Literacy Boost¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 causal),q3· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
Literacy Boost is Save the Children's early-literacy intervention programme, including teacher professional development and classroom-support components for young learners.
Components¶
- Literacy Boost teacher professional development program (Save the Children, rural Rwanda): Literacy Boost is Save the Children's early literacy intervention, whose teacher professional development component was evaluated in rural Rwanda as part of a randomized controlled trial. The article states the study "investigates the impact of a teacher professional development (PD) program in rural Rwanda, part of a randomized controlled trial of Save the Children's early literacy intervention, 'Literacy Boost.'" The PD targeted teachers' pedagogical content knowledge, classroom practices, and classroom print environments in early literacy. It was evaluated at the sector level, with some sectors assigned to receive PD and others serving as controls. (Angela Johnson et al. (2019))
Claims¶
- Classroom observations suggested increases in desired pedagogical practices after PD, but differences were not statistically significant [+W]
- Teacher PD in rural Rwanda raised teachers' early literacy pedagogical content knowledge relative to control sectors [+W]
- The PD program had a large and significant impact on classroom print environments in rural Rwanda [+W]
- PD-assigned teachers reported using significantly more research-based literacy pedagogical practices than control teachers [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Angela Johnson, Catherine Galloway, Elliot Friedlander, Claude Goldenberg. (2019). Advancing educational quality in Rwanda: Improving teachers' literacy pedagogy and print environments. International Journal of Educational Research 98, 134-145. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-educational-research
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Literacy Boost |
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Literacy Boost is Save the Children's early-literacy intervention programme, including teacher professional development and classroom-support components for young learners. |
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