ERIC Number: EJ1246036
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Publication Date: 2020
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Shared Picture Book Reading Interventions for Child Language Development: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Dowdall, Nicholas; Melendez-Torres, G. J.; Murray, Lynne; Gardner, Frances; Hartford, Leila; Cooper, Peter J.
Child Development, v91 n2 e383-e399 Mar-Apr 2020
Interventions that train parents to share picture books with children are seen as a strategy for supporting child language development. We conducted meta-analyses using robust variance estimation modeling on results from 19 RCTs (N[subscript total] = 2,594; M[subscript child age] = 1-6 years). Overall, book-sharing interventions had a small sized effect on both expressive language (d = 0.41) and receptive language (d = 0.26). They had a large effect on caregiver book-sharing competence (d = 1.01). The impact of the intervention on child language was moderated by intervention dosage, with lower dosage associated with a minimal impact. Child age and caregiver education level were unrelated to child outcome. This review and meta-analysis confirms the promise of book-sharing interventions for enhancing and accelerating child language development.
Descriptors: Intervention, Picture Books, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Age Differences, Caregiver Child Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Correlation, Preschool Children, Young Children
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