ERIC Number: EJ1043051
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Nov
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
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Exploring Interactive Writing as an Effective Practice for Increasing Head Start Students' Alphabet Knowledge Skills
Hall, Anna H.; Toland, Michael D.; Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Graham, Steve
Early Childhood Education Journal, v42 n6 p423-430 Nov 2014
The current study used a pretest-posttest randomized control group design with 73 Head Start students, ages 3-5 years. The researcher served as the interactive writing teacher for the treatment group, rotating to five different classrooms in one Head Start center 3-4 days a week for 13 weeks. Children in the treatment group received a 10-15 min interactive writing lesson each day in small groups within their own classroom settings. Children in the control group received standard literacy instruction in small groups with their own classroom teachers. Child outcome data on upper case, lower case, and letter sound identification were collected before and after the intervention for both groups. Based on the large frequency of zeros on outcomes, zero-inflated Poisson regression analyses were performed. The results of the study showed that children receiving interactive writing identified more lower case and upper case letters at the end of the study relative to children in the control, but no differences were observed on letter sounds. While continued evaluation of the interactive writing strategy is needed in the preschool setting, the evidence from the current study shows encouraging trends in alphabet knowledge skill development as a result of this strategy.
Descriptors: Alphabets, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Regression (Statistics), Pretests Posttests, Intervention, Control Groups, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Interaction, Writing Instruction, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Punctuation, Instructional Effectiveness, Skill Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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