Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0990171

Funded Activity Summary

ABRA: improving foundational literacy through technology in regional and remote schools through a randomized controlled trial. Education outcomes in regional and remote Australia, particularly for Indigenous students, are worsening, to the point of constituting a national crisis. Skilled educators are not consistently available in sufficient numbers to arrest this trend in the early years by giving the intensive, continuous expert instruction required. Under limited pilot conditions, a web-based instructional tool known as ABRACADABRA has shown considerable promise as a means of conferring the foundational skills in literacy for emerging learners, despite high workforce turnover. Testing the effectiveness of ABRACADABRA under more stringent experimental conditions is an essential precursor to offering tested solutions based on evidence, not advocacy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2009

End Date: 30-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $411,529.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Assessment And Evaluation | Educational Technology And Media | Teacher Education: Early Childhood | Specialist Studies in Education

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Education and training not elsewhere classified | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Early childhood education |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Assessment And Evaluation | Early childhood education | Education and training not elsewhere classified | Educational Technology And Media | Specialist Studies in Education | Teacher Education: Early Childhood

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