Book Description
The purpose of this study was to answer the question: Are kindergarted students who are involved in computer-assisted instruction in addition to teacher-assisted instruction better prepared in readiness skills than those who are involved in teacher-assisted instruction? The students were tested in the area of reading readiness using the Early Prevention of School Failture Test instrument. This study was conducted during the spring semester of 1995. The study showed that computer-assisted instruction does have a positive effect on students acquiring readiness skills. The experimental group in comparison to the control group showed a significant increase when the mean scores of the pre and post-test from the Early Prevention of School Failure Test of the two groups were compared. The results showed that the students involved in the experimental group increased an average of ten points on the post-test where as the control group had an increase of only six points on the post-test.