eprintid: 10105355
rev_number: 18
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
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datestamp: 2020-07-20 09:22:59
lastmod: 2021-10-27 13:59:57
status_changed: 2020-07-20 09:22:59
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Carroll, C
creators_name: Hurry, J
creators_name: Grima, G
creators_name: Hooper, A
creators_name: Dunn, K
creators_name: Ahtaridou, E
title: Evaluation of Bug Club: a randomised control trial of a whole school primary aged reading programme
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J79
keywords: reading programme, literacy, primary school, randomised control trial
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
abstract: Literacy levels for children leaving primary school, internationally, remain a cause for concern. There is a limited evidence base for whole school reading programmes and resources in the first two years of primary school compared to studies of interventions for children with reading difficulties. This study used a longitudinal randomised control trial (RCT) design to evaluate the efficacy of Bug Club; a whole school reading programme. Data from1273 pupils in Years 1 and 2 from 30 schools in the United Kingdom were analysed. A new cohort of 1425 Year 1 pupils was recruited in the second year. Over two terms, the experimental group made 1.75 more standardised points progress in reading compared to the control group, a small but significant effect. A replication study in the second year did not elicit the same significant gains. Over five terms, experimental pupils were 11 months ahead on age equivalent reading scores, relative to their chronological age. This study is the first of its type to evaluate the efficacy of a whole school reading programme in the United Kingdom. The findings contribute to an emerging understanding of what pupil progress might be expected as a result of a whole school reading programme.
date: 2020-11
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.29
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1755130
doi: 10.1002/curj.29
lyricists_name: Hurry, Linda
lyricists_id: LJHUR01
actors_name: Hurry, Linda
actors_id: LJHUR01
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Curriculum Journal
volume: 31
number: 4
pagerange: 605-625
issn: 1469-3704
citation:        Carroll, C;    Hurry, J;    Grima, G;    Hooper, A;    Dunn, K;    Ahtaridou, E;      (2020)    Evaluation of Bug Club: a randomised control trial of a whole school primary aged reading programme.                   Curriculum Journal , 31  (4)   pp. 605-625.    10.1002/curj.29 <https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.29>.       Green open access   
 
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