Evaluation of Team Alphie, a computerised literacy programme for children with literacy problems

ISRCTN ISRCTN84996648
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN84996648
Secondary identifying numbers N/A
Submission date
28/01/2015
Registration date
28/04/2015
Last edited
19/02/2020
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

A plain English summary can be accessed on the Education Endowment Foundation website:
http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects/team-alphie/

Study website

Contact information

Dr Andy Biggart
Public

School of Education
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
BT7 1HL
United Kingdom

ORCiD logoORCID ID 0000-0002-1643-3690

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)School
Study typeOther
Scientific titleEffect of a computerised literacy programme for children with literacy problems (Team Alphie): a randomised controlled trial
Study objectivesWhat is the impact of the programme, at post-test, on reading outcomes for participating students?
Ethics approval(s)School of Education Research Ethics Committee, Queen’s University Belfast and the Ethics Committee of the Department of Education, University of York (UK), 10/05/2013
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedLiteracy problems
InterventionPupils taking part in the study will be randomly allocated to receive the:
1. Team Alphie programme (intervention): this is a 6-week, computer literacy-tutoring programme, which pupils use in pairs, monitored by a tutor; it combines cooperative learning, computer-assisted instruction, embedded multimedia and tutoring
2. English curriculum using standard practice (control)
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureLiteracy will be measured at the end of the 6 week programme with the New Group Reading Test; key stage 2 reading result will form the baseline literacy measure.
Secondary outcome measuresNone
Overall study start date01/01/2013
Completion date30/07/2014

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Other
Age groupChild
Lower age limit10 Years
Upper age limit11 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants240 pupils in 20 schools (approximately 12 pupils per school)
Total final enrolment248
Key inclusion criteria1. In year 6 (age 10–11 years old) of a participating primary school in England
2. Struggling with reading
Key exclusion criteria1. Not in year 6 pupil at a participating school
2. Not struggling with reading
Date of first enrolment01/01/2013
Date of final enrolment30/05/2013

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Northern Ireland
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Queen's University Belfast
School of Education
Belfast
BT7 1HL
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Queen's University Belfast
University/education

University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom

ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/00hswnk62

Funders

Funder type

University/education

Education Endowment Foundation

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date31/05/2015
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryStored in repository
Publication and dissemination plan1. Study results will be published in a report to the funder, the Education Endowment Foundation (expected date of publication is May 2015).
2. The report will be open-access at http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/toolkit/publications/
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/06/2015 19/02/2020 Yes No

Editorial Notes

19/02/2020: The following changes have been made:
1. Publication reference added.
2. The final enrolment number has been added from the reference.
19/07/2017: No publications found in PubMed, verifying study status with principal investigator.