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ERIC Number: EJ1334624
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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The Effectiveness of a Large-Scale Language and Preliteracy Intervention: The SPELL Randomized Controlled Trial in Denmark
Bleses, Dorthe; Højen, Anders; Justice, Laura M.; Dale, Philip S.; Dybdal, Line; Piasta, Shayne B.; Markussen-Brown, Justin; Clausen, Marit; Haghish, E. F.
Child Development, v89 n4 e342-e363 Jul-Aug 2018
The present article reports results of a real-world effectiveness trial conducted in Denmark with six thousand four hundred eighty-three 3- to 6-year-olds designed to improve children's language and preliteracy skills. Children in 144 child cares were assigned to a control condition or one of three planned variations of a 20-week storybook-based intervention: a base intervention and two enhanced versions featuring extended professional development for educators or a home-based program for parents. Pre- to posttest comparisons revealed a significant impact of all three interventions for preliteracy skills (d = 0.21-0.27) but not language skills (d = 0.04-0.16), with little differentiation among the three variations. Fidelity, indexed by number of lessons delivered, was a significant predictor of most outcomes. Implications for real-world research and practice are considered.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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