ERIC Number: EJ1475426
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jul
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Available Date: 2025-05-03
Combined Language and Code Emergent Literacy Intervention for At-Risk Preschool Children: A Systematic Meta-Analytic Review
Child Development, v96 n4 p1519-1545 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 9333 children (4-6 years; 55% male, 45% African American, 30% Hispanic) were included in the meta-analyses. Composite intervention effects were small: language (g = 0.11) and code (g = 0.23). Language and code outcomes were significantly related (p = 0.032). Interventions equally targeting code and language subskills produced equivalent or greater code and language outcomes than those with an unequal emphasis. Implications for future combined intervention studies are discussed.
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Meta Analysis, At Risk Students, Preschool Children, Intervention, Child Language, Vocabulary Development, Phonological Awareness, Language Skills, Outcomes of Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 2South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia; 3Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia; 4Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia; 5Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia; 6Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 7Southern Cross University, Bilinga, Queensland, Australia