the number of words in sentences or identifying syllable stress patterns in words.
- the Rap-A-Taps lead drummer (as described below) will present a 4-6 word sentence. The user may then wait for the speaker to appear on the screen to click the number of words heard in the sentence.
- the user will first hear words and see musical notes that represent words in a sentence.
- the user then will har and see each word as the he/she clicks the mouse.
- Rock On will automatically increase the level of difficulty by taking away the na ⁇ ation.
- the band will continue to increase the difficulty by presenting sentences with non-rhyming words, then sentences with two syllable words. After two consecutive inconect responses, the level of play will be decreased automatically.
- students will first determine whether auditorily presented single-syllable words have the same or different stress. The user may click on the studio lights with the same color if the words have the same stress or click on the studio lights with different colors if the words have different stresses. After four consecutive co ⁇ ect responses, Rock On increases the difficulty by taking away visual cues displayed during the first level of play.
- Printed syllables will be provided to help students develop mapping of spoken to printed syllables; however, after three consecutive co ⁇ ect responses, visual cues will be taken away and students will have to discriminate stress patterns based on what they hear.
- the user will be asked to identify syllable stress patterns by clicking on small or large color coded musical notes, representing low and high stress patterns. Students initially will be given visual and auditory cues to help them keep track of the syllable patterns in multi-syllable words. Students first will have to identify syllable stress patterns in 2-syllable words; however, the complexity of the game increases as children are asked to identify syllable stress in three syllable words and without visual cues or na ⁇ ation provided during response time. Rock On automatically decreases the level of play if children miss more than two consecutive items.
- the level of difficulty of the task is increased after four co ⁇ ect answers and it is decreased after two inconect answers.
- the number of co ⁇ ect answers that cause an increase in the difficulty level and the number of inconect answers that cause a decrease in the difficulty level may be changed.
- Figure 9 A is flowchart illustrating a first task 300 of the sound segmentation and discrimination module wherein the user is asked to identify the number of words in a sentence.
- An example of the user interface of the task is shown in Figures 9B and 9C and described in more detail below.
- the learning objective of this task is now described.
- the student will segment 4-6 word sentences into words.
- the sentences will consist of one syllable rhyming words, one syllable non-rhyming words, one & two syllable rhyming words or one & two syllable non-rhyming words. Auditory feedback will or will not be provided during response depending on the difficulty of the level and printed words will or will not be displayed during response based on the difficulty level.
- the system may visually or auditorily present a sentence to the user.
- the system may then prompt the user (either visually or with auditory instructions) to respond to the above stimuli in step 304 to identify the number of words in the sentence and the user may input a response in step 306 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 308 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the number of syllables in a word, the phonological similarity of words (rhyming vs. non-rhyming), availability of auditory feedback and printed display of the word. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 314 and the method returns to step 302 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level.
- step 316 determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 316.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more of the above difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 318 and the method returns to step 302 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 302. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figures 9B and 9C illustrate examples of a user interface 320 of the first task wherein a rock band is shown.
- the user interface may also include a pause button 322 to permit the user to pause the training at any time, one or more areas 324 that change color as the user indicates the number of words in the spoken sentence so that the user has a visual clue.
- the user interface may also include a timer 326 which alerts the user to the amount of time that the user has remaining to answer the cu ⁇ ent task. The time that is takes the user to respond affects the performance rating of the user for the particular task.
- Figure 10 is a flowchart illustrating a second task 330 of the first module wherein the user is asked to identify the number of syllables in a word. The student will segment 1-4 syllable words into syllables. To change the difficulty of the task, auditory feedback will or will not be provided during the response and printed syllables will or will not be displayed during the response.
- the system may present the user with a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli in step 334 by identifying the number of syllables in the presented word and the user may input a response in step 336 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 338 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 342 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the availability of auditory feedback or the printed display of the syllables of the word. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 344 and the method returns to step 332 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 346. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more of the above difficulty variables.
- step 348 the level of difficulty is decreased in step 348 and the method returns to step 332 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 332. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 11 is a flowchart illustrating a third task 350 of the first module wherein the user must identify the syllable stresses of a word.
- This task may actually be broken into two different sub-tasks wherein a first sub-task uses single syllables and a second sub-task uses multisyllabic words.
- the student will discriminate single syllable words as having same or different syllable stress when the words are auditorily presented with an inter- stimulus interval of 1.0 seconds. Visual cues will or will not be displayed to facilitate performance.
- the student will identify multisyllabic words as having same or different syllable stress patterns when the words are auditorily presented with an inter-stimulus interval of 1.0 seconds. Visual cues will or will not be displayed to facilitate perfo ⁇ nance.
- the system may present the user with two words either visually or orally.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying if the two words have the same syllable stress in step 354 and the user may input a response in step 356 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 358 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 362 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the number of syllables in the words or the availability of a visual cue to aid the user. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 364 and the method returns to step 352 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 366.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables as described above.
- Figure 12 illustrates a fourth task 370 of the first module wherein the user is presented with a word and prompted to identify the syllable stress patterns in the word. In this task, the student will replicate syllable stress patterns of multi-syllabic syllable words. Visual cues will or will not be displayed to facilitate performance.
- the system may present the user with a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the syllable stress patterns in the word in step 374 and the user may input a response in step 376 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 378 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?), hi step 380, the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 382 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables, hi this task, the difficulty variables may include changing the number of syllables in the word, the availability of auditory feedback or the availability of visual cues. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 384 and the method returns to step 372 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 386. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables above.
