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Delacruz, Stacy – Reading Teacher, 2020
In today's multimodal landscape, coding has a space in the elementary literacy curriculum. Coding and literacy have many parallels, which are described in further detail. The author also explains why coding should be integrated into the primary grades and the steps that teachers can take to implement coding in the literacy curriculum. The free app…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Grade 2, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education
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Coleman, Mari Beth; Fowler, Kristen; Parater, Alexandra Lee; Riley, Marie Jackson; Park, Yujeong; Moore, Tara C. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Technology-assisted instruction has potential for helping students improve their reading skills. In the current studies, "PowerPoint" software was used to supplement teacher-led reading instruction for elementary-aged students with disabilities who struggled with phoneme blending to read words. The effectiveness of the intervention was…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
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Kamei-Hannan, Cheryl; McCarthy, Tessa; D'Andrea, Frances Mary; Holbrook, M. Cay – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2020
Introduction: "Reading Adventure Time!," formerly known as the pilot version of the "iBraille Challenge Mobile App," is an educational technology tool integrating digital literacy to support braille reading and writing instruction for students in 1st-12th grades. Designed to operate on an Apple iPad with a refreshable braille…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Reading Skills, Visual Impairments, Computer Software
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Council, Morris R., III; Gardner, Ralph, III; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Telesman, Alana O. – Preventing School Failure, 2019
Reading RACES--Relevant and Culturally Engaging Stories (RR) is a repeated reading intervention using culturally relevant literature that is delivered through computer software. This study extends previous research with RR intended to further evaluate the effects of RR on the fluency and comprehension growth of second-grade students with reading…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Urban Schools, Culturally Relevant Education
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Council, Morris R., III; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Green, DeLayna; Barber, Mariah; Gardner, Ralph, III – Behavioral Disorders, 2016
This descriptive study examined whether a computer-based, repeated reading intervention (i.e., Reading Relevant and Culturally Engaging Stories) is associated with improved reading and social behavior for three primary-aged urban black girls who each showed both academic and behavioral risk. The Reading Relevant and Culturally Engaging Stories…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Urban Schools
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Kazakou, Maria; Soulis, Spyros; Morfidi, Eleni; Mikropoulos, Tassos A. – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2011
The improvement in the ability to process sounds in oral language (phonological awareness) through the contribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is reported by many researchers. However, deficits in phonological awareness may persist despite intervention. There is increasing research interest on how educational technology…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Wood, Eileen; Anderson, Alissa; Piquette-Tomei, Noella; Savage, Robert; Mueller, Julie – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2011
Support requests were documented for 10 teachers (4 kindergarten, 4 grade one, and 2 grade one/two teachers) who received just-in-time instructional support over a 2 1/2 month period while implementing a novel reading software program as part of their literacy instruction. In-class observations were made of each instructional session. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Reading Programs, Computer Software
Reed, Tammy Dotson – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Illiteracy rates are increasing. The negative social and economic effects caused by weak reading skills include political unrest, social and health service inequality, poverty, and employment challenges. This quantitative study explored the proposition that the use of computer software games would increase reading achievement in second grade…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Achievement, Standardized Tests, Computer Software
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Mostow, Jack; Aist, Greg; Burkhead, Paul; Corbett, Albert; Cuneo, Andrew; Eitelman, Susan; Huang, Cathy; Junker, Brian; Sklar, Mary Beth; Tobin, Brian – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
A year-long study of 131 second and third graders in 12 classrooms compared three daily 20-minute treatments. a) Fifty-eight students in six classrooms used the 1999-2000 version of Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor, a computer program that uses automated speech recognition to listen to a child read aloud, and gives spoken and graphical assistance.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Identification, Computer Software, Tutors