In a Chicago quasi-experiment, Earobics®'s overall effect was not significant, but the CTOPP Sound Matching subtest showed a significant positive effect¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i3 Valliath (2002) found a positive, statistically significant effect on CTOPP Sound Matching (effect size 1.13), while the other five WWC-analyzed outcomes were not statistically significant. → What Works Clearinghouse 2009 q2 i? The overall intervention effect across the eight measures of beginning reading was not statistically significant. → What Works Clearinghouse 2009 (2)

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2009¶

What Works Clearinghouse. (2009). WWC Intervention Report: Earobics®. U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://www.earobics.com

q2 · i3 · causal · r1

Quasi-experimental study of 30 first-graders with low reading ability in three Chicago-area schools; 15 used Earobics® games 20 minutes daily for 10 weeks versus 15 using math software. Appendix A3.1 prints an effect size of 1.13 for CTOPP Sound Matching, marked "Statistically significant".

"The WWC found that the effect for one of the four phonological awareness tests (CTOPP: Sound Matching subtest) was positive and statistically significant."

What Works Clearinghouse 2009 (2)¶

What Works Clearinghouse. (2009). WWC Intervention Report: Earobics®. U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://www.earobics.com

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Same quasi-experiment; the WWC analyzed four CTOPP phonological awareness subtests and two WRMT phonics subtests. The study average effect size was 0.60, judged substantively important but not statistically significant.

"Valliath (2002) found that the overall intervention effect across the eight measures of beginning reading was not statistically significant."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Phonological Awareness — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

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