- step 388 the level of difficulty is decreased in step 388 and the method returns to step 372 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 372. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills. Using the above tasks, the sound segmentation and discrimination module may train the skills of the user as described above. Now, more details of the tasks of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module will be described.
- Figures 13 A - 23 are diagrams illustrating more details of each task in the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module ("ZAP!) in accordance with the invention.
- ZAP segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module
- the user may click on a user interface element to "take a swim in the swamp" where students will learn to decode, spell and blend real and nonsense words.
- the user may watch baby frogs catch their lunch as students identify or spell onsets, rimes or whole words with short vowels, single consonants as well as initial and final consonant blends.
- the user may click on the Bog Frog to bypass the demonstration items.
- the activities may include the following: which word is formed using these onsets and rimes? (16 levels), how do you spell CVC real and nonsense words? (6 levels), which word is formed using consonant and short vowel sounds? (12 levels), and how do you decode and spell CCVC, VCC and CVCC words? (18 levels).
- the first activity involves the baby frogs presenting onsets and rimes that make a CVC word. Three pictures will appear on the side of the screen. Once the onset-rime segments have been presented, the speaker icon appears, and students can rollover each of the pictures to have it pronounced for a clue. After three consecutive co ⁇ ect responses, Zap!
- Zap! automatically advances by introducing CC blends with low saliency, which are more difficult to identify.
- Zap! automatically advances to words with VCC and CVCC patterns.
- the game continues to increase difficulty by varying the mode of response and having students spell CVCC, VCC and CVCC words by typing on the keyboard. Initially, students can roll-over a set of lily pads for auditory cues while they are spelling a word. In addition, na ⁇ ation is provided while they type. After three consecutive conect responses, Zap!
- Figure 13 A illustrates a first task 400 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user is presented with an onset and rime and prompted to identify the word generated by blending the onset and time, hi this task, the student will blend onset-rime units presented at predetermined variable time intervals with or without co ⁇ esponding graphemes into a word and will make a response by selecting from a set of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically-similar words.
- the student will identify CVC words presented with no auditory cues and will make a response by selecting from a set of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically-similar words wherein phonetically dissimilar words have different initial consonant and medial vowels and phonetically similar words have the same rime or onset.
- the system may present the user with an onset and a rime.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the word generated by blending the onset and the rime in step 404 and the user may input a response in step 406 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 408 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the time interval between the onset and the rime, changing the perceptual similarity of the response choices and changing the presentation format (e.g., auditory alone, auditory and visual together or visual alone). If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 414 and the method returns to step 402 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level.
- step 416 determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 416.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more of the above difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 418 and the method returns to step 402 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 402. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 13B illustrates an example of a user interface 420 for the first task.
- the user interface may include a pause button 422 to permit the user to pause the training.
- the user interface may also include a first area 424 that supports a frog in the prefened implementation and displays the onset (e.g., "s" in this example), and a second area 426 that supports a frog and displays the rime (e.g., "un” in this example).
- the user interface may also include a visual display area 428 (if activated) that may display pictures of the co ⁇ ect word as well as one or more inconect words to provide the user with visual cues.
- the user interface may also include an area 430 for visually presenting the user selected word (e.g., "sun” in this example) to the user.
- Figure 14 illustrates a first task 440 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user is presented with an onset and rime and is expected to identify the nonsense word created by blending the onset and rime. In this task, the user will blend onset-rime units presented at x second intervals with or without co ⁇ esponding graphemes into a word and will make a response by selecting from a set of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically-similar nonsense words.
- the user then will decode visually presented CVC nonsense words presented with no auditory cues and will make a response by selecting from a set of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically- similar nonsense words wherein phonetically dissimilar words have different initial consonant and medial vowel and phonetically similar words have same rime or onset.
- the system may present the user with a onset and a rime.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the nonsense word formed by blending the onset and the rime in step 444 and the user may input a response in step 446 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 448 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory, hi step 452, the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the same variables as described above with respect to Figure 13 A. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 454 and the method returns to step 442 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 456.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables described above.
- step 458 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 458 and the method returns to step 442 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 442. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 15 illustrates a third task 460 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user is presented with a word and prompted to identify the rime unit in the word.
- the student When presented with a one- syllable CVC word or nonsense word, the student will identify the rime unit by selecting from one of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically-similar rimes wherein phonetically dissimilar rimes have different vowels and phonetically similar rimes have the same vowels (the latter of which is more difficult).
- the system may present the user with a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the rime unit in the word in step 464 and the user may input a response in step 466 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 468 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's perfo ⁇ nance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory, hi step 472, the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the perceptual similarity of the response choices or the presentation format (e.g., auditory alone, visual alone or visual with auditory). If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 474 and the method returns to step 462 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 476.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables described above. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 478 and the method returns to step 462 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 462. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 16 illustrates a fourth task 480 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user learns to blend phonemes into words.
- the student will blend three phonemes presented at predetermined adjustable time intervals with or without co ⁇ esponding graphemes into a word and will make a response by selecting from a set of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically-similar words.
- the student will identify CVC words presented with no auditory cues and will make a response by selecting from a set of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically-similar words wherein phonetically dissimilar words have different initial and final consonants and medial vowel and phonetically similar words have the same medial vowel and initial or final consonant.
- the system may present the user with a series of individual phonemes separated by some predetermined adjustable interval.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the word created by blending the presented phonemes in step 484 and the user may input a response in step 486 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 488 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherem the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the time interval between the phonemes wherein a longer time makes the task harder, the perceptual similarity of the response choices or the presentation format as described above. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 494 and the method returns to step 482 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 496.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 498 and the method returns to step 482 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 482. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 17 illustrates a fifth task 500 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user blends phonemes together to form nonsense words.
- the student will blend three phonemes presented at predetermined variable time intervals with or without co ⁇ esponding graphemes into a nonsense word and will make a response by selecting from a set of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically-similar nonsense words.
- the student will decode CVC words presented with no auditory cues and will make a response by selecting from a set of three phonetically-dissimilar or phonetically-similar nonsense words wherein phonetically dissimilar words have different initial and final consonants and medial vowel and phonetically similar words have same medial vowel and initial or final consonant.
- the system may present the user with a series of phonemes separated by a predetermined adjustable time interval.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the nonsense word formed by blending the phonemes in step 504 and the user may input a response in step 506 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 508 and the user's perfo ⁇ nance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?), h step 510, the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the same variables as for the fourth task.
- step 514 If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 514 and the method returns to step 502 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 516. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 518 and the method returns to step 502 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 502. In this mamier, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 18 A illustrates a sixth task 520 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user identifies the number of phonemes in a word.
- the student will segment VC and CVC real words and nonsense words into phonemes. Auditory feedback will or will not be provided during response.
- Graphemes will or will not be displayed during response to change the difficulty wherein the increase criteria for this task may be 80% co ⁇ ect answers.
- the system may present the user with a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the number of phonemes in the word in step 524 and the user may input a response in step 526 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 528 and the user's perfo ⁇ nance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 532 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the type of the word (e.g., real vs. nonsense), the availability of auditory feedback or the visual display of the graphemes. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 534 and the method returns to step 522 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 536. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 538 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 538 and the method returns to step 522 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 522. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 18B illustrates an example of a user interface 540 of the sixth task.
- the user interface is similar to the user interface shown in Figure 13B and like elements are designates with like reference numerals.
- the user interface may include the pause button 422, the one or more stands 424, 426, 427 and 429 that support a frog in the example and each contain a phoneme (e.g., "s", "t", “o” and "p” in this example), a graphical display section 428 that is blank in this example, and the area 430 for displaying the user's selection (e.g., "stop" in this example which is co ⁇ ect).
- Figure 19A illustrates a seventh task 550 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user spells a spoken word
- Figures 19B and 19C illustrate examples of a user Interface 552 for this task, hi this task, the student will spell VC (e.g., "at") and CVC (e.g., "cat") real and nonsense words by typing letters on the keyboard.
- Figure 19C illustrates an example of a user interface wherein a CVCC word ("desk”) is used although the same type of user interface would be used for the CV and CVC words described. Auditory cues and feedback will or will not be available during the response.
- the system may present the user with a spoken word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by spelling the word in step 556 and the user may input a response in step 558 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 560 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the availability of auditory cues or the availability of auditory feedback. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 566 and the method returns to step 554 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 568.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- FIG. 19B illustrates an example of the user interface for this task that, in addition to the elements shown in Figure 19B, may include a speaker controller 572 for controlling the auditory cues and feedback provided to the user.
- Figure 20A illustrates an eighth task 580 of the segmentation blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user blends CVCC phonemes to generate a word
- Figure 20B illustrates an example of a user interface 582 for this task.
- the student will blend four phonemes presented at predetermined variable time intervals with or without co ⁇ esponding graphemes into a word and will make a response by selecting from a set of three response choices.
- the student will decode CVCC words presented with no auditory cues and will make a response by selecting from a set of three response choices.
- the phonetic saliency of the consonant cluster blends will be controlled to facilitate skill development wherein high saliency consonant clusters have fricative + stop while low saliency consonant clusters have nasal + stop.
- the system may present the user with a series of CVCC (consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant) phonemes separates by a predetermined adjustable time interval.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by blending the phonemes together to form a word in step 586 and the user may input a response in step 588 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 590 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include changing the interval between the phonemes, the perceptual similarity of the response choices and changing the presentation format (e.g., auditory alone, visual alone or auditory and visual). If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 595 and the method returns to step 584 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 596.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 598 and the method returns to step 584 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 584. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 21 illustrates a ninth task 600 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user blends phonemes to generate a word.
- the student will blend four phonemes presented at predetermined adjustable time intervals with or without co ⁇ esponding graphemes into a word and will make a response by selecting from a set of three response choices.
- the student will decode CCVC words presented with no auditory cues and will make a response by selecting from a set of three response choices.
- the phonetic saliency of the consonant cluster blends will be controlled to facilitate skill development.
- the system may present the user with a series of consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant phonemes (CCVC phonemes in this task) separated by a predetermined adjustable time interval.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the word generated by blending the phonemes together in step 604 and the user may input a response in step 606 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., conect or inconect) in step 608 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?), hi step 610, the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables may be the same as set forth above for the eighth task.
- step 614 If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 614 and the method returns to step 602 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 616. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 618 and the method returns to step 602 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at tlie same level and loops back to step 602. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 22 illustrates a tenth task 620 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user identifies the phonemes in a spoken unit.
- the student will segment consonant cluster blends and VCC, CVCC and CCVC words into phonemes. Auditory feedback will or will not be provided during the response and graphemes will or will not be displayed during the response to change the difficulty.
- the phonetic saliency of the consonant cluster blends will be controlled to facilitate skill development.
