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ERIC Number: EJ1475426
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jul
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
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.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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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