A study has recently been undertaken by Angus Council (a UK school district) throughout eight of its elementary schools to investigate the impact of using Clicker 7 to support writing. Clicker was used to support children across the ability spectrum, including those who usually had no additional support, and those who had significant levels of additional support.
The study found that students experienced considerable benefits from using Clicker 7, throughout all eight schools:
- Use of Clicker 7 resulted in almost three times the number of words being written, with more than twice the number of multi-syllabic words used.
- Students requiring significant or average support took over a third less time to complete their work when using Clicker 7, and with over four times less help needed.
- Overall, students required help or prompting 6.5 times less when using Clicker 7 to support their writing, highlighting the significance of Clicker 7 in encouraging independent work.
Feedback from teachers and students has also been extremely positive:
"I much prefer writing using Clicker. It helps me with my spelling."
"Clicker greatly increases the children's motivation to write."
"Students have benefited enormously. I have observed greater confidence and independence in their work."
You can read the report in full here.
If you’d like to find out how Clicker will help you raise writing achievement at your school, please get in touch so that we can arrange a free demonstration! Email us at usinfo@cricksoft.com or give us a call at 203 221 2697.
