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ERIC Number: EJ1387594
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Sep
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1053-8151
EISSN: EISSN-2154-3992
Optimizing Vocabulary Instruction for Preschool Children
Keri M. Madsen; Lindsey A. Peters-Sanders; Elizabeth Spencer Kelley; R. Michael Barker; Yagmur Seven; Wendy L. Olsen; Xigrid Soto-Boykin; Howard Goldstein
Journal of Early Intervention, v45 n3 p227-249 Sep 2023
A cluster randomized design was used to investigate the effects of the "Story Friends" vocabulary curriculum on learning of 84 preschoolers in 24 classrooms who were at risk for language difficulties. Children in the treatment condition received explicit vocabulary instruction of 36 words during small-group storybook listening centers with extended practice opportunities in the classroom and at home. Children in the comparison condition were exposed to the same words in stories without explicit instruction or extended practice. Children (n = 16) with average or above language skills from six treatment classrooms were included to examine the impact of extended practice. Children at risk in treatment classrooms learned significantly more words (52%) than children at risk in comparison classrooms (12%). Children not at risk learned vocabulary equal to children at risk. A tiered approach to implementing "Story Friends" appears feasible for enhancing the vocabulary learning of preschoolers with and without language delays. [For corresponding grantee submission, see ED622079.]
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Related Records: ED622079
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A150132; R324A200179