ERIC Number: EJ1372448
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0271-8294
EISSN: EISSN-1550-3259
Long-Term Effects of Kindergarten Vocabulary Instruction and Intervention on Target Vocabulary Knowledge through Second Grade
Coyne, Michael D.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Loftus-Rattan, Susan M.; Baker, Doris L.; Ware, Sharon M.
Topics in Language Disorders, v42 n4 pE9-E28 Oct-Dec 2022
We evaluated the long-term effects of a supplemental, small-group kindergarten vocabulary intervention in fall and spring of first grade and winter of second grade. Participants included students from two studies, an initial efficacy study and a subsequent replication study, identified as at risk for language and learning difficulties, who were randomly assigned in clusters to either a control group that received only classroom vocabulary instruction or a treatment group that received the classroom instruction plus small-group supplemental intervention. We also identified a group of not-at-risk students who received classroom vocabulary instruction as a reference group. Analyses using multilevel modeling indicated that students in the treatment group continued to outperform students in the control group on measures of expressive and receptive knowledge of words taught during the intervention through the winter of second grade, almost 2 years after the end of the intervention. Although long-term effects of the intervention on target word learning in second grade were substantial and meaningful, there was some deterioration of intervention effects across time. There were no effects of the kindergarten intervention on general vocabulary knowledge at posttest or any follow-up points. Findings suggest that the effects of direct and extended vocabulary instruction and intervention are generally durable and sustain over time for taught words.
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Vocabulary Development, Grade 1, Grade 2, Small Group Instruction, Intervention, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness, Expressive Language, Receptive Language
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) (ED/IES)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A110135