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Independent Use Of A Low Cost Phonics Application To Increase Kindergarten Students

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Effects of the Independent use of a Low Cost Phonics Application to Increase Kindergarten Student’s Phonics Skills
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Phonics skills are critical for reading and writing development in children. According to Brown (2014), children who do not master phonics, along with other skills such as phonemic awareness, fall behind their peers as they progress through their education (p. 35). Technology, such as iPad applications, provide a variety of resources and applications that claim to increase children’s phonics skills through play. There is a wide base of research supporting the use of applications in the educational setting. Researchers have even developed frameworks for the best practice of implementing iPad applications in the classroom. These practices have proven the effectiveness of many applications to improve a variety of skills within the classroom. Due to the low cost of educational applications parents often download them and expect that if their child plays on them, they will increase their skills. For this study the researcher …show more content…

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