Programs offering only literacy-related activities yield larger effects than programs also targeting other cognitive or socioemotional skills¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Literacy-only programs yielded larger overall and comprehension-related effects (d = 0.66 and 0.68) than programs also targeting other skills. → Suzanne Fikrat-Wevers 2021

Evidence¶

Suzanne Fikrat-Wevers 2021¶

Suzanne Fikrat-Wevers, Roel van Steensel, Lidia Arends. (2021). Effects of Family Literacy Programs on the Emergent Literacy Skills of Children From Low-SES Families: A Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654321998075

q3 · i2 · quant-synthesis · r2

Moderator analysis of immediate posttests (k overall = 48) found literacy-only programs averaged d = 0.66 (SE = 0.10) overall versus d = 0.13–0.24 for programs adding cognitive, socioemotional, or both skill types; Q(3) = 11.13* overall.

"Programs only offering literacy-related activities yielded both larger overall effects and larger effects on comprehension-related skills than interventions also targeting other skills."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Alphabet Knowledge and Print Awareness — outcome: instruction changes it

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