Evaluation of Team Alphie, a computerised literacy programme for children with literacy problems
ISRCTN | ISRCTN84996648 |
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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
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/
Contact information
Public
School of Education
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
BT7 1HL
United Kingdom
0000-0002-1643-3690 |
Study information
Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | School |
Study type | Other |
Scientific title | Effect of a computerised literacy programme for children with literacy problems (Team Alphie): a randomised controlled trial |
Study objectives | What is the impact of the programme, at post-test, on reading outcomes for participating students? |
Ethics approval(s) | School of Education Research Ethics Committee, Queens University Belfast and the Ethics Committee of the Department of Education, University of York (UK), 10/05/2013 |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Literacy problems |
Intervention | Pupils 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 type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | Literacy 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 measures | None |
Overall study start date | 01/01/2013 |
Completion date | 30/07/2014 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Other |
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Age group | Child |
Lower age limit | 10 Years |
Upper age limit | 11 Years |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | 240 pupils in 20 schools (approximately 12 pupils per school) |
Total final enrolment | 248 |
Key inclusion criteria | 1. In year 6 (age 10–11 years old) of a participating primary school in England 2. Struggling with reading |
Key exclusion criteria | 1. Not in year 6 pupil at a participating school 2. Not struggling with reading |
Date of first enrolment | 01/01/2013 |
Date of final enrolment | 30/05/2013 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Northern Ireland
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
Belfast
BT7 1HL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University/education
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
https://ror.org/00hswnk62 |
Funders
Funder type
University/education
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | 31/05/2015 |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Stored in repository |
Publication and dissemination plan | 1. 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? |
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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.