Spatial language training significantly improves 4-6-year-olds' spatial language comprehension compared to controls¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Trained children showed a significantly more pronounced comprehension gain than controls (r = .326). → Nadja Lindner 2025

Evidence¶

Nadja Lindner 2025¶

Nadja Lindner, Korbinian Moeller, Frauke Hildebrandt, Marcus Hasselhorn, Jan Lonnemann. (2025). Training children's spatial language skills improves their numerical magnitude understanding. Learning and Instruction 99 (2025) 102191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102191

q3 · i2 · causal · r2

Same pre-post control group intervention; robust mixed-design analysis of spatial language comprehension gains. The article reports "a significantly more pronounced performance increase was observed for the intervention group" with r = .326.

"When comparing the two groups on performance differences between pre- and posttest, a significantly more pronounced performance increase was observed for the intervention group (W = 1268, p = .002, r = .326)."

Discussion¶

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