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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
The effect of using a mobile literacy game to improve literacy levels of grade one students in Zambian schools
Educational Technology Research and Development, Volume 62, No. 4, Year 2014
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Description
This intervention study was conducted to document conditions under which a computer based literacy game (GraphoGame™) could enhance literacy skills of first grade students in an African city. The participants were first grade students from Government schools (N = 573). These students were randomly sampled into control (N = 314) and various intervention groups (N = 259). GraphoGame™ was administered on cellphones to students at their schools under supervision. Each student in the study was assessed using a battery of locally developed cognitive tests that measured emergent literacy skills (Orthography test), decoding competence (Spelling test), vocabulary (Picture Vocabulary Test-PVT) and arithmetic (Zambia Achievement Test-ZAT). There was a positive effect of the game for the Spelling test-which closely targeted the skill GraphoGame™ is designed to promote. The most effective intervention combined exposure of both the teachers and the students to the game. Initial letter knowledge was a good predictor of final letter knowledge on GraphoGame™. © 2014 The Author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Jere-Folotiya, Jacqueline P.
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Chansa-Kabali, Tamara
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Munachaka, Jonathan C.
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Sampa, Francis
Zambia, Lusaka
Usaid Read to Succeed Education Project
Yalukanda, Christopher
Unknown Affiliation
Westerholm, Jari
Finland, Jyvaskyla
University of Jyväskylä
Richardson, Ulla
Finland, Jyvaskyla
University of Jyväskylä
Serpell, Robert
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Lyytinen, Heikki
Finland, Jyvaskyla
University of Jyväskylä
Statistics
Citations: 101
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s11423-014-9342-9
ISSN:
10421629
e-ISSN:
15566501
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Study Locations
Zambia