Combining book access with trained parent involvement is a promising approach to improving literacy skills over the summer¶
Design · All designs
Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 causal),q3· 1 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The article concludes that providing access to appropriate books and maximizing the role of parents could serve as an effective approach to improving literacy skills, based on the RCT findings of gains in comprehension, fluency, and receptive vocabulary. Parents were trained in paired reading plus comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary strategies, and children received weekly interest- and level-matched books. The authors recommend school boards implement this type of intervention for children in Grades 3 to 6 after replication in larger-scale studies.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Parents attend a training session and receive ongoing support (e.g., periodic telephone calls) to implement paired reading and complementary strategies
Constraints¶
- Effects not yet replicated in larger-scale studies; the comprehensive design does not allow attribution to specific components
Target Learners¶
- Grade 3 and Grade 5 children with low to average reading and vocabulary skills
Learning Goals¶
- reading comprehension
- oral reading fluency
- receptive vocabulary
Claims¶
- Summer Parent Book Reading Improves Reading Comprehension [+M]
- Summer Parent Book Reading Improves Reading Fluency [+M]
- Summer Parent Book Reading Improves Receptive Vocabulary [+M]
Related Designs¶
Examples¶
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Key Sources¶
- Pagan, S., & Sénéchal, M. (2014). Involving Parents in a Summer Book Reading Program to Promote Reading Comprehension, Fluency, and Vocabulary in Grade 3 and Grade 5 Children. Canadian Journal of Education, 37(2). http://www.cje-rce.ca
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Combining book access with trained parent involvement is a promising approach to improving literacy skills over the summer |
description |
The article concludes that providing access to appropriate books and maximizing the role of parents could serve as an effective approach to improving literacy skills, based on the RCT findings of gains in comprehensio... |
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