Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training practice for preschool early literacy¶

Element · All elements
Evidence · 4 claims (3 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 quant-synthesis), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A general early childhood practice combining phonological awareness training (activities teaching children to "identify, detect, delete, segment, or blend segments of spoken words") with letter knowledge training that includes "teaching children the letters of the alphabet and making an explicit link between letters and sounds." It has no single developer; the reviewed interventions were developed by study authors. It is used as a supplement to the regular classroom curriculum, with individual children or in small or large group settings.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Implemented in English in center-based settings with children ages 3 to 5 or in preschool, per the WWC eligibility criteria for the reviewed evidence

Constraints¶

• No single developer provides materials; the report points readers to publicly available resources that have not been reviewed or endorsed by the WWC
• Information is not available on the number or demographics of children or centers using these practices, nor about costs of teacher training and implementation

Target Learners¶

• Preschool children ages 3 to 5, including economically disadvantaged children and children whose primary language is not English

Target Learning Goals¶

• Phonological awareness
• Print knowledge and letter knowledge
• Early reading and writing skills

Claims¶

• The potentially negative oral language effect of phonological awareness plus letter knowledge training is likely an artifact of the comparison condition, not the intervention [~W]
• Phonological awareness training plus letter knowledge training has positive effects on preschoolers' print knowledge [+W]
• Phonological awareness training plus letter knowledge training has potentially positive effects on preschoolers' early reading/writing [+W]
• Phonological awareness training plus letter knowledge training has potentially positive effects on preschoolers' phonological processing [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Phonological Awareness Training practice (rhyme detection, blending, and segmentation activities for young children)

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2006). WWC Intervention Report: Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/InterventionReport/376