ERIC Number: ED504059
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jan
Pages: 23
Abstractor: ERIC
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Earobics[R]. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report
What Works Clearinghouse
Earobics[R] is interactive software that provides students in pre-K through third grade with individual, systematic instruction in early literacy skills as students interact with animated characters. Earobics[R] Foundations is the version for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade. Earobics[R] Connections is for second and third graders and older struggling readers. The program builds children's skills in phonemic awareness, auditory processing, and phonics, as well as the cognitive and language skills required for comprehension. Each level of instruction addresses recognizing and blending sounds, rhyming, and discriminating phonemes within words, adjusting to each student's ability level. The software is supported by music, audiocassettes, and videotapes and includes picture/word cards, letter-sound decks, big books, little books, and leveled readers for reading independently or in groups. What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviewed 28 studies on Earobics[R]. Two of these studies meet WWC evidence standards; two studies meet WWC evidence standards with reservations; the remaining 24 studies either do not meet WWC evidence standards or do not meet eligibility screens. Based on the four studies, the WWC found positive effects for alphabetics and potentially positive effects for reading fluency. The conclusions presented in this report may change as new research emerges. Five appendices are included: (1) Study Characteristics; (2) Outcome Measures; (3) Summary of Study Findings: (4) Ratings; and (5) Extent of Evidence.
Descriptors: Computer Software, Interaction, Animation, Individual Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Auditory Training, Phonics, Emergent Literacy, Phonemic Awareness, Reading Fluency
What Works Clearinghouse. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024; e-mail: contact.WWC@ed.gov; Web site: https://whatworks.ed.gov/
Related Records: ED497841
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
IES Funded: Yes
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IES Publication: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/interventionreport.aspx?sid=158
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