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'Created as part of a PhD research project, The Adventures of Billy Possum is a beautifully illustrated children's story adapted from the book ‘The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum’. Throughout each of the 25 chapters, emphasis is placed on ‘making meaning’ at the sentence and text level achieved through the practice of strategies supporting understanding of literal and inferential meanings, prediction, visualisation, and sequencing. Embedded strategies are drawn from evidence based research shown to improve comprehension. The functionality of the software scaffolds this process through hints/clues and provides the student with immediate feedback. Software also includes audio and dictionary functions to support less able readers. The app has a user reporting function that can be switched on through settings to enable the capture of data concerning the user's correct and incorrect responses to the embedded strategies. This can inform educators on specific areas of weakness within comprehension. The reporting function must be switched on after download and prior to engaging with the text.'

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