Status:

COMPLETED

Computer Based Newsletter and Literacy Engagement of Middle-school Students

Lead Sponsor:

State University of New York at Buffalo

Conditions:

Reading Problem

Eligibility:

All Genders

10-13 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to improve motivation for reading by implementing a computer-based newsletter and examine the effects on the literacy engagement and reading achievement of middle school-a...

Detailed Description

For children where consent was provided by a parent or legal guardian, an assent form will be completed by the child for the child to also consent to participate in the study. Once consent and assent ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants must be in After-school participants ages 10-13 years old and in grades 6-8.
  • Have access to a computer: laptop, Chromebook, or desktop.
  • Can identify and press all keys on a keyboard.
  • Can use a mouse to navigate on a computer.
  • Have internet access at home or center.
  • Computer system has the capability to download Zoom.
  • One grade equivalent or more below in areas of: fluency, rate, accuracy, or comprehension on Gray Oral Reading Test 5 (GORT 5).
  • Standard score in the below average range on the Test of Orthographic Competence (TOC).
  • Participants must speak, read, and write in English

Exclusion

  • \- 1. Students who do not have access to a computer, internet, and Zoom access at home.
  • 2\. Students who do not speak, read, and write in English.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 2 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 14 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04511065

Start Date

October 2 2020

End Date

December 14 2020

Last Update

June 27 2022

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University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14214