ERIC Number: EJ1163230
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
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Efficacy of a Self-Monitoring Tool for Improving the Quality of the Language Environment in the Preschool Classroom
Strasser, Katherine; Mendive, Susana; Vergara, Daniela; Darricades, Michelle
Early Education and Development, v29 n1 p104-124 2018
Research Findings: This study evaluated the impact of a self-monitoring intervention on preschool teachers' use of language and on children's language growth. Nineteen classrooms from Santiago de Chile participated (10 intervention, 9 control). Twice a week, intervention teachers filled out a checklist to monitor the language stimulation they offered children. Research personnel used the checklists to elaborate a monthly summary of the language opportunities offered to each child in that month and discussed this information with teachers. Results revealed a significant advantage for intervention teachers in frequency of book readings and word discussions but not on children's language growth. Dosage analyses showed that children identified by the self-monitoring device as receiving more language-learning opportunities improved significantly more from beginning to end of the school year in receptive vocabulary. Practice or Policy: Contextual barriers such as large numbers of children and unawareness of the impact of some language interactions can prevent teachers from engaging in important practices. Reminding teachers of the importance of those practices and helping them monitor their frequency may be a low-cost way of improving language opportunities for children in contexts where more intensive professional development is not possible.
Descriptors: Self Management, Intervention, Preschool Teachers, Language Usage, Language Acquisition, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Check Lists, Program Effectiveness, Reading Aloud to Others, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Receptive Language, Barriers, Interaction, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Surveys, Cognitive Development, Young Children, Audio Equipment, Coding
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile (Santiago)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Woodcock Munoz Language Survey; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
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