NDLI: Using educational technology to develop early literacy skills in Sub-Saharan Africa

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Abrami, Philip C. Wade, C. Anne Lysenko, Larysa Marsh, Jonathon Gioko, Anthony
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	The research explores the impact of interactive, multimedia literacy software (ABRA) on the reading skills of early elementary students in Kenya. Twelve grade two English teachers and their students from six schools were randomly divided in half: an experimental group (N = 180) where ABRA was part of their English Language instruction and a control group (N = 174) where regular instruction was used. After the pre-test student data were collected, a three-day initial training and planning session were held for the experimental teachers on how to use ABRA to teach literacy. Every week each experimental class was bussed to a computer lab with full access to ABRA for one 90-min lesson. Teacher support included the alignment of ABRA lesson plans with the Kenyan English Language norms, weekly web conferences with the trainer, as well as technical and pedagogical help from staff at the lab site. After the 13-week intervention, significant and substantial gains in reading comprehension were found for ABRA students as measured by GRADE, a standardized test of literacy. In addition, ABRA students outperformed their peers in control classes on the core end-of-year subject exams including English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
Starting Page	945
Ending Page	964
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13602357
Journal	Education and Information Technologies
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15737608
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-10-11
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Educational technology Early literacy Developing countries education Computers and Education Educational Technology User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Education Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet) Computer Application in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Library and Information Sciences E-learning

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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