Cracking the Code: An effectiveness study

Kelly, Chrissy Ann

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Open access

Authors

Kelly, Chrissy Ann

Date

2016

Supervisor

Dr Brody Heritage

Dr Suze Leitão

Dr Karen Smith-Lock

Type

Thesis

Award

MPhil

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School

School of Psychology and Speech Pathology

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/615

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

This study employed a pre-test post-test group design to evaluate the effectiveness of the Cracking the Code (CtC) Program with students aged 3;8–5;4. CtC is a teacher implemented classroom based program, designed to target phonological awareness (PA) and alphabet knowledge. Results showed that children in the experimental condition improved significantly more in PA, alphabet knowledge, non-word reading and non-word spelling after the intervention than the control group, thus demonstrating the effectiveness of CtC.