Vocabulary Improvement Program (VIP)¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (2 for, 1 mixed, 1 against) · 1 study (1 causal),q3· 1 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A 15-week vocabulary-development curriculum for English language learners and native English speakers in grades 4–6, developed by Diane August, Maria S. Carlo, Barry McLaughlin, and Catherine Snow and published by Brookes Publishing.
Components¶
- Vocabulary Improvement Program (VIP) vocabulary development curriculum for grades 4-6: VIP is a "vocabulary development curriculum for English language learners and native English speakers (grades 4–6)". The 15-week program runs 30-45 minutes of whole-class and small-group activities four days a week, targeting 10-12 words per week drawn from a weekly reading assignment on immigration-related texts. Materials include detailed lesson plans, quasi-scripted lesson guides, overhead transparencies, worksheets, homework assignments, and reading texts; it was developed by Diane August, Maria S. Carlo, Barry McLaughlin, and Catherine Snow and published by Brookes Publishing. (Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners et al. (2006))
- Weekly vocabulary cycle: native-language preview, English introduction, small-group word tasks, and word-analysis Friday: VIP organizes instruction as a repeating weekly cycle around a weekly reading assignment. "On Mondays English language learner students are given the weekly reading assignment in their native language to preview before it is introduced in English on the following day." Tuesdays bring whole-group lessons defining target vocabulary; Wednesdays use heterogeneous language groups for two cloze activities; Thursdays use small groups for word association, synonym/antonym, and semantic feature analysis; Fridays cover root-word analysis and multiple meanings of words. (Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners et al. (2006))
Claims¶
- VIP effects did not differ between English language learners and fluent English speakers in the study authors' analyses [~M]
- VIP shows no statistically significant or substantively important impacts on PPVT-R and Morphology outcomes for English language learners [-M]
- VIP shows potentially positive effects on reading achievement for fifth-grade English language learners (effect size 0.50, not statistically significant) [+M]
- VIP produces a statistically significant effect on Word Mastery (taught-word definition selection) for English language learners, effect size 1.03 [+M]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners and Their Classmates. (2006). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/lively-6342/index.htm
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Vocabulary Improvement Program (VIP) |
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A 15-week vocabulary-development curriculum for English language learners and native English speakers in grades 4–6, developed by Diane August, Maria S. |
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