Programs offering only shared reading yield the largest comprehension-related effects, and combining shared reading with other activity types reduces effects¶
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q3 i2 Shared-reading-only interventions yielded the largest (medium) mean effect on comprehension-related skills (d = 0.75), while combining all three activity types showed no effect (d = 0.13). → Suzanne Fikrat-Wevers 2021
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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
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Moderator analysis on comprehension-related skills (k = 38) found shared-reading-only programs averaged d = 0.75 (SE = 0.18), SR/formal d = 0.48, SR/informal d = 0.46, SR/combination d = 0.13; Q(4) = 15.25**.
"Interventions only offering shared reading yielded the largest mean effect (medium) on comprehension-related skills. When shared reading was combined with either informal or formal activities, the effects were small, while a combination of the three types of activities did not show any effect on children’s skills."
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Programs offering only shared reading yield the largest comprehension-related effects, and combining shared reading with other activity types reduces effects |
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Programs offering only shared reading yield the largest comprehension-related effects, and combining shared reading with other activity types reduces effects |
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