An evaluation of Headsprout early reading as an online parent‐mediated intervention for primary school children

Author:

Gillespie Emma1,Markham Victoria2ORCID,Tiernan Aoife Mc1

Affiliation:

1. School of Psychology University of Galway Galway Ireland

2. School of Psychology and Therapeutic Studies University of South Wales Pontypridd UK

Abstract

AbstractDue to the Coronavirus pandemic and lengthy absences from the classroom, there is a need for large‐scale remedial programs to support young children to “catch‐up” on literacy and numeracy skills. A stratified randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the Headsprout Early Reading (HER) program as a parent‐mediated digital literacy intervention. A between‐groups design compared differences in reading‐dependent outcome measures for 36 children assigned to one of three intervention groups: with support, without support, and waitlist‐control. Children completed significantly more episodes when parents received implementation support from the researcher compared to the without support group. Children receiving Headsprout instructions demonstrated marginally greater gains than the waitlist‐control group in posttest outcome measures; however, differences in reading outcomes were not significant between groups at posttesting. The current research provides tentative support for HER and importantly, highlights the importance of providing support for parents implementing interventions at home.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Clinical Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology

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