DaisyQuest outperformed alternative reading software on phonological awareness in at-risk first graders¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2006 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? In Barker and Torgesen (1995), when DaisyQuest was compared with Hint and Hunt (short-vowel software), the WWC found two of five phonological awareness effects statistically significant and one more substantively important. → 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 of 49 at-risk first graders assigned to DaisyQuest, Hint and Hunt, or math software. WWC analysis found "two of five positive effects for phonological aware- ness" statistically significant; the Phoneme Elision Test effect was substantively important though not significant.
"The WWC analysis found that two of five positive effects for phonological aware- ness (Undersea Challenge and Production Test of Segmenting) were statistically significant."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Phonological Awareness — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- DaisyQuest outperformed math-oriented control software on phonological awareness and phonics measures — related
- DaisyQuest matched teacher-delivered phonological awareness instruction but beat other instructional software in low-progress readers — related
- DaisyQuest improved phonological awareness over regular schooling in a child-care facility randomized trial — related
- DaisyQuest improved phonological awareness over regular kindergarten curriculum on three of four measures — related
- The WWC rated DaisyQuest as having positive effects on phonological processing, its highest applicable rating — related
- In Lonigan et al. (2003), DaisyQuest effects were statistically significant on four of eight phonological processing outcomes and not significant on the others — related
- No individual alphabetics outcome reached statistical significance in the WWC analysis — reports the opposite
- DaisyQuest has positive effects on alphabetics skills in beginning readers, per WWC synthesis of four randomized controlled trials — a broader claim this one bears on
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DaisyQuest outperformed alternative reading software on phonological awareness in at-risk first graders |
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DaisyQuest outperformed alternative reading software on phonological awareness in at-risk first graders |
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2006 |
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