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Nurbanu Kansizoglu; Nazan Bekiroglu – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2025
This study aims to assess the overall impact of vocabulary development interventions on cognitive vocabulary outcomes. To achieve this, 43 theses on vocabulary teaching, each involving a specific intervention, were analyzed using meta-analysis. The findings from the meta-analysis, based on the random effects model, indicated that the average…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Meta Analysis
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Emily Mather; Shane Lindsay – Infant and Child Development, 2025
There is widespread evidence that children display a mutual exclusivity response upon encountering new words. Children displaying this behaviour will select a novel, name-unknown object in response to a novel label, rather than a familiar, name-known object. The mutual exclusivity response has been viewed as a means of fast-mapping…
Descriptors: Children, Memory, Retention (Psychology), Vocabulary Development
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Jennie Cusiter; Kate Short; Annabel Webb; Natalie Munro – Child Development, 2025
This meta-analytic review explored the characteristics and effectiveness of combined language (e.g., vocabulary) and code (e.g., phonological awareness) interventions, including synergistic intervention effects for at-risk preschoolers. Data from 29 randomized controlled trials, published before March 2023, reporting on 43 interventions, including…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Meta Analysis, At Risk Students, Preschool Children
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Hongbin Xie; Hongliu Ouyang; Nik Rosila Nik Yaacob; Daimin Feng; Shuang Wang – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
In Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) programs, the quality of teacher-child interactions is regarded to be important for children's vocabulary development. However, prior studies on the relationships between teacher and child, as measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), and children's vocabulary skills are inconsistent.…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children, Socioeconomic Status, Meta Analysis
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A. Pradheepa; K. Gurusamy; T. Pushpanathan – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
This meta-analysis aims to investigate gamification's impact on improving tertiary-level second-language learners' lexical repertoire. Forty-seven peer-reviewed works were evaluated for this analysis. The analysis focused on determining the effectiveness of gamified learning environments in the context of improving vocabulary and learning and…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jane E. Hardy; Victoria Rodrigo – Dimensions, 2025
Extensive reading is an approach to language learning that encourages learners to read a large quantity of easy reading material. A substantial body of research confirms the effectiveness of this approach for developing proficiency in both first (L1) and second (L2) languages. This paper explains what extensive reading is, why it is important, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Habits, Reading Materials