Dialogic Reading's average oral-language improvement index is +19 percentile points, ranging from –6 to +48 across findings¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The WWC-computed average improvement index for oral language is +19 percentile points across the five studies, with individual findings ranging from –6 to +48 percentile points. → WWC Intervention Report: Dialogic Reading 2007

Evidence¶

WWC Intervention Report: Dialogic Reading 2007¶

WWC Intervention Report: Dialogic Reading. (2007). What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education, Revised February 8, 2007. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r?

WWC synthesis computing improvement indices (difference in percentile rank between average intervention and comparison students) across five studies of Dialogic Reading in center-based settings; the review reports an average of "+19 percentile points" with a wide range across findings. No standardized effect size is printed for this aggregate.

"The average improvement index for oral language is +19 percentile points across the five studies, with a range of –6 to +48 percentile points across findings."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading and Language — outcome: instruction changes it
• Oral Language — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

- Dialogic Reading Improves Language Outcomes — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it¶

• Dialogic Reading combined with Sound Foundations shows potentially positive effects on print knowledge and early reading/writing but not oral language — related
• Dialogic reading has potentially positive effects on communication and language competencies for children with disabilities — related