Stress awareness improved to a greater extent in the rhythm-trained groups in readers with and without difficulties¶
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q3 i2 In both samples, the group-by-time interaction for stress awareness showed larger effect sizes in the two groups in which rhythm was trained. → Gutiérrez-Palma 2026
Evidence¶
Gutiérrez-Palma 2026¶
Gutiérrez-Palma, N., Calet, N., Robles-Bello, M.A., & Valencia-Naranjo, N. (2026). The role of rhythm in learning to read in children with and without reading difficulties: an intervention study. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102273
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Non-parametric longitudinal analyses; Table 1 prints simple-effect sizes of Cliff's delta = .51 (PAR) and Cliff's delta = .42 (RM) for children without difficulties, and Table 2 prints Cliff's delta = .53 and Cliff's delta = .56 for children with difficulties, both interactions significant at p < .01.
"In the case of the measure of linguistic rhythm (stress awareness), there was a significant interaction, and the effect size was larger in the two groups in which rhythm was trained."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Rhythm training did not improve non-linguistic rhythm perception in any group — related
- Children with reading difficulties improved in pseudoword reading only when phonological awareness or rhythm was trained separately, not in the combined group — related
- Phonological awareness (oddity) improved to a greater extent in the groups where rhythm was trained, in children without reading difficulties — related
- Post-test mediation analyses indicate word reading is related to rhythm (stress awareness and non-linguistic rhythm) through phonological awareness — related
- Rhythm training for children with reading difficulties may improve novel-word reading but should be done separately from phonological awareness training — related
- Word reading improved in all three training groups among children without reading difficulties, with no group-by-time interaction — related
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Stress awareness improved to a greater extent in the rhythm-trained groups in readers with and without difficulties |
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Stress awareness improved to a greater extent in the rhythm-trained groups in readers with and without difficulties |
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