Journal Article

Assessing the Effectiveness of Two Theoretically Motivated Computer-Assisted Reading Interventions in the United Kingdom: GG Rime and GG Phoneme

Kyle, Fiona, Kujala, Janne, Lyytinen, Heikki, Goswami, Usha, Richardson, Ulla

2013

Overview

We report an empirical comparison of the effectiveness of two theoretically motivated computer-assisted reading interventions (CARI) based on the Finnish GraphoGame CARI: English GraphoGame Rime (GG Rime) and English GraphoGame Phoneme (GG Phoneme). Participants were 6-7-year-old students who had been identified by their teachers as being relatively poor at reading. The students were divided into three groups. Two of the groups played one of the games as a supplement to normal classroom literacy instruction for five sessions per week for a period of 12 weeks. The third group formed an untreated control. Both games led to gains in reading, spelling, and phonological skills in comparison with the untreated control group. The two interventions also had some differential effects. The intervention gains were maintained at a four-month follow-up.

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd,Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subject: Analogy / and materials / Assistive technologies / CAI / Childhood / Classrooms / Cognitive / Computer Assisted Instruction / Computers / Control Groups / Effectiveness studies / English / English language / Experimental / Experimental, quasi‐experimental / Finnish language / Games / Groups / Instructional intervention / Instructional strategies / Instructional strategies, teaching strategies / Instructional technology / Intervention / Learning / Learning strategies / Literacy / Literacy Education / Metacognitive strategies / methods / Onsets and rimes / Orthographies / Phonemes / phonemic awareness / Phonemics / Phonetics / Phonics / Phonics, phonemic awareness, phonological awareness / Phonograms / Phonological awareness / Phonology / Pretests / Psycholinguistic / quasi-experimental / Reading Deficiencies / Reading Difficulties / Reading Instruction / Reading strategies / Remediation / Research methodology / Rhyme / Spelling / Spelling Instruction / Strategies / Strategies, methods, and materials / Struggling learners / Students / Supplementary resources / Synthetic / Systematic / Teachers / Teaching / Teaching Methods / teaching strategies / Theoretical perspectives / To learners in which of the following categories does your work apply? / Writing