Reading Apprenticeship® shows no effect on vocabulary (effect size 0.00)¶
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q3 i0 Reading Apprenticeship® showed an effect size of 0.00 on vocabulary (GRADE Vocabulary subtest), with an uncertain effects rating based on one study. → What Works Clearinghouse 2023
Evidence¶
What Works Clearinghouse 2023¶
What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2023). Reading Apprenticeship®. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/727
q3 · i0 · quant-synthesis · r1
WWC synthesis of 1 study meeting standards (Somers et al., 2010; 2,255 grade 9 students) using the GRADE Vocabulary subtest; the printed summary is 0.00, improvement index 0, not significant (p>0.99), with identical printed means of 93.30 in both groups.
"Summary for vocabulary: Uncertain effects 0.00 0 No (p>0.99)"
Discussion¶
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Reading Apprenticeship® shows no effect on vocabulary (effect size 0.00) |
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Reading Apprenticeship® shows no effect on vocabulary (effect size 0.00) |
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