Swiss QT literary intervention package: nine mini-lessons, four literary-fiction books, literacy journals, and small-group discussions¶
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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal),q2· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The adapted intervention is a one-year language-arts program in which students were "instructed on how to identify various authentic questions, justify their claims, and collaboratively construct knowledge in discussions through nine mini-lessons". Students read and discussed four award-winning children's books in small groups across 11 literary discussions, kept literacy journals to prepare authentic questions and responses, and followed discussion rules establishing normative expectations for a dialogic culture. Teachers implemented the program with high fidelity, spending 34.07 hours versus a prescribed 32.92 hours.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Teacher professional development: two workshops plus three to four video-based coaching sessions
- Heterogeneous small groups of three to seven students formed at the study's outset
Constraints¶
- The adaptation exclusively focuses on literary fiction with a moral-dilemma theme matching the assessment story
Target Learners¶
- Fourth- and fifth-grade students in German-speaking Swiss primary schools
Learning Goals¶
- Asking authentic questions
- Justifying claims
- Collaboratively constructing knowledge in discussion
Claims¶
- Qt Students Higher Quality Contributions [+M]
- A QT-based literary intervention reduced teachers' monologic practices (teacher turns, turn allocation, test questions, evaluation) in small-group discussions [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- Dammert, Y., Gasser, L., & Murphy, P. K. (2026). Effects of a literary intervention on teachers' monologic and dialogic practices and the quality of students' contributions. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-026-09809-z
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Swiss QT literary intervention package: nine mini-lessons, four literary-fiction books, literacy journals, and small-group discussions |
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The adapted intervention is a one-year language-arts program in which students were "instructed on how to identify various authentic questions, justify their claims, and collaboratively construct knowledge in discussi... |
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