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Vol. 22. Issue 2.
Pages 128-134 (June - December 2017)
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Vol. 22. Issue 2.
Pages 128-134 (June - December 2017)
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Effectiveness of the EPI.com Computerized Tool to Enhance Comprehension and Expression in 3–6 Year-Old Schoolchildren
Eficacia del programa informatizado EPI.com para la mejora de la comprensión y la expresión de estudiantes de entre 3 y 6 años
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Marisol Cuelia,
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, Celestino Rodrígueza, Ana Isabel Álvarezb, Débora Arecesa, Paloma González-Castroa
a Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
b Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Francesa y Alemana, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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The acquisition of comprehension and expression skills is the key in the learning process, especially given the difficulties of students. EPI.com is a computerized strategy based on the adaptation of hypertext to Early Childhood Education. It aims to improve the lexical, semantic and syntactic processes. The objective of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of EPI.com for improving overall and specific psycho-linguistic and verbal aspects (depending on the age). To this end, a total of 155 participants (3–6 years old) were classified into two groups, an Experimental Group (93 children who worked with EPI.com) and a Control Group (62 children who followed the traditional methodology). All of them completed the Illinois Test of Psycho-linguistic Abilities, and the Peabody test. The results showed the effectiveness of the strategy in the Experimental Group in the Psycho-linguistic Abilities. The 3 year-old children obtained the greatest benefits with the intervention. The analysis concluded that EPI.com is effective in improving psycho-linguistic abilities in this population sample.

Keywords:
Comprehension
Expression
Intervention
Hypertext
Kindergarten
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En el proceso de aprendizaje resulta clave la adquisición de habilidades de comprensión y expresión, sobre todo dadas las dificultades de los estudiantes. La estrategia informatizada EPI.com se basa en la adaptación del hipertexto a Educación Infantil con el fin de mejorar los procesos léxicos, semánticos y sintácticos. En este trabajo se plantea como objetivo analizar la eficacia de EPI.com en la mejora de aspectos psicolingüísticos y verbales de forma global y en función de la edad. Participaron 155 estudiantes (3-6 años) clasificados en grupo experimental (93 estudiantes que trabajaron con EPI.com) y grupo control (62 estudiantes que siguieron la metodología habitual). Todos ellos fueron evaluados con el Test de Illinois de Habilidades Psicolingüísticas y el test Peabody. Los resultados muestran la eficacia de la estrategia en el grupo experimental, con puntuaciones estadísticamente significativas en los aspectos psicolingüísticos frente al grupo control. Son los estudiantes de 3 años quienes obtienen un mayor beneficio. Se concluyó la eficacia de EPI.com sobre la mejora de los aspectos psicolingüísticos con la muestra utilizada.

Palabras clave:
Comprensión
Expresión
Intervención
Hipertexto
Infantil

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