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ABRACADABRA: The evaluation of a computer-based reading intervention

ABRACADABRA: The evaluation of a computer-based reading intervention. Dr Robert Savage and colleagues : Dr Philip C. Abrami and the CSLP team across Canada. ABRACADABRA. Literacy Beginning readers Teachers of beginning readers Based on research Web-based application

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ABRACADABRA: The evaluation of a computer-based reading intervention

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  1. ABRACADABRA: The evaluation of a computer-based reading intervention Dr Robert Savage and colleagues: Dr Philip C. Abrami and the CSLP team across Canada

  2. ABRACADABRA • Literacy • Beginning readers • Teachers of beginning readers • Based on research • Web-based application • Modular: Activities, Stories, Professional Development, Communication, Assessment • Flexible - no required path, customizable for particular needs, single or multiple student use, classroom/lab, at-home, etc.

  3. ABRACADABRA – beware of cheap imitations…..

  4. The need for controlled research studies of computer-based literacy • There is a large body of research on computer-based intervention • Much research has not been well-controlled Lack of randomized control Studies have not ‘isolated the medium of instruction’ (Torgersen & Zhu, 2003)

  5. Abracadabra Research Design • Groups of 4 students, randomly assigned to intervention A or B, removed from their class during language arts period • Each for 20 minutes 4 times per week • Each group also received identical comprehension, fluency tasks but differed in subtle ways on aspects of alphabetics. • Intervention A: these students’ activities had a particular focus on phoneme blending and segmenting activities. • Intervention B: these students’ activities focused on a progression from sentences to words to rhymes. • Comparison group: This group remained in the classroom and received classroom language arts instruction.

  6. Results of Grade 1 Intervention Letter-sound knowledge

  7. Results of Grade 1 intervention CTOPP Blending standard score

  8. Results of Grade 1 Intervention CTOPP Phoneme Elision standard score

  9. Results of Grade 1 Intervention GRADE Listening Comprehension (Stanine)

  10. Effects of Grade 1 Intervention • Woodcock - Johnson Word Attack

  11. Results of Grade 1 Intervention • GRADE Reading Comprehension composite

  12. Canada-wide initiatives • A multi-site evaluation of ABRACADABRA: • The CSLP has been successful already in developing a Pan-Canadian team that stretches from the Maritimes to British Columbia, with an unparalleled level of world-class expertise. • Effectiveness of ABRACADABRA for children from different language and cultural backgrounds (e.g. bi- and multi-lingual backgrounds, children arriving in Canada with little or no English • We plan to have a French version of ABRA) language skills, also urban / semi-urban / rural/ Gender Age/ experience.

  13. Rob Savage, McGill University and the CSLP team An open invite: We welcome others to use our tools and partner with us in research and development.

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