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McMurray, Sharon – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2013
This paper evaluates the impact of Lexia Reading software on the progress of children experiencing reading difficulties in four Northern Ireland Schools. The program is designed to raise reading standards through a phonics-based approach to learning to read. A key feature of the software is the use of an "assessment without testing"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
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Grant, Amy; Wood, Eileen; Gottardo, Alexandra; Evans, Mary Ann; Phillips, Linda; Savage, Robert – NHSA Dialog, 2012
The current study developed a taxonomy of reading skills and compared this taxonomy with skills being trained in 30 commercially available software programs designed to teach emergent literacy or literacy-specific skills for children in preschool, kindergarten, and Grade 1. Outcomes suggest that, although some skills are being trained in a…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Emergent Literacy, Best Practices, Classification
McGivern, Daniela; Morgan, Michael; Butler, Matthew – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2012
This research applies Socio-Cultural theory and Distributed Cognition/Activity theory to conceptualize the design of collaborative learning activities in large shared digital spaces. The paper begins by providing a summary of previous work in the creation of a technology platform for large shared digital spaces. It then details how Socio-Cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Assisted Instruction
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2006
"DaisyQuest" is a software bundle that offers computer-assisted instruction in phonological awareness, targeting children aged three to seven years. The instructional activities, framed in a fairy tale involving a search for a friendly dragon named Daisy, teach children how to recognize words that rhyme; words that have the same…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness