ForLearning International Symposium on learning and
learning difficulties
ForLearning - network of the University of Jyväskylä (JYU) welcomes you to
an international symposium on learning and learning difficulties, where you can meet colleagues and enjoy the
presentations of experts on diverse topics of learning difficulties!
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When: Wed 2 – Fri 4th December
Where: University of Jyväskylä, Finland
An updated and final program in the next page below (small changes may still occur). The get-together and symposium party events are free for
all participants.
The registration is closed for the symposium, but you can view the presentations on-line or later on (see below). during the two weeks after the
symposium.
NEW! Live streaming on the presentations is available @
https://moniviestin.jyu.fi/ohjelmat/ytk/psykologian-laitos/en/forlearning-2015/
and video recording available for two weeks afterwards via Moniviestin. For the password/pathkey send email to [email protected]. If the
link does not work directly, copy it to your browser.
The venues for the event are:
- Wednesday: Lea Pulkkinen hall, Mattilanniemi 2, Agora Building, B-wing, 4th floor
- Thursday - Friday: RUU D104 Helena -hall, Alvar Aallon katu 9, Ruusupuisto building
Warmly Welcome to ForLearning symposium and Jyväskylä!
Organizing committee: Paavo Leppänen, Jarmo Hämäläinen, Jarkko Hautala, Juha-Matti Latvala, Minna Torppa, Mikko Aro
https://www.jyu.fi/erillis/agoracenter/forlearning/en
ForLearning International Symposium on learning and learning difficulties - 2-4th December @ University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Finland
ForLearning network: https://www.jyu.fi/erillis/agoracenter/forlearning/en.
For streaming and video recording, see https://moniviestin.jyu.fi/ohjelmat/ytk/psykologian-laitos/en/forlearning-2015/
Please, register here: http://ekapeli.fi/poll/forlearning2015 (note that the nr of places is limited due to the venue restrictions)
9:00 – 9:45
9:45-10:30
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11:1511:50
11:50
12:4513:30
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14:30
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Wed 2 Dec
Christopher Bartlett, Nationwide Children's Hospital &
The Ohio State University, USA: Using genetics in the
study of learning disorders - methodological perspective
Myriam Peyrard-Janvid, Karolinska Insitutet,
Stockholm, Sweden: Genetics of Specific Language
Impairment
Juha Kere, Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden: The
genetics and biology of developmental dyslexia
Panel & audience discussion on Genetics
Lunch
Elsje van Bergen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
Netherlands: Reading fluency: like parent like child?
Minna Torppa, JYU: Family risk for dyslexia, reading
fluency and reading comprehension development
Chiara Cantiani and Valentina Riva, Child
Psychopatology Unit, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Italy: Earlylife markers of language and learning disorders
coffee
Urs Maurer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong:
Neural sensitivity for print in reading acquisition and
dyslexia
Thurs 3 Dec
Stefan Hawelka, University of Salzburg, Austria: Reading
processes as measured by eye-tracking
Jenny Thomson, University of Sheffield, UK: Internet
reading – the challenges of digital learning environment
Panel & audience discussion on reading processes and
internet reading
Lunch
Jurgen Tijms, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Interventions of learning difficulties
Fri 4 Dec
Bert De Smedt, University of Leuven, Belgium:
Mathematical learning difficulties: the role of symbolic
number processing
Minna Hannula-Sormunen, Univ of Turku, Finland:
Spontaneous quantitative focusing tendencies in the
development and enhancement of mathematical skills
Kristina Moll, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich,
Germany: Comorbidity of dyscalculia and dyslexia
Panel & audience discussion on mathematical learning,
dyscalculia and comorbidity
Lunch
Mikko Aro, JYU: Comorbidity: fluency in dyslexia and
mathematics
Monica Melby-Lervåg and Arne Lervåg, University of
Oslo, Norway: The development and
effects from interventions for reading comprehension
Tuire Koponen, JYU: The predictors of reading and
mathematics
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen and Anna-Maija Poikkeus,
JYU: Paths of learning and motivation in the First Steps
follow-up
Jarkko Hautala, JYU: Eye-tracking of internet reading
Carita Kiili, JYU: Assessing online reading
coffee
Madelon van den Boer, University of Amsterdam,
Netherlands: RAN and reading processes: Naming of
short words is (almost) the same as naming of
alphanumeric symbols
Ulla Richardson, JYU: On GraphoGame method
coffee
Panel & audience discussion on dyscalculia and
comorbidity AND
future perspectives of research on learning difficulties
The conclusion
15:3015:50
15:5016:10
Jarmo Hämäläinen, JYU: Auditory processing in dyslexia
Paavo Leppänen, JYU: Neurocognitive risk factors for
dyslexia
Tuija Aro, JYU: Self efficacy and reading
16:1017:00
18:30 -
Panel & audience discussion on family risk on reading,
neurocognitive risk factors and developmental processes
Pecha Kucha and Get -Together
Panel & audience discussion on reading difficulties and
intervention
Symposium Party