Prosodiya training significantly improves standardized spelling scores (DRT) in primary school children¶

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q3 i? Training with Prosodiya significantly improved spelling on the standardized DRT classroom cloze test (T-scores). → Holz 2023

Evidence¶

Holz 2023¶

Holz, H., Ninaus, M., Schwerter, J., Parrisius, C., Beuttler, B., Brandelik, K., & Meurers, D. (2023). A Digital Game-Based Training Improves Spelling in German Primary School Children – A Randomized Controlled Field Trial. Learning and Instruction, 87, 101771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2023.101771

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Random-effects regression with control variables (Table 2 Panel B) on the standardized spelling test in the wait-list controlled field trial; the treatment effect was "𝛽 = 3.00𝑇-scores", p = .004. Fixed-effects robustness checks (Panel C) confirmed the result.

"when children trained with Prosodiya,theysignificantlyimprovedinspelling(DRT; 𝑇-scores), 𝛽 = 3.00𝑇-scores,𝑆𝐸 = 1.02,𝑡(303) = 2.94,𝑝 =.004."

Discussion¶

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