- the system may present the user with a sound unit.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the number of phonemes in the sound unit in step 624 and the user may input a response in step 626 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 628 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?), hi step 630, the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory, hi step 632, the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the phonetic saliency of the phonemes, the availability of auditory feedback or the visual display of graphemes.
- step 634 the level of difficulty is increased in step 634 and the method returns to step 622 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 636. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 638 and the method returns to step 622 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 622. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 23 illustrates an eleventh task 640 of the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module wherein the user spells a word.
- the student will spell VCC, CVCC and CCVC words by typing letters on the keyboard. Auditory cues and feedback will or will not be available during the response.
- the system may present the user with a spoken word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by spelling the word in step 644 and the user may input a response in step 646 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 648 and the user's perfo ⁇ nance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory, hi step 652, the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables, hi this task, the difficulty variables may include the phonetic saliency of the phonemes, the availability of auditory cues and the availability of auditory feedback. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 654 and the method returns to step 642 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 656. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 658 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 658 and the method returns to step 642 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 642. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills. Using these eleven described tasks, the segmentation/blending and decoding/spelling training module trains the primary and secondary skills of the user as set forth above to improve the user's reading skills. Now, more details of the tasks in the sound/symbol training module will be described in more detail.
- Figures 24A - 35 are diagrams illustrating more details of each task in the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention.
- the user may click on a symbol and learn about letter names and sounds and how they all fit into short vowel CVC words.
- the user may watch a train, known as "CC", speed around the track, blowing puffs of smoke that look like animals, shapes and other fun objects as the student co ⁇ ectly identifies the conect sequence of alphabet letters, match letters and sounds and leam letter names.
- the student will also learn to identify letters in words as well as manipulate letters to create new real and nonsense words.
- the module may include the activity of identifying upper and lower case letter in order in the alphabet, matching letter and sounds, and identifying and manipulating sounds in the beginning, middle and ends of CVC words.
- a matrix of clouds will appear in the middle of the screen. Students will match phonemes with lowercase letters by clicking on their co ⁇ esponding clouds before time runs out. CC will keep track of the number of letter-sound matches the student will make in one minute and will advance the game by increasing the number of clouds in the matrix from 8 to 12. As students make a match, the clouds will disappear, reducing the number of choices. If a student matches all of the letters and sounds in a matrix before time runs out, (s)he will be given another matrix to complete.
- these response choices will consist of sounds and letters and students will be given roll-over letter and sound cues to help them identify the co ⁇ ect response. As students progress, these cues will be eliminated and students will be asked to identify the beginning letter in a visually presented word.
- Letter Express gradually increases difficulty by varying the similarity of foils and in the highest levels, having children respond using the keyboard rather than selecting from three response choices. After completing three consecutive responses for a number of different levels, students will be asked to type a new initial consonant letter on the keyboard to make a new word or nonsense word. When the student becomes proficient at identifying and manipulating initial consonant letters and sounds, Letter Express automatically advances the level by introducing final consonant sounds.
- Figure 24A illustrates a first task 670 of the sound/symbol trainmg module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user identifies the next letter in the alphabet.
- the student When presented with a letter selected from the beginning, middle or end of the alphabet, the student will identify the next letter of the alphabet by typing a response on the keyboard. Upper case or lower case graphemes will be displayed.
- the system may present the user with a letter of the alphabet.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the next letter in the alphabet in step 674 and the user may input a response in step 676 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., conect or inconect) in step 678 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables, hi this task, the difficulty variables may include the position in the alphabet (beginning, middle or end), upper vs. lower case display of the letters or visual cueing. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 684 and the method returns to step 672 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 686.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 688 and the method returns to step 672 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at tlie same level and loops back to step 672. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figures 24B and 24C illustrate examples of a user interface 690 of the first task.
- the user interface may include a pause button 691 to pause the training at any time, an animated character 692, such as a steam engine in this example and one or more puffs of smoke 693 generated by the steam engine that each contain a letter of the alphabet.
- Figure 24B illustrates lower case letters being displayed to the user while Figure 24C illustrates upper case letters being displayed to the user.
- Figure 25 illustrates a second task 700 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user identifies letters co ⁇ esponding to a long vowel phoneme.
- the student When presented with a phoneme sound, the student will select the co ⁇ esponding letter from a set of response choices displayed on the screen. An associated word will or will not be displayed. Auditory cues will or will not be available.
- phoneme sounds will be limited to the most common long vowel sound-symbol associations for tlie 5 vowels of the English alphabet.
- step 702 the system may present the user with a long vowel phoneme.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the letters co ⁇ esponding to the phonemes in step 704 and the user may input a response in step 706 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 708 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 712 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables, hi this task, the difficulty variables may include the availability of auditory cues, the availability of associated keywords, upper vs. lower case display of a letter or visual cueing. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 714 and the method returns to step 702 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 716. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 718 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 718 and the method returns to step 702 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 702. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 26 illustrates a third task 720 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user must identify the letters that co ⁇ espond to a short vowel phoneme.
- the student When presented with a phoneme sound, the student will select the co ⁇ esponding letter from a set of response choices displayed on the screen. An associated word will or will not be displayed. Auditory cues will or will not be available.
- phoneme sounds will be limited to the most common short vowel sound-symbol associations for the 5 vowels of the English alphabet.
- the system may present the user with a short vowel phoneme.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the conesponding letters in step 724 and the user may input a response in step 726 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 728 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 732 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables, hx this task, the difficulty variables are the same as for the second task above. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 734 and the method returns to step 722 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 736.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 738 and the method returns to step 722 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 722. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 27 illustrates a fourth task 740 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user the letters co ⁇ esponding to a consonant phoneme.
