Essays about: "reading disabilities"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the words reading disabilities.

  1. 11. Exploring the Web Accessibility for people with Dyslexia

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : Emma Indal; Ellinor Mavéus; [2019]
    Keywords : Web Accessibility; Dyslexia; Readability; Digitalization;

    Abstract : Fem till åtta procent av Sveriges befolkning är diagnostiserade med dyslexi och nästan tjugofem procent har läs- och skrivsvårigheter. Nittiofyra procent av Sveriges befolkning använder internet inom alla områden i vardagen, allt från utbildning och arbete till att läsa nyhetstidningar och söka information i uppslagsverk. READ MORE

  3. 12. A Model of Universal Manual Design for Technical Products

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Nuo Chen; [2019]
    Keywords : User manuals; universal design; accessibility; usability; modelling; mobile application; Manual; bruksanvisning; universell design; tillgänglighet; använderbarhet; modellering; mobilapplikation;

    Abstract : Unlike consumer technologies and electronics that have advanced and become more affordable and intuitive to use, the supplied user manuals are still using the old-fashioned book-like design. There are people who do not read the manuals, even when they are in trouble, because these book-like manuals might be too complicated or difficult to understand. READ MORE

  4. 13. Complex Word Identification for Swedish

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Greta Smolenska; [2018]
    Keywords : complex word identification; lexical complexity; natural language processing; automatic text simplification;

    Abstract : Complex Word Identification (CWI) is a task of identifying complex words in text data and it is often viewed as a subtask of Automatic Text Simplification (ATS) where the main task is making a complex text simpler. The ways in which a text should be simplified depend on the target readers such as second language learners or people with reading disabilities. READ MORE

  5. 14. Special Education Teachers’ Views on Scaffolding Learners with Dyslexia in English Teaching

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Oskar Sjövall Lejonklev; Oskar Persson; [2016]
    Keywords : Dyslexia; English Education in Swedish Elementary School; Special Education Teachers; Reading and Writing Disabilities;

    Abstract : Dyslexia is one of the more common disabilities in Sweden; between 5-10 per cent of thepopulation can be considered having dyslexia. The difficulties they face in their educationstems from a disability to decode written language. English poses a problem, as the buildingblocks in terms of orthography and phonology are seldom compatible. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Politics of Literacy in Sweden 1949–2013 : A Governmentality Studies Perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Naomi Smedberg; [2014]
    Keywords : literacy; expertise; knowledge; government regulation; citizenship; läs- och skrivkunnighet; kunskapsteori; styrning; medborgarskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis is to trace examples of political rationality and governmental technologies in a selection of final reports of Swedish Public State Inquiries (SOU) where literacy and related concepts are fea-tured. I make use of the governmentality studies perspective developed by Nikolas Rose and colleagues. READ MORE