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Learning Gains through PLay

OVERVIEW

Technology enabled

Learner driven

Through PLAY

The Learning Gains Through PlayProjecttotransform learning environments

The Learning Gains Through PlayProjecttoinspire change in teaching practices

Research Project

12 primary schools

10 project schools

2 control schools5 project schools inWestern Cape

5 project schools inKwaZulu-Natal

Project InputsTechnology: bank of 20 learner tabletsXbox Kinect with TVteacher tablets

Teacher development:functional technological skillspedagogical approaches and skillspeer-mentoring and coaching

Foundation Phase Focus

2014

Grade R

2015

Grade 1

Grade R2016

Grade 2

Grade 1

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

Foundational literaciesGross-motor SkillsFine-motor SkillsNumeracy SkillsVisual Literacy SkillsOral English Acquisition

Visual Literacy

Visual LiteracyVisual recognition discrimination identification memory sequencing interpretation

PLUS

Emotion knowledge

Visual Literacy Results Cohort 1Control group:2014 = 48,6%2015 = 68,4%2016 = 62,8%Project group:2014 = 49,5%2015 = 78,1%2016 = 67,4%

Visual Literacy Results Cohort 2Control group:2015 = 54,8%2016 = 73,2%Project group:2015 = 57,9%2016 = 71,1%

Emotion Knowledge Results Cohort 2Control group:+ 10,5%Project group:- 20,7%

Emotion Knowledge Apps

Emotion Knowledge Apps

Emotion Knowledge Apps

Emotion Knowledge Apps

Emotion Knowledge Apps

Emotion Knowledge Apps

Emotion Knowledge Apps

Acquired Oral English

Acquisition of Second Language English

Prof. Stephen Krashen

Acquisition of Second Language English

Prof. Stephen Krashen

Acquisition of Second Language English

Prof. Stephen Krashen

Language acquisition proceeds best when the input is not just comprehensible, but really interesting, even compelling; so interesting that you forget you are listening to or reading another language.

Measuring Acquired Oral English SkillsOne-on-one scripted interview:

listening engagementintroductory speakingEnglish vocabularydescribing actionsfollowing instructions

overall oral English skills score

PLUS

Stages of Second-Language Acquisition (SLA) conversion (Stephen Krashen)

Acquired Oral English Results Cohort 1

Control group improved by 0,8% from Grade R to Grade 1Control group improved by 5,6% fromGrade 1 to Grade 2 learning gain of 6,4% over 2 years Project group improved by 10,8% from Grade R to Grade 1Project group improved by 10,8% from Grade 1 to Grade 2 learning gain of 21,6% over 2 years

Acquired Oral English Results Cohort 2Control group improved by 0,2% from Grade R to Grade 1 learning gainProject group improved by 16,7% from Grade R to Grade 1 learning gain

Findings so farOral English skills can be improved simply by engaging with the tablet apps which use English as the medium of communication.With further use of the technology in Grade 3, can all of the learners escape up off Stage 1?Can the acquisition of English raise learners skills beyond Stage 3?Is a Stage 3 level of English sufficient to cope with the Grade 4 shift to LOLT in English?Will the project learners achieve better results than the control learners in Grade 4 in English FAL and in their other subjects?

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