ERIC Number: EJ1013951
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-5984
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An Evaluation of an Explicit Read Aloud Intervention Taught in Whole-Classroom Formats In First Grade
Baker, Scott K.; Santoro, Lana Edwards; Chard, David J.; Fien, Hank; Park, Yonghan; Otterstedt, Janet
Elementary School Journal, v113 n3 p331-358 Mar 2013
This study describes an evaluation of a read aloud intervention to improve comprehension and vocabulary of first-grade students. Twelve teachers were randomly assigned to an intervention or comparison condition. The study lasted 19 weeks, and the intervention focused on the systematic use of narrative and expository texts and dialogic interactions between teachers and students delivered in whole-classroom formats. Read aloud intervention lessons included before-, during-, and after-reading components and explicit instruction targeted comprehension and vocabulary knowledge. Teachers in the comparison condition implemented the same amount of read aloud instruction, focusing on strategies they believed would help their students with comprehension and vocabulary. On some, but not all, outcome measures, intervention students at low risk and high risk for language difficulties outperformed comparable students in the comparison group. Implications are discussed. (Contains 1 note and 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Program Evaluation, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Dialogs (Language), Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others, Control Groups, Reading Tests, Listening Comprehension, Statistical Analysis, Risk, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 1; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS); Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305G050216
What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations
WWC Study Page: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/study/82898