ERIC Number: EJ1458674
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 33
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1082-4669
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7671
Latent Profile Moderation: Examining the Differential Impact of a Small-Group Emergent Literacy Intervention
Alida Hudson; Laura L. Bailet; Shayne B. Piasta; Jessica A. R. Logan; Kandia Lewis; Cynthia M. Zettler-Greeley
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, v30 n1 p1-33 2025
Preschool children considered at risk for future reading difficulties experience unique and complex combinations of risk factors. In this exploratory study, we used latent profile analysis (LPA) to investigate the underlying classifications of children identified as at-risk for reading difficulties (N = 281) along selected cognitive, psychological, ecological, and child-related characteristics. We then used latent profile moderation, a methodology that extends the extensive prior literature on LPA, to explore for whom a supplemental, small-group emergent literacy intervention yielded effects. Latent profile moderation allowed us to explore whether specific subgroups of children characterized by multiple risk factors made significantly greater gains from the intervention than others. We identified four distinct profiles of preschool children considered at risk for reading difficulties, and the four profiles varied across cognitive, psychological, and ecological factors as well as on emergent literacy outcomes at the end of preschool. Further, we found a significant, moderate effect of the intervention on children's letter writing in Profile 1. Thus, latent profile moderation analysis may help clarify the dynamic interplay of multiple salient factors relative to intervention outcomes and identify for whom interventions are effective.
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Beginning Reading, Intervention, Identification, Classification, At Risk Students, Profiles, Reading Difficulties
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Related Records: ED648500
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A160261