ERIC Number: EJ1334624
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 22
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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.
Descriptors: Language Skills, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Intervention, Literacy Education, Story Reading, Preschool Children, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Predictor Variables, Family Environment, Parents as Teachers, Comparative Analysis, Child Care Centers, Fidelity, Outcomes of Education, Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries
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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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