Iterative Development of a Home Review Program to Promote Preschoolers' Vocabulary Skills: Social Validity and Learning Outcomes
| Autor: | Keri Madsen, Lindsey Peters-Sanders, Howard Goldstein, Xigrid Soto, Meaghan McKenna, Yagmur Seven, Elizabeth Spencer Kelley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Parents Linguistics and Language Vocabulary Teaching method media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Pilot Projects Language and Linguistics Education Social Skills Speech and Hearing Intervention (counseling) Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Learning 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences media_common Language Medical education Language Disorders Text Messaging Schools Teaching 05 social sciences Multilevel model 050301 education Reproducibility of Results Video modeling Language acquisition Vocabulary development Child Preschool Female Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Language, speech, and hearing services in schools. 51(2) |
| ISSN: | 1558-9129 |
| Popis: | PurposeThis article describes the iterative development of a home review program designed to augment vocabulary instruction for young children (ages 4 and 5 years) occurring at school through the use of a home review component.MethodA pilot study followed by two experiments used adapted alternating treatment designs to compare the learning of academic words taught at school to words taught at school and reviewed at home. At school, children in small groups were taught academic words embedded in prerecorded storybooks for 6 weeks. Children were given materials such as stickers with review prompts (e.g., “Tell me whatbravemeans”) to take home for half the words. Across iterations of the home intervention, the home review component was enhanced by promoting parent engagement and buy-in through in-person training, video modeling, and daily text message reminders. Visual analyses of single-subject graphs, multilevel modeling, and social validity measures were used to evaluate the additive effects and feasibility of the home review component.ResultsSocial validity results informed each iteration of the home program. The effects of the home program across sites were mixed, with only one site showing consistently strong effects. Superior learning was evident in the school + home review condition for families that reviewed words frequently at home. Although the home review program was effective in improving the vocabulary skills of many children, some families had considerable difficulty practicing vocabulary words.ConclusionThese studies highlight the importance of using social validity measures to inform iterative development of home interventions that promote feasible strategies for enhancing the home language environment. Further research is needed to identify strategies that stimulate facilitators and overcome barriers to implementation, especially in high-stress homes, to enrich the home language environments of more families. |
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