The most common combination in effective OSTA interventions was professionals training caregivers in parental school involvement at home and homework support combined with positive reinforcement¶
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q3 i? The most frequent combination of elements in effective interventions minus ineffective ones paired caregiver training in parental school involvement and homework support with positive reinforcement, supported by quality monitoring and educational materials. → Engell 2020
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Engell 2020¶
Engell, T., Kirkøen, B., Hammerstrøm, K. T., Kornør, H., Ludvigsen, K. H., & Hagen, K. A. (2020). Common Elements of Practice, Process and Implementation in Out-of-School-Time Academic Interventions for At-risk Children: a Systematic Review. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01091-w
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Systematic review combination analysis (Research Question 3) matching practice elements with process and implementation elements. The review reports this combination used organizational materials, regular support to caregivers, quality monitoring, and educational material; no effect sizes were calculated.
"The most common combination of elements in effective interventions minus in ineffective was professionals training caregivers in parental school involvement at home and homework support combined with use of positive reinforcement."
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Related Claims¶
- Training parents to provide homework support was the most frequent common practice element in effective OSTA interventions for reading, and all 11 interventions using it were effective — related
- Quality monitoring was the most common implementation element and regular support to the intervention receiver the most common process element in effective OSTA interventions — related
- Training in parental school involvement at home, positive reinforcement, psychoeducation, and use of explicit goals showed positive frequency values across reading, math, and GPA outcomes — related
- Structured tutoring was the most common practice element but was ineffective in about 25% of studies using it, illustrating popularity bias in common elements reviews — related
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