ERIC Number: EJ1423890
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1940-4158
EISSN: EISSN-1940-4166
A Longitudinal Study of the Efficacy of the Cellfield Reading Intervention in a South African Context
Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, v29 n1 p75-95 2024
The Cellfield reading intervention is based on the multi-deficit theory of reading difficulties and addresses several foundation skills of reading simultaneously. Existing research has confirmed that the Cellfield intervention leads to improvement in reading skill directly following the intervention, but little data exist to determine the long-term efficacy of Cellfield. The present study investigated the long-term efficacy of the Cellfield intervention in a group of South African children. Fifty-two struggling readers were assessed via two standardised tests (Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests and Gray Oral Reading Test). Of the 52 readers, 41 underwent the Cellfield intervention, while 11 did not. Children were assessed on six reading variables before the intervention and directly following the intervention (treatment group). Both groups were re-assessed on the same variables at least a year after the intervention ended. Statistical analyses showed that advances in the treatment group directly after the intervention were maintained in the long term.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Outcomes of Education, Children, Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Reading Mastery Test; Gray Oral Reading Test
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Data File: URL: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2102/10.6084/m9.figshare.23544744