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The efficacy of computer‐based supplementary phonics programs for advancing reading skills in at‐risk elementary students
Author(s) -
Macaruso Paul,
Hook Pamela E.,
McCabe Robert
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of research in reading
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.077
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1467-9817
pISSN - 0141-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00282.x
Subject(s) - phonics , reading (process) , psychology , test (biology) , mathematics education , treatment and control groups , control (management) , computer assisted instruction , primary education , computer science , medicine , linguistics , biology , paleontology , philosophy , pathology , artificial intelligence
In this study we examined the benefits of computer programs designed to supplement regular reading instruction in an urban public school system. The programs provide systematic exercises for mastering word‐attack strategies. Our findings indicate that first graders who participated in the programs made significant reading gains over the school year. Their post‐test scores were slightly (but not significantly) greater than the post‐test scores of control children who received regular reading instruction without the programs. When analyses were restricted to low‐performing children eligible for Title I services, significantly higher post‐test scores were obtained by the treatment group compared to the control group. At post‐test Title I children in the treatment group performed at levels similar to non‐Title I students.