Effects of a Cross-Age Peer Learning Program on the Vocabulary and Comprehension of English Learners and Non-English Learners in Elementary School
| Autor: | Rebecca D. Silverman, Lauren Artzi, Stephanie Nunn, Megan Madigan Peercy, Anna M. Hartranft, Daniel McNeish, Melinda Martin-Beltrán |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Vocabulary
media_common.quotation_subject education 05 social sciences 050301 education Intervention effect Intervention group Vocabulary development Education Comprehension Intervention (counseling) behavior and behavior mechanisms Mathematics education 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Peer learning Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology Receptive vocabulary media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Elementary School Journal. 117:485-512 |
| ISSN: | 1554-8279 0013-5984 |
| Popis: | This study evaluated the effects of a cross-age peer learning program targeting vocabulary and comprehension in kindergarten and fourth-grade classrooms with substantial proportions of English Learners (ELs). The study followed a quasi-experimental design with 12 classrooms (6 kindergarten and 6 fourth grade) in the intervention group and 12 classrooms (6 kindergarten and 6 fourth grade) in the comparison group. Students were assessed before and after the 14-week intervention via curriculum-aligned and norm-referenced vocabulary and comprehension assessments. Findings of analyses of researcher-developed measures showed positive and significant intervention effects on receptive and expressive vocabulary in kindergarten and fourth grade and comprehension (i.e., understanding of text and strategy use) in fourth grade. Findings of analyses of norm-referenced measures showed positive and significant intervention effects on receptive vocabulary in kindergarten. In general, the intervention had similar e... |
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