- the student When presented with a phoneme sound, the student will select the co ⁇ esponding upper case letter from a set of response choices displayed on the screen. An associated word will or will not be displayed. Auditory cues will or will not be available. Response choices will be phonetically similar or phonetically dissimilar, hi this task, phoneme sounds will be limited to the most common sound-symbol associations for the 21 consonant letters of tlie English alphabet and three common digraphs: sh, ch, th.
- the system may present the user with a consonant phoneme.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the conesponding upper case letters co ⁇ esponding to the phoneme in step 744 and the user may input a response in step 746 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or tlie like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 748 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the presence of visual cues, the presence of an associated keyword or the phonetic similarity of the response choices. If the advancement criteria has been met, then tlie level of difficulty is increased in step 754 and the method returns to step 742 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 756. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 758 the level of difficulty is decreased in step 758 and the method returns to step 742 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 742. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 28A illustrates a fifth task 760 of the soiind/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user is orally presented with a consonant phoneme and asked to identify the lowercase letter conesponding to the phoneme.
- Figure 28B illustrates an example of a user interface 761 of the fifth task.
- the student When presented with a phoneme sound, the student will select the conesponding lower case letter from a set of response choices displayed on the screen. An associated word will or will not be displayed. Auditory cues will or will not be available. Response choices will be phonetically-similar or dissimilar.
- phoneme sounds will be limited to the most common sound-symbol associations for the 21 consonant letters of the English alphabet and three common digraphs: sh, ch, th
- the system may present the user with a consonant phoneme.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the conesponding lower case letter (see Figure 28B) in step 764 and the user may input a response in step 766 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 768 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 772 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables may be the same as the previous task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 774 and the method returns to step 762 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 776.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 778 and the method returns to step 762 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 762. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 29 A illustrates a sixth task 780 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user identifies the conesponding letter to a phoneme.
- Figure 29B illustrates an example of a user interface 781 for this task, hi step 782, the system may present the user with a phoneme. The system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the co ⁇ esponding letter in step 784 and the user may input a response in step 786 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- an input device of the computer such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 788 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?), hi step 790, the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the perceptual saliency of the phoneme, the display of the printed letter and the upper vs. lower case display of the letter.
- step 794 the level of difficulty is increased in step 794 and the method returns to step 782 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 796. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 798 and the method returns to step 782 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 782. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 30 illustrates a seventh task 800 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user is asked to match the sound of a long vowel phoneme, hx this task, the student will identify the vowel phoneme of a real or nonsense CVC word. The student will select a response from a set of three response choices or by typing a letter on the keyboard. The student will manipulate vowel phonemes and letters to spell new CVC words.
- Letter Express the sound/symbol training module
- the system may present the user with a long vowel phoneme.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the co ⁇ esponding sound in step 802 and the user may input a response in step 803 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., conect or inconect) in step 804 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 806 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables, hi this task, the difficulty variables may include tlie number of response choices, the display of the printed letter or the upper vs. lower case letters. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 807 and the method returns to step 801 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 808.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 809 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 809 and the method returns to step 801 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 801. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 31 illustrates an eighth task 810 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user identifies the sound associated with a presented short vowel phoneme.
- the student When presented with a 2x4 or 3x4 matrix of phonetically-similar phonemes, the student will recall and match pairs of long vowel phonemes and will recall and match short vowel phonemes with upper case and lower case graphemes in a timed 1 minute per round task.
- the system may present the user with a short vowel phoneme.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the letter conesponding to the phoneme in step 812 and the user may input a response in step 813 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, tlie mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 814 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- step 815 the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 816 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task. The level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables are the same as the previous task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 817 and the method returns to step 811 to present tlie next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 818. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 819 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 819 and the method returns to step 811 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 811. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user ' s skills.
- Figure 32 illustrates a ninth task 820 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user identifies a letter co ⁇ esponding to a consonant phoneme.
- the student When presented with a 2x4 or 3x4 matrix of phonetically-similar phonemes, the student will recall and match pairs of consonant phonemes and will recall and match consonant phonemes with upper case and lower case graphemes in a timed 60 second task.
- the system may present the user with a consonant phoneme.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the letter co ⁇ esponding to the phoneme in step 822 and the user may input a response in step 823 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., conect or inconect) in step 824 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 826 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables are the same as the previous task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 827 and the method returns to step 821 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 828.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 829 and the method returns to step 821 to present tlie next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 821. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 33 illustrates a tenth task 830 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user identifies the beginning phoneme of a word.
- the student will identify the beginning consonant phoneme of a real or nonsense CVC word.
- the student will select a response from a set of three phonetically similar or phonetically dissimilar response choices or by typing a letter on the keyboard.
- the student will manipulate phonemes and letters to spell new CVC and CVCe words.
- the system may present the user with a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the beginning phoneme of the word in step 832 and the user may input a response in step 833 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 834 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 836 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the type of the word (e.g., real vs. nonsense), format of the response choices (e.g., auditory only, visual only, auditory and visual or none) or the phonetic similarity of the response choices.
- the level of difficulty is increased in step 837 and the method returns to step 831 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 838.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 839 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 839 and the method returns to step 831 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 831. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 34A illustrates an eleventh task 840 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user identifies the ending phoneme of a word.
- the student will identify the final consonant phoneme of a real or nonsense frequency CVC word.
