TY - JOUR A1 - Maina, Anthony Gioko A1 - Angondi, Enos Kiforo A1 - Waga, Rosemary T1 - How does the Implementation of a Literacy Learning Tool Kit influence Literacy Skill Acquisition? JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - This study aimed at following how teachers transfer skills into results while using ABRA literacy software. This was done in the second part of the pilot study whose aim was to provide equity to control group teachers and students by exposing them to the ABRACADABRA treatment after the end of phase 1. This opportunity was used to follow the phase 1 teachers to see how the skills learned were being transformed into results. A standard three-day initial training and planning session on how to use ABRA to teach literacy was held at the beginning of each phase for ABRA teachers (phase 1 experimental and phase 2 delayed ABRA). Teachers were provided with teaching materials including a tentative ABRA curriculum developed to align with the Kenyan English Language requirements for year 1 and 3 students. Results showed that although there was no significant difference between the groups in vocabulary-related subscales which include word reading and meaning as well as sentence comprehension, students in ABRACADABRA classes improved their scores at a significantly higher rate than students in control classes in comprehension related scores. An average student in the ABRACADABRA group improved by 12 and 16 percentile points respectively compared to their counterparts in the control group. KW - ABRACADABRA KW - Early Literacy KW - Achievement KW - Teachers KW - Learners Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82856 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 319 EP - 326 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER -