Ann E Geers, Heather Hayes
Reading, writing, and phonological processing skills of adolescents with 10 or more years of cochlear implant experience
Ear and hearing
covid19 pandemic led school closure loss inperson instruction 20192020 academic year across united states profound impact reading development beginning readers study tested researchinformed educational technology edtech programgrapholearncould help alleviate covid19 slide also sought understand profiles children benefitted edtech program tested participants n 172 k2 children early literacy skills using standardized measure star playing grapholearn used pre post difference dependent variable first compared childrens star actual expected growth conducted multiple regression analysis data engagement grapholearn included predictors additional predictors extracted grapholearn performance study onset assess childrens lettersound knowledge rime awareness word recognition difference actual average reading growth expected growth regular school year statistically significant suggests children sample seem gaining reading skills expected regular school year multiple linear regression model accounted r2 48 reading growth showed older children higher baseline grapholearn word recognition played units fixed number days made significantly early literacy progress lacking control group preliminary results suggest edtech program grapholearn may useful reading instructional tool school shutdowns addition results suggest practice grapholearn effective efficient foundational instruction already place