- the student will select a response from a set of three phonetically similar or phonetically dissimilar response choices or by typing a letter on the keyboard.
- the student will manipulate phonemes and letters to spell new CVC words.
- step 841 the system may present the user with a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the ending phoneme in tlie word in step 842 and the user may input a response in step 843 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 844 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 846 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables may be the same as the prior task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 847 and the method returns to step 841 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 848.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 849 and the method returns to step 841 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 841. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 34B illustrates an example of a user interface 850 for this task.
- the user interface has the same elements as the other user interfaces for this module including the pause button 691, the animated character 692 and the puffs of smoke 693 that contain letters.
- this user interface may include a sound control icon 851 that permits the user to control the loudness of the auditory cues provided to the user.
- the puffs of smoke may contain one or more different ending phonemes for a word spoken to the user and the user must select the co ⁇ ect ending phoneme
- Figure 35 illustrates a last task 860 of the sound/symbol training module ("Letter Express") in accordance with the invention wherein the user identifies the medial phoneme of a word, hi step 861, the system may present the user with a word. The system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the medial phoneme in step 862 and the user may input a response in step 863 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- an input device of the computer such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 864 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's perfo ⁇ nance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables are the same as for the previous task.
- step 867 If the advancement criteria has been met, then tlie level of difficulty is increased in step 867 and the method returns to step 861 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 868.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 869 and the method returns to step 831 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 831. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- the above tasks constitute the training provided to the user by the sound/symbol training module that trains various primary and secondary skills as set forth above. Now, the tasks of the sound and word recognition training module will be described in more detail.
- FIGs 36 A - 48 are diagrams illustrating more details of each task in the sound and word recognition training module ("Circus Fun") in accordance with the invention.
- the user may click on an element to have some Circus Fun with Karloon (an animated clown character as shown in Figure 36B). Karloon does many tricks while students leam to sort words into categories by sound, spelling and meaning, recognize sight words and identify word-final mo ⁇ hemes.
- the activities may include sorting words by category, recognizing non-decodable high frequency sight words and matching letters, sounds and mo ⁇ hemes.
- the user helps Karloon sort words into categories by clicking on his right or left shoe.
- Karloon tells students the target feature they need to sort words, he will present a printed word. Students need to click on his right shoe if the word belongs in the group on the right of the screen and on his left shoe if the word belongs in the group on the left side of the screen. Students will look and listen to the word then decide whether to put it on the target category group or on the non-target category group. As students gain proficiency in sorting by answering 80% or more items conectly in a round of ten, they must sort words more quickly. Karloon begins by showing and saying each word, but when students show proficiency in sorting words presented at 4- ,2- and 1 -second intervals, his na ⁇ ation is eliminated and students must sort based only on what they see.
- Karloon will present a target word to students.
- Nine balloons will appear on a dart board in the middle of the screen. Words will appear at a rate of 15- 30- or 60 words per minute. Students will be asked to click on a dart when they see and hear or see a target word on the dart board. If co ⁇ ect, the dart will hit the target and the balloon will burst. If inconect, the target word that Karloon is holding will flash and the word will be pronounced again. After getting 80% co ⁇ ect in a round often, Circus Fun automatically advances by increasing the rate at which words are presented.
- the maze For inconect answers or if the maze is not completed in the time allowed, the maze will end, a new maze will begin, and a ball from the top of the pile will roll off the screen. When the maze is complete, the words will be read aloud as their respective boxes are highlighted.
- Karloon provides a brief tutorial to reinforce the concept of plurality as well as present and past tense. This tutorial can be by- passed by clicking once on the square in the upper left hand co er of the maze. Students are asked to match words with final mo ⁇ hemes when provided with auditory-only, auditory- visual and visual-only targets. Circus Fun continues to increase difficulty by varying availability of a visual cue and decreasing the time allowed to complete a maze. Now, the individual tasks in the module will be described in more detail.
- Figure 36 illustrates more details of the first task 900 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user determines if a word begins with a particular phoneme.
- This task may be broken down into two sub-tasks wherein single consonants are used and consonant digraphs are used.
- the student will sort words based on initial consonant sound and single consonant letter when a series of words is presented at a rate of 30 words per minute (wpm), 45 wpm and 60 wpm. Words will be presented in auditory only, auditory + visual, or visual only format.
- a visual cue will or will not be provided to facilitate performance with visual presentations, hi the second sub-task, the student will sort words based on initial consonant sound and consonant digraphs when a series of words is presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm. Words will be presented in auditory only, auditory + visual, or visual only format. A visual cue will or will not be provided to facilitate performance with visual presentations. Now, the first sub-task will be described in more detail.
- step 901 the system may present the user with a consonant phoneme and a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying if the word begins with the phoneme in step 902 and the user may input a response in step 903 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 904 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 906 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the presentation format (e.g., auditory only, visual only or auditory and visual), the availability of a visual cue or the time allowed for a response. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 907 and the method returns to step 901 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 908. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 909 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 909 and the method returns to step 901 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 901. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 37 illustrates more details of a second task 910 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user if a rime begins with a short vowel.
- This task may be broken down into two sub-tasks wherein single consonants and consonant digraphs are used.
- the student will sort words based on word rime when a series of words is presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm. Words will be presented in auditory only, auditory 4- visual, or visual only format. A visual cue will or will not be provided to facilitate performance with visual presentations.
- the student will sort words based on word rime when a series of words is presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm. Words will be presented in auditory only, auditory + visual, or visual only format. A visual cue will or will not be provided to facilitate performance with visual presentations.
