Research | Constructor

11 December, 2022

Computer-based multisensory learning in children with developmental dyslexia

Тhe first ever study investigated whether Constructor for school's visual and auditory training was fundamentally capable of promoting better spelling skills in children both with and without dyslexia.

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18 October, 2022

Efficacy of a computer-based learning program in children with developmental dyscalculia. What influences individual responsiveness?

This study used Calcularis 2.0 with additional training forms. It found that the subjects improved their arithmetic skills even more than with older versions of Calcularis, which the authors attributed in particular to the new training forms and the new reward system (zoo).

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05 September, 2022

Computer-based multi-sensory learning in children with developmental dyslexia

The first ever Constructor-related study investigated whether Constructor's visual and auditory training was fundamentally capable of promoting better spelling skills in children both with and without dyslexia.

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16 June, 2022

Effects of Calcularis training | part 1: domain-specific changes (Effekte des Calcularis-Trainings | Teil 1: Domänen-spezifische Veränderungen)

This publication looked at the direct, longer-term effects of Calcularis. The children who participated in the study trained for 20 minutes five days per week over a period of six to eight weeks (altogether, on a minimum of 24 occasions).

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31 May, 2022

Evaluation of a computer-based training program for enhancing arithmetic skills and spatial number representation in primary school children

The authors of this study instructed one third of the participants to practise with Calcularis and another third to practise with Orthograph (the training control group).

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23 May, 2022

Calcularis – evaluation of a computer based learning program for enhancing numerical cognition for children with developmental dyscalculia

The goal of this study was to determine whether Calcularis was also capable of helping younger students improve the numeracy skills in which they showed the greatest need for support. In addition, the study investigated whether the children’s anxiety about maths could be reduced by the training.

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07 April, 2022

Computer-based learning of spelling skills in children with and without dyslexia

The first ever study investigated whether Constructor for School’s visual and auditory training was fundamentally capable of promoting better spelling skills in children both with and without dyslexia.

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04 April, 2022

Effects of Calcularis training | part 2: changes in psychosocial characteristics (Effekte des Calcularis-Trainings | Teil 2: Veränderungen psychosozialer Merkmale)

Continuing on from Part 1, which appeared in the same publication, this study looked at the influence of Calcularis on mental irregularities, maths performance anxiety and the children’s own perception of their skills. In particular, it aimed to find out whether Calcularis training could lead to a measurable improvement in these characteristics.

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24 March, 2022

Mental number line training in children with developmental dyscalculia

Using a predecessor version of Calcularis, this study set out to verify whether or not computer-based training was capable of improving the neurological development of number of processing and, in particular, of facilitating its automation.

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09 January, 2022

Design and evaluation of the computer-based training program Calcularis for enhancing numerical cognition

The purpose of this article was both to introduce the key concepts of Calcularis (user-specific adaptations, multisensory learning, modelling of the neurological development process) and to present the results of the first Calcularis study, the aim of which was to show whether pupils were better able to cope with number line tasks and the basic operations of addition and subtraction as a result of using Calcularis.

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