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Iminza, Rose; Lysenko, Larysa; Wade, Anne; Abrami, Philip – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2022
This paper reports a case of implementing the free web-based interactive literacy software, ABRACADBRA, in early childhood education classes of Mombasa County, Kenya. A comprehensive model of training and support was offered to classroom teachers to help them integrate the software in preschool English Language instruction for three terms in 2019.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Early Childhood Education
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Savage, Robert S.; Abrami, Philip; Hipps, Geoffrey; Deault, Louise – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
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 activities for word analysis, text comprehension, and fluency, alongside shared stories (experimental…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Fluency
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Wozney, Lori; Venkatesh, Vivek; Abrami, Philip – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2006
This study investigates personal and setting characteristics, teacher attitudes, and current computer technology practices among 764 elementary and secondary teachers from both private and public school sectors in Quebec. Using expectancy-value theory, the Technology Implementation Questionnaire (TIQ) was developed; it consists of 33 belief items…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Internet, Educational Technology