- the first sub-task is now described in more detail.
- the system may present the user with a short vowel and its rime unit.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying if the rime begins with the short vowel in step 912 and the user may input a response in step 913 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 914 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- step 915 the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 916 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables may be the same as the previous task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 917 and the method returns to step 911 to present the next task to the user at tlie higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 918.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 919 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 919 and the method returns to step 911 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 911. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 38 illustrates more details of a third task 920 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user identifies if a presented word ends with a particular phoneme.
- This task may be broken down into two sub- tasks wherein single consonants and consonant digraphs are used.
- the student will sort words based on final consonant sound and single consonant letter when a series of words is presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm. Words will be presented in auditory only, auditory + visual, or visual only format.
- a visual cue will or will not be provided to facilitate performance with visual presentations, hi the second sub-task, the student will sort words based on final consonant sound and consonant digraphs when a series of words is presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm. Words will be presented in auditory only, auditory + visual, or visual only format. A visual cue will or will not be provided to facilitate performance with visual presentations. Now, the first sub-task will be described in more detail.
- the system may present the user with a phoneme and a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying if the word ends with the phoneme in step 922 and the user may input a response in step 923 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 924 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 926 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables are the same as the previous task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 927 and the method returns to step 921 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 928.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 929 and the method returns to step 921 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 921. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 39A illustrates more details of a fourth task 930 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user sorts words into one or more semantic categories.
- the student will sort words into categories of colors, numbers, shapes when a series of words is presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm. Words will be presented in auditory only, auditory + visual, or visual only format.
- the system may present the user with a word and one or more categories.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by placing the word into a category in step 932 and the user may input a response in step 933 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 934 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's perfo ⁇ nance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 936 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables, hi this task, the difficulty variables may include the presentation format as described above, the availability of a visual cue or the time allowed for a response. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 937 and the method returns to step 931 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 938.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 939 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 939 and the method returns to step 931 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. . If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 931. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 39B illustrates an example of a user interface 940 for the above task, hi this user interface, there may be a pause button 941 that permits the user to pause the training, an animated character 942, such as Karloon the clown, a first category area 943 and a second category area 944. Above each category area, there may be an indication of the types of words that should be put into that category. Then, as each word is presented to the user, the user may click on a left shoe 945 of the clown to place the word in the first category or the user may click on a right shoe 946 of the clown to place the word in the second category. In this manner, the user's skills at recognizing a word and then placing that word in the proper category is trained.
- Figure 40A illustrates more details of a fifth task 950 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user places words into more complex categories.
- Figure 40B illustrates an example of a user interface 948 for this task which is very similar to the user interface shown in Figure 39B so this user interface will not be described here, hi this task, the student will sort words into categories of animals, objects and people when a series of words is presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm. Words will be presented in auditory only, auditory + visual, or visual only format.
- the system may present the user with a one or more categories and a series of one or more words.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by sorting the words into the proper categories in step 952 and the user may input a response in step 953 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 954 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 956 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables are the same as for the previous task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 957 and the method returns to step 951 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 958.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 959 and the method returns to step 951 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 951. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 41 illustrates more details of a sixth task 960 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user matches words to each other.
- This task may be broken down into three sub-tasks wherein different high frequency sight words are trained, hi the first sub-task, following visual + auditory, visual-only or auditory-only visual-only presentation of a target word, the student will identify the same word in a series of words auditorily or visually presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm.
- the visual display of the target word will or will not remain on screen to facilitate performance.
- the target word list is: a, are, have, I, me, one, said, the, they, we.
- the student will identify the same word in a series of words auditorily or visually presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm.
- the visual display of the target word will or will not remain on screen to facilitate performance.
- the target word list is: all, for, he, is, my, out, that, to, was, you.
- the student will identify the same word in a series of words auditorily or visually presented at a rate of 30 wpm, 45 wpm and 60 wpm.
- the visual display of the target word will or will not remain on screen to facilitate perfo ⁇ nance.
- the target word list is: by, has, her, his, of, put, some, them, then, when. Now, the first sub-task is described in more detail.
- the system may present the user with a target word and a series of words.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying when the word that matches the target word is presented to the user in step 962 and the user may input a response in step 963 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 964 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the presentation format of the target word (auditory, visual or auditory and visual), the availability of a visual cue or the time allowed for a response. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 967 and the method returns to step 961 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system detennines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 968.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 969 and the method returns to step 961 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 961. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user ' s skills .
- Figure 42A illustrates more details of a seventh task 970 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user identifies a word that begins with the same sound heard at the end of the first words presented to the user.
- Figure 42B illustrates a user interface of this task.
- the system may present the user with a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the word that begins with the same sound as the end of the first word presented to the user in step 972 and the user may input a response in step 973 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 974 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the availability of visual cues or visual displays or the time allowed for response.
- step 977 If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 977 and the method returns to step 971 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 978.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 979 and the method returns to step 971 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 971. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 43A illustrates more details of an eighth task 980 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user identifies a word with the same vowel as the first word.
- Figure 43B illustrates a user interface for this task, hx this task, following presentation of a target word, the student will select a word containing the same short vowel sound from two auditory-only, auditory + visual or visual-only response choices. When visual response choices are available, visual cues will or will not be provided to facilitate response. The task will be un-timed or timed with 20 seconds or 10 seconds allowed for response in the timed task.
- the system may present the user with a target word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying a presented word with the same vowel as the target word in step 982 and the user may input a response in step 983 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 984 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 986 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables may be the same as the previous task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 987 and the method returns to step 981 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 988.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 989 and the method returns to step 981 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 981. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 44A illustrates more details of a ninth task 990 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user identifies a word with the same ending mo ⁇ heme as a target word.
- Figure 44B illustrates an example of a user interface for this task.
- This task may be broken down into four sub-tasks wherein the mo ⁇ hemes are verbs ending in "ing", plural nouns ending in "s", verbs ending in "ed” and verbs ending in "s” or "es”.
- the first sub-task following presentation of a target word ending in "ing", the student will select a word containing the same word-final mo ⁇ heme from two auditory-only, auditory + visual or visual-only response choices. Visual cues will or will not be provided to facilitate response.
- the task will be untimed or timed with 20 or 15 seconds allowed for response in the timed task.
- the student will select a word containing the same word-final mo ⁇ heme from two auditory-only, auditory + visual or visual-only response choices. Visual cues will or will not be provided to facilitate response.
- the task will be untimed or timed with 20 or 15 seconds allowed for response in the timed task.
- the third sub-task following presentation of a target word ending in "ed"
- the student will select a word containing the same word-final mo ⁇ heme from two auditory-only, auditory + visual or visual-only response choices. Visual cues will or will not be provided to facilitate response.
- the task will be untimed or timed with 20 or 15 seconds allowed for response in the timed task.
- the student will select a word containing the same word-final mo ⁇ heme from two auditory-only, auditory + visual or visual-only response choices. Visual cues will or will not be provided to facilitate response.
- the task will be untimed or timed with 20 or 15 seconds allowed for response in th ⁇ timed task. Now, the first sub-task will be described in more detail.
- the system may present the user with a word.
- the system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying a presented word with the same ending mo ⁇ heme as the first word in step 992 and the user may input a response in step 993 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 994 and the user's perfonnance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- step 995 the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- step 996 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task. The level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables. In this task, the difficulty variables are the same as the previous task. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 997 and the method returns to step 991 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system detemiines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 998. The level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- step 999 If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 999 and the method returns to step 991 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 991. In this manner, the above task maybe used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 45 illustrates more details of a tenth task 1000 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user identifies matching words.
- the system may present the user with a target nonsense word and a series of words. The system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the matching words in step 1002 and the user may input a response in step 1003 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 1004 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- step 1005 the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory
- step 1006 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the presentation format (e.g., auditory, visual or auditory and visual), the availability of visual cues or the time allowed for a response. If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 1007 and the method returns to step 1001 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 1008.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 1009 and the method returns to step 1001 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 1001. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 46A illustrates more details of an eleventh task 1010 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user matches words.
- Figure 46B illustrates an example of the user interface for the task, hi step 1011, the system may present the user with a target word containing a group of target plurality mo ⁇ hemes and then a series of words. The system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the matching words in step 1012 and the user may input a response in step 1013 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or tlie like.
- an input device of the computer such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or tlie like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 1014 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to tlie user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include presentation format of the target word (e.g., auditory, visual or auditory and visual), the availability of a visual cue or the time allowed for response.
- step 1017 If the advancement criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is increased in step 1017 and the method returns to step 1011 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 1018.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 1019 and the method returns to step 1011 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 1011. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 47A illustrates more details of a twelfth task 1020 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user matches words that contain verb tense mo ⁇ hemes.
- Figures 47B and 47C illustrates examples of the user interface for this task.
- the system may present the user with a target word having verb tense mo ⁇ hemes and then a series of words. The system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by matching the target word with a word in the series of words in step 1022 and the user may input a response in step 1023 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 1024 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- the system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory.
- the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the presentation format of the target word (e.g., visual, auditory or visual and auditory), the availability of a visual cue and the time allowed for a response.
- step 1027 the level ox difficulty is increased in step 1027 and the method returns to step 1021 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system determines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 1028.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 1029 and the method returns to step 1021 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 1021. In this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
- Figure 48 illustrates more details of a thirteenth task 1030 of the sound and word recognition training module wherein the user identifies a words spelled in reverse to the target word.
- the system may present the user with a printed target word and then a series of printed words. The system may then prompt the user to respond to the above stimuli by identifying the word in the series of presented words that is spelled in reverse to the target word in step 1032 and the user may input a response in step 1033 using an input device of the computer, such as the keyboard, the mouse, the speech recognition tool or the like.
- the system may analyze the user's response (e.g., co ⁇ ect or inconect) in step 1034 and the user's performance of the task (e.g., did the user respond within the allotted time?).
- tlie system may provide feedback to the user about the user's performance in the task wherein the feedback may be visual or auditory
- hi step 1036 the system determines if the criteria has been met to increase the level of difficulty of the task.
- the level of difficulty may be increased by changing one or more difficulty variables.
- the difficulty variables may include the number of letters in the words, the ill
- step 1037 the level of difficulty is increased in step 1037 and the method returns to step 1031 to present the next task to the user at the higher difficulty level. If the advancement criteria is not met, then the system dete ⁇ nines if the decrease level criteria has been met in step 1038.
- the level of difficulty may be decreased by changing one or more difficulty variables. If the decrease criteria has been met, then the level of difficulty is decreased in step 1039 and the method returns to step 1031 to present the next task to the user at the lower level of difficulty. If the decrease level criteria has also not been met, then the task continues at the same level and loops back to step 1031. hi this manner, the above task may be used to train a user's skills.
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