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Long-term Effects of CAI in Early Education: Evidence from Three Districts
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, , , , Waterford Institute, United States

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Online ISBN 978-1-939797-48-3 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

Abstract

This longitudinal study involved three separate school districts and three different populations: District 1 is located in Maryland, District 2 is located in Texas, and District 3 is located in South Carolina. Students in all districts used the same computer-adaptive reading program, Waterford Early Learning (WEL), during various grades, from kindergarten through second grade. Students were all assessed at the end of their second grade year. Scores were analyzed in three distinct comparisons: overall effects, comparing students who used computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to those who did not; long-term effects, comparing students who were assessed one year after using CAI to those with no CAI usage; and early effects, comparing students who started using CAI during kindergarten compared to those who did not start until first grade. The combined longitudinal study results found that, across all districts, second grade students who used WEL outperformed their control counterparts.

Citation

Shamir, H., Pocklington, D., Yoder, E. & Feehan, K. (2020). Long-term Effects of CAI in Early Education: Evidence from Three Districts. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 826-831). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 11, 2024 from .