Mikko Aro
Biographic Data
| ID | 2748329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mikko Aro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mikko |
| FAMILY NAME | Aro |
| SIGNATURE | ARO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0545-0591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 124 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What is Digital Parenting? A Mixed-Method Study Exploring Parents’ Views of the Role of Digital Technology in Parenting and Family Interactions
Effects of Calculation and Reading Fluency Interventions Focusing on Awareness and Adaptive Use of Strategies
This quasi-experimental study examined the benefit of intervention focusing on awareness and flexible use of strategies in arithmetic and reading among Finnish children with comorbid arithmetic and reading fluency problems (Grades 2–4). Children participated either in a calculation intervention ( n = 45) or a reading intervention ( n = 51) or received business-as-usual support at school ( n = 47). Both domain-specific and cross-domain effects wer…
Hierarchical nature of arithmetic skills
Dynamics of change in math self-efficacy, sources of self-efficacy, and math skills
Assessment conceptions of Finnish pre-service teachers
The aim of this quantitative survey study (N = 287) was to investigate the assessment conceptions of three different pre-service teacher groups (classroom teachers, subject teachers and special needs teachers). Assessment conceptions were best described by the following three main factors: 1) assessment of learning, 2) assessment for teaching and learning and 3) assessment as a harmful action. These main factors were clustered into three assessme…
Assessing the effectiveness of a game‐based phonics intervention for first and second grade English language learners in India
Online Research and Comprehension Performance Profiles Among Sixth‐Grade Students, Including Those with Reading Difficulties and/or Attention and Executive Function Difficulties
This study identified online research and comprehension (ORC) performance profiles of 436 sixth‐grade students (206 girls) aged 12–13 years. We included learner groups with different learning‐related difficulties and explored how students’ reading habits were represented in various performance profiles. First, students’ ORC performance was examined with a validated web‐based assessment measuring their skills in locating, evaluating, synthesizing,…
Pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy in implementing inclusive practices and resilience in Finland
This study aims to explore Finnish pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in implementing inclusive education and their resilience. Survey data were collected from 105 pre-service teachers studying in a teacher education programme in one university in Finland. The relationships between pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in implementing inclusive practices, their perceived resilience, and background variables were examined using structural equation …
Methodological Issues in Literacy Research Across Languages
Research on literacy has become universal and is essential for researchers of various disciplines, educators, and psychologists. For this article, we examined the most important methodological challenges that arise when conducting literacy research across languages, some of which have long been acknowledged in the relevant literature. Specifically, we focused on challenges related to research on word reading, spelling, passage comprehension, and …
Cognitive Correlates of the Covariance in Reading and Arithmetic Fluency
This study examines the core predictors of the covariance in reading and arithmetic fluency and the domain-general cognitive skills that explain the core predictors and covariance. Seven-year-old Finnish children (N = 200) were assessed on rapid automatized naming (RAN), phonological awareness, letter knowledge, verbal counting, number writing, number comparison, memory skills, and processing and articulation speed in the spring of Grade 1 and on…
Qué Podemos Aprender de los Sistemas Educativos de Chile, España y Finlandia en el Marco de la Declaración de Salamanca
This paper compares the Special Education Systems form Chile, Spain and Finland, from the perspective of the UNESCO Salamanca Statement on Special Education Needs (SEN). The following issues create a dialogue about the agreement reached in 1994: the general context of the educational systems of each country, their epistemological orientation regarding Special Education, the regulatory framework of each system, the procedures to detect and refer c…
Math anxiety and its relationship with basic arithmetic skills among primary school children
BackgroundChildren have been found to report and demonstrate math anxiety as early as the first grade. However, previous results concerning the relationship between math anxiety and performance are contradictory, with some studies establishing a correlation between them while others do not. These contradictory results might be related to varying operationalizations of math anxiety.AimsIn this study, we aimed to examine the prevalence of math anxi…
Preservice and inservice teachers’ knowledge of language constructs in Finland
Reading Skills, Acquisition of
Changes in education policies and the status of schools in Europe
Neoliberal education policies have altered the operational environments of schools and affected school principals' job descriptions and requirements. As a result of managerialism, decentralisation and marketisation of education, principals are increasingly responsible for profitability, marketing and striving in competition, in addition to their role as pedagogical leaders. In this study, the opinions and views of European principals on the chang…
Resilience strategies employed by teachers with dyslexia working at tertiary education
Sublexical Effects on Eye Movements During Repeated Reading of Words and Pseudowords in Finnish
The role of different orthographic units (letters, syllables, words) in reading of orthographically transparent Finnish language was studied by independently manipulating the number of letters (NoL) and syllables (NoS) in words and pseudowords and by recording eye movements during repeated reading aloud of these items. Fluent adult readers showed evidence for using larger orthographic units in (pseudo)word recoding, whereas dysfluent children see…
Training reading fluency among poor readers of German
Training reading fluency
Riding the information highway—towards a new kind of learning
In the modern world, skimming through information quickly and finding the important nuggets of knowledge from amongst the information overload is an essential skill. One way to train oneself for this kind of literacy is reading on the internet, which requires continuous assessment of search results and specifying searches. In this article a central question is in which ways computer usage is connected with literacy needed in everyday life, which …
Computerized training of the correspondences between phonological and orthographic units
The outcomes of computerized training in the correspondences between phonological and orthographic units are reported. Forty-four Finnish-speaking first-graders with poor pre-reading skills were assigned to one of two groups, intervention or control. The children in the intervention group received computerized training over a 6-week period (mean 170 minutes in total) while the children in the control group received regular reading instruction onl…
Education or learning on the job? Generational differences of opinions in Finland
In this article, we are interested in what kind of opinions people belonging to different generations have on work experience and formal education. Mannheim’s theory on generations is used as a general frame of reference. The questions asked in the article are: is education appreciated more by young people who have been able to participate in it on a large scale, or by older people to whom further education often remained an unfulfilled dream? Do…
The development of children at familial risk for dyslexia
Foundation literacy acquisition in European orthographies
Several previous studies have suggested that basic decoding skills may develop less effectively in English than in some other European orthographies. The origins of this effect in the early (foundation) phase of reading acquisition are investigated through assessments of letter knowledge, familiar word reading, and simple nonword reading in English and 12 other orthographies. The results confirm that children from a majority of European countries…
E-wave and heart rate responses during anticipation of nonmotor events
Foundation literacy acquisition in European orthographies
Several previous studies have suggested that basic decoding skills may develop less effectively in English than in some other European orthographies. The origins of this effect in the early (foundation) phase of reading acquisition are investigated through assessments of letter knowledge, familiar word reading, and simple nonword reading in English and 12 other orthographies. The results confirm that children from a majority of European countries…
Pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy in implementing inclusive practices and resilience in Finland
This study aims to explore Finnish pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in implementing inclusive education and their resilience. Survey data were collected from 105 pre-service teachers studying in a teacher education programme in one university in Finland. The relationships between pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in implementing inclusive practices, their perceived resilience, and background variables were examined using structural equation …
Math anxiety and its relationship with basic arithmetic skills among primary school children
BackgroundChildren have been found to report and demonstrate math anxiety as early as the first grade. However, previous results concerning the relationship between math anxiety and performance are contradictory, with some studies establishing a correlation between them while others do not. These contradictory results might be related to varying operationalizations of math anxiety.AimsIn this study, we aimed to examine the prevalence of math anxi…
Methodological Issues in Literacy Research Across Languages
Research on literacy has become universal and is essential for researchers of various disciplines, educators, and psychologists. For this article, we examined the most important methodological challenges that arise when conducting literacy research across languages, some of which have long been acknowledged in the relevant literature. Specifically, we focused on challenges related to research on word reading, spelling, passage comprehension, and …
Changes in education policies and the status of schools in Europe
Neoliberal education policies have altered the operational environments of schools and affected school principals' job descriptions and requirements. As a result of managerialism, decentralisation and marketisation of education, principals are increasingly responsible for profitability, marketing and striving in competition, in addition to their role as pedagogical leaders. In this study, the opinions and views of European principals on the chang…
Education or learning on the job? Generational differences of opinions in Finland
In this article, we are interested in what kind of opinions people belonging to different generations have on work experience and formal education. Mannheim’s theory on generations is used as a general frame of reference. The questions asked in the article are: is education appreciated more by young people who have been able to participate in it on a large scale, or by older people to whom further education often remained an unfulfilled dream? Do…
Resilience strategies employed by teachers with dyslexia working at tertiary education
Riding the information highway—towards a new kind of learning
In the modern world, skimming through information quickly and finding the important nuggets of knowledge from amongst the information overload is an essential skill. One way to train oneself for this kind of literacy is reading on the internet, which requires continuous assessment of search results and specifying searches. In this article a central question is in which ways computer usage is connected with literacy needed in everyday life, which …
E-wave and heart rate responses during anticipation of nonmotor events
E-wave and heart rate responses during anticipation of nonmotor events
Foundation literacy acquisition in European orthographies
Several previous studies have suggested that basic decoding skills may develop less effectively in English than in some other European orthographies. The origins of this effect in the early (foundation) phase of reading acquisition are investigated through assessments of letter knowledge, familiar word reading, and simple nonword reading in English and 12 other orthographies. The results confirm that children from a majority of European countries…
The development of children at familial risk for dyslexia
Computerized training of the correspondences between phonological and orthographic units
The outcomes of computerized training in the correspondences between phonological and orthographic units are reported. Forty-four Finnish-speaking first-graders with poor pre-reading skills were assigned to one of two groups, intervention or control. The children in the intervention group received computerized training over a 6-week period (mean 170 minutes in total) while the children in the control group received regular reading instruction onl…
Education or learning on the job? Generational differences of opinions in Finland
In this article, we are interested in what kind of opinions people belonging to different generations have on work experience and formal education. Mannheim’s theory on generations is used as a general frame of reference. The questions asked in the article are: is education appreciated more by young people who have been able to participate in it on a large scale, or by older people to whom further education often remained an unfulfilled dream? Do…
Riding the information highway—towards a new kind of learning
In the modern world, skimming through information quickly and finding the important nuggets of knowledge from amongst the information overload is an essential skill. One way to train oneself for this kind of literacy is reading on the internet, which requires continuous assessment of search results and specifying searches. In this article a central question is in which ways computer usage is connected with literacy needed in everyday life, which …
Training reading fluency among poor readers of German
Training reading fluency
Sublexical Effects on Eye Movements During Repeated Reading of Words and Pseudowords in Finnish
The role of different orthographic units (letters, syllables, words) in reading of orthographically transparent Finnish language was studied by independently manipulating the number of letters (NoL) and syllables (NoS) in words and pseudowords and by recording eye movements during repeated reading aloud of these items. Fluent adult readers showed evidence for using larger orthographic units in (pseudo)word recoding, whereas dysfluent children see…
Resilience strategies employed by teachers with dyslexia working at tertiary education
Reading Skills, Acquisition of
Changes in education policies and the status of schools in Europe
Neoliberal education policies have altered the operational environments of schools and affected school principals' job descriptions and requirements. As a result of managerialism, decentralisation and marketisation of education, principals are increasingly responsible for profitability, marketing and striving in competition, in addition to their role as pedagogical leaders. In this study, the opinions and views of European principals on the chang…
Preservice and inservice teachers’ knowledge of language constructs in Finland
Math anxiety and its relationship with basic arithmetic skills among primary school children
BackgroundChildren have been found to report and demonstrate math anxiety as early as the first grade. However, previous results concerning the relationship between math anxiety and performance are contradictory, with some studies establishing a correlation between them while others do not. These contradictory results might be related to varying operationalizations of math anxiety.AimsIn this study, we aimed to examine the prevalence of math anxi…
Qué Podemos Aprender de los Sistemas Educativos de Chile, España y Finlandia en el Marco de la Declaración de Salamanca
This paper compares the Special Education Systems form Chile, Spain and Finland, from the perspective of the UNESCO Salamanca Statement on Special Education Needs (SEN). The following issues create a dialogue about the agreement reached in 1994: the general context of the educational systems of each country, their epistemological orientation regarding Special Education, the regulatory framework of each system, the procedures to detect and refer c…
Cognitive Correlates of the Covariance in Reading and Arithmetic Fluency
This study examines the core predictors of the covariance in reading and arithmetic fluency and the domain-general cognitive skills that explain the core predictors and covariance. Seven-year-old Finnish children (N = 200) were assessed on rapid automatized naming (RAN), phonological awareness, letter knowledge, verbal counting, number writing, number comparison, memory skills, and processing and articulation speed in the spring of Grade 1 and on…
Pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy in implementing inclusive practices and resilience in Finland
This study aims to explore Finnish pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in implementing inclusive education and their resilience. Survey data were collected from 105 pre-service teachers studying in a teacher education programme in one university in Finland. The relationships between pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in implementing inclusive practices, their perceived resilience, and background variables were examined using structural equation …
Methodological Issues in Literacy Research Across Languages
Research on literacy has become universal and is essential for researchers of various disciplines, educators, and psychologists. For this article, we examined the most important methodological challenges that arise when conducting literacy research across languages, some of which have long been acknowledged in the relevant literature. Specifically, we focused on challenges related to research on word reading, spelling, passage comprehension, and …
Assessing the effectiveness of a game‐based phonics intervention for first and second grade English language learners in India
Online Research and Comprehension Performance Profiles Among Sixth‐Grade Students, Including Those with Reading Difficulties and/or Attention and Executive Function Difficulties
This study identified online research and comprehension (ORC) performance profiles of 436 sixth‐grade students (206 girls) aged 12–13 years. We included learner groups with different learning‐related difficulties and explored how students’ reading habits were represented in various performance profiles. First, students’ ORC performance was examined with a validated web‐based assessment measuring their skills in locating, evaluating, synthesizing,…
Assessment conceptions of Finnish pre-service teachers
The aim of this quantitative survey study (N = 287) was to investigate the assessment conceptions of three different pre-service teacher groups (classroom teachers, subject teachers and special needs teachers). Assessment conceptions were best described by the following three main factors: 1) assessment of learning, 2) assessment for teaching and learning and 3) assessment as a harmful action. These main factors were clustered into three assessme…
Dynamics of change in math self-efficacy, sources of self-efficacy, and math skills
What is Digital Parenting? A Mixed-Method Study Exploring Parents’ Views of the Role of Digital Technology in Parenting and Family Interactions
Effects of Calculation and Reading Fluency Interventions Focusing on Awareness and Adaptive Use of Strategies
This quasi-experimental study examined the benefit of intervention focusing on awareness and flexible use of strategies in arithmetic and reading among Finnish children with comorbid arithmetic and reading fluency problems (Grades 2–4). Children participated either in a calculation intervention ( n = 45) or a reading intervention ( n = 51) or received business-as-usual support at school ( n = 47). Both domain-specific and cross-domain effects wer…
Hierarchical nature of arithmetic skills
Psychology (20 works) · Linguistics (13 works) · Mathematics education (13 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (13 works) · Pedagogy (11 works) · Cognition (7 works) · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Literacy (7 works) · Political science (6 works)