Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study

The present research investigated the effectiveness a technology-enabled multisensory intervention in improving the alphabet knowledge (letter recognition, letter name knowledge, and letter writing fluency) of primary school children who are at risk of reading difficulties. The study was condu...

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Main Author: Lim, Denise Estella Hui Geok
Format: Final Year Project Report
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2023
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spelling my.unimas.ir.457432024-08-22T01:43:17Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45743/ Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study Lim, Denise Estella Hui Geok H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) The present research investigated the effectiveness a technology-enabled multisensory intervention in improving the alphabet knowledge (letter recognition, letter name knowledge, and letter writing fluency) of primary school children who are at risk of reading difficulties. The study was conducted with an experimental pre-post design. The participants consisted of 20 primary school students from a public elementary school in Kuching, Sarawak. The experimental group students (n = 10) were administered with the intervention for 5 days and 10 sessions (30 minutes/session), while the control group students (n = 10) underwent normal lesson. The analysis showed that the intervention successfully improved the letter name knowledge of uppercase letters of the experimental group. Meanwhile, letter recognition, letter writing fluency, and letter name knowledge (lowercase) did not exhibit significant improvement for the experimental group. The results did not differ for the control group. Moreover, there was no significant difference found between the performance between the control and experimental group. Further, the methodological limitations were identified, and solutions were suggestion to advance future investigations in this area. This study concludes with partial evidence that the technology-enabled multisensory intervention can improve the alphabet knowledge of children in terms of upper-case letter name knowledge. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2023 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed Lim, Denise Estella Hui Geok (2023) Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Lim, Denise Estella Hui Geok
Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study
description The present research investigated the effectiveness a technology-enabled multisensory intervention in improving the alphabet knowledge (letter recognition, letter name knowledge, and letter writing fluency) of primary school children who are at risk of reading difficulties. The study was conducted with an experimental pre-post design. The participants consisted of 20 primary school students from a public elementary school in Kuching, Sarawak. The experimental group students (n = 10) were administered with the intervention for 5 days and 10 sessions (30 minutes/session), while the control group students (n = 10) underwent normal lesson. The analysis showed that the intervention successfully improved the letter name knowledge of uppercase letters of the experimental group. Meanwhile, letter recognition, letter writing fluency, and letter name knowledge (lowercase) did not exhibit significant improvement for the experimental group. The results did not differ for the control group. Moreover, there was no significant difference found between the performance between the control and experimental group. Further, the methodological limitations were identified, and solutions were suggestion to advance future investigations in this area. This study concludes with partial evidence that the technology-enabled multisensory intervention can improve the alphabet knowledge of children in terms of upper-case letter name knowledge.
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author Lim, Denise Estella Hui Geok
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author_sort Lim, Denise Estella Hui Geok
title Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study
title_short Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study
title_full Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness Of A Technology-Enabled Multisensory Reading Intervention In A Primary School: A Pilot Study
title_sort effectiveness of a technology-enabled multisensory reading intervention in a primary school: a pilot study
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45743/
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