A CLUSTER RANDOMIZED CONTROL FIELD TRIAL OF THE ABRACADABRA WEB-BASED LITERACY INTERVENTION: REPLICATION AND EXTENSION OF BASIC FINDINGS.

A cluster randomized control field trial of the ABRACADABRA web-based literacy intervention: Replication and extension of basic findings.

The present paper reports a cluster randomized control trial evaluation of teaching using ABRACADABRA (ABRA), an evidence-based and web-based literacy intervention (http://abralite.concordia.ca) with 107 kindergarten and 96 grade 1 children in 24 classes (12 intervention 12 control classes) from all 12 elementary schools in one school district in C

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Interface diagnostics: In-situ prediction of constitutional supercooling and backmelting by growth interface electromotive force

Constitutional supercooling and backmelting are common interface instability phenomena that occur during crystal growth and induce serious component inhomogeneity and defect proliferation; these flaws impede further crystalline devices.However, the interpretation and prevention of the above instabilities are extremely difficult because of the elusi

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