Noëlla Piquette|Robert Savage|Philip C. Abrami
A cluster randomized control field trial of the ABRACADABRA web-based reading technology: replication and extension of basic findings
University of Lethbridge|McGill University|Concordia University
present paper reports cluster randomized control trial evaluation teaching using abracadabra abra evidencebased webbased literacy intervention httpabraliteconcordiaca 107 kindergarten 96 grade 1 children 24 classes 12 intervention 12 control classes 12 elementary schools one school district canada children intervention condition received 1012 hours whole class instruction using abra pre posttest hierarchical linear modeling posttest results showed significant gains lettersound knowledge intervention classrooms control classrooms addition medium effect sizes evident three five outcome measures favoring intervention lettersound knowledge 66 phonological blending 52 word reading 52 effect sizes regular teaching concluded regular teaching abra technology adds significantly literacy early elementary years