ERIC Number: EJ1106275
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
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Preschool Children's Use of