ERIC Number: EJ1328977
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr
Pages: 40
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Understanding the Dynamics of Dosage Response: A Nonlinear Meta-Analysis of Recent Reading Interventions
Roberts, Garrett J.; Dumas, Denis G.; McNeish, Daniel; Coté, Brooke
Review of Educational Research, v92 n2 p209-248 Apr 2022
Researchers have noted a nonlinear association between reading instruction dosage (i.e., hours of instruction) and reading outcomes for Grade K-3 students with reading difficulties (K-3 SWRD). In this article, we propose a nonlinear meta-analysis as a method to identify both the maximum effect size and optimal dosage of reading interventions for K-3 SWRD using 26 peer-reviewed studies including 186 effect sizes. Results suggested the effect sizes followed a concave parabolic shape, such that increasing dosage improved intervention effects until 39.92 hours of instruction (d[subscript max] = 0.77), after which the intervention effects declined. Moderator analyses found that maximum intervention effects on fluency outcomes were significantly larger (d[subscript max] = 1.34) than the overall maximum effect size. Also, when students received 1:1 instruction, the dosage response curve displayed a different functional form than the concave parabolic shape, showing the effect increased indefinitely after approximately 16.8 hours of instruction. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Intervention, Effect Size, Scheduling, Outcomes of Education, Reading Improvement, Outcome Measures
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Primary Education
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Language: English
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