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ABRACADABRA: A Rich Internet Literacy Application
Mimi Zhou; Roberto Muzard; Micha Therrien; Geoffrey Hipps; Philip C. Abrami
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4155–4162
This article describes an Internet based early literacy project that simulates a media-element rich learning environment to enhance children's literacy skills. Currently in its first year, the software prototype has received positive feedbacks...
Topics: Learning Objects, Children, Literacy
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ABRACADABRA in the hands of teachers: The effectiveness of a web-based literacy intervention in grade 1 language arts programs
Robert S. Savage; Ozlem Erten; Philip Abrami; Geoffrey Hipps; Erin Comaskey; Dea van Lierop
Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 2 (September 2010) pp. 911–922
This study explored how teacher variations in use of a web-technology of known effectiveness, affected growth in literacy. Teachers used ABRACADACABRA (ABRA) (http://grover.concordia.ca/abra/version1/abracadabra.html), in Grade 1 Language Arts...
Language: English
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A Randomized Controlled Trial Study of the ABRACADABRA Reading Intervention Program in Grade 1
Robert S. Savage; Philip Abrami; Geoffrey Hipps; Louise Deault
Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 101, No. 3 (August 2009) pp. 590–604
This study reports a randomized controlled trial evaluation of a computer-based balanced literacy intervention, ABRACADABRA (http://grover.concordia.ca/abra/version1/abracadabra.html). Children (N = 144) in Grade 1 were exposed either to computer...