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Strengthening Phonological Processing And Working Memory To Support Early Reading Acquisition, Antoinette Halliday Jan 2022

Strengthening Phonological Processing And Working Memory To Support Early Reading Acquisition, Antoinette Halliday

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The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between participating in an online software application focused on phonological processing and working memory and outcomes on foundational reading assessment measures. The online software application utilized was the Sound Reading Program. Students began the intervention working in Sound Reading’s Hop, Skip, and Jump program, with a few progressing to the Boost program over the course of the nine-week intervention. A control group at each grade level read or listened to online leveled texts. There were 175 kindergarten and first-grade students included in the study. These students were enrolled in a …