Dynamic assessment of the effectiveness of digital game-based literacy training in beginning readers: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: In this article, we report on a study evaluating the effectiveness of a digital game-based learning (DGBL) tool for beginning readers of Dutch, employing active (math game) and passive (no game) control conditions. This classroom-level randomized controlled trial included 247 first graders from 16 classrooms in the Netherlands and the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. The intervention consisted of 10 to 15 min of daily playing during school time for a period of up to 7 weeks. Our outcome measures included reading fluency, phonological skills, as well as purpose built in-game proficiency levels to measure written lexical decision and letter speech sound association. After an average of 28 playing sessions, the literacy game improved letter knowledge at a scale generalizable for all children i

SUBMITTER: Glatz T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10399564 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature