In the Nelson, Benner, & Gonzalez (2005) RCT, SSL produced statistically significant positive effects on all five alphabetics outcomes¶
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q3 i2 SSL students outperformed comparison students on three phonological awareness measures, one letter knowledge measure, and one phonics measure, all statistically significant. → What Works Clearinghouse 2007
Evidence¶
What Works Clearinghouse 2007¶
What Works Clearinghouse. (2007). WWC Intervention Report: Stepping Stones to Literacy. U.S. Department of Education. https://www.steppingstonestoliteracy.com
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Randomized controlled trial of 36 kindergarten students with behavior problems (18 per condition) in seven Midwestern schools, SSL versus core curriculum alone over five weeks. Appendix A3 reports effect sizes from 0.37 (Letter Naming Fluency) to 1.26 (Initial Sound Fluency), all statistically significant.
"The authors found and the WWC confirmed statistically significant positive effects of SSL on all outcomes."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Alphabet Knowledge and Print Awareness — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- In the Nelson, Stage, Epstein, & Pierce (2005) RCT, SSL produced statistically significant positive effects on all four alphabetics outcomes — related
- No individual alphabetics outcome reached statistical significance in the WWC analysis — related
- A meta-analysis attributes the strongest predictors of nonresponsiveness to rapid naming and problem behavior — related
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In the Nelson, Benner, & Gonzalez (2005) RCT, SSL produced statistically significant positive effects on all five alphabetics outcomes |
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In the Nelson, Benner, & Gonzalez (2005) RCT, SSL produced statistically significant positive effects on all five alphabetics outcomes |
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