DaisyQuest outperformed math-oriented control software on phonological awareness and phonics measures¶
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q3 i? Against math-oriented software, study authors and WWC both found statistically significant effects favoring DaisyQuest on two of five phonological awareness measures (Undersea Challenge and Production Test of Segmenting). → DaisyQuest 2006
Evidence¶
DaisyQuest 2006¶
DaisyQuest. (2006). WWC Intervention Report: DaisyQuest. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc
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Randomized comparison in Barker and Torgesen (1995) against math-oriented software control, with effects confirmed "for two of the five phonological awareness measures" (Undersea Challenge and Production Test of Segmenting). Three additional positive phonological awareness effects and three phonics effects were substantively important but not statistically significant per WWC criteria.
"When the DaisyQuest group was compared with the math- oriented software, the study authors found, and the WWC con- firmed, statistically significant effects favoring the DaisyQuest group for two of the five phonological awareness measures"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Decoding — outcome: instruction changes it
- Phonological Awareness — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- DaisyQuest outperformed alternative reading software on phonological awareness in at-risk first graders — related
- DaisyQuest improved phonological awareness over regular kindergarten curriculum on three of four measures — related
- DaisyQuest improved phonological awareness over regular schooling in a child-care facility randomized trial — related
- DaisyQuest has positive effects on alphabetics skills in beginning readers, per WWC synthesis of four randomized controlled trials — related
- DaisyQuest matched teacher-delivered phonological awareness instruction but beat other instructional software in low-progress readers — related
- No individual alphabetics outcome reached statistical significance in the WWC analysis — related
- The WWC rated DaisyQuest as having positive effects on phonological processing, its highest applicable rating — a broader claim this one bears on
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DaisyQuest outperformed math-oriented control software on phonological awareness and phonics measures |
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DaisyQuest outperformed math-oriented control software on phonological awareness and phonics measures |
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2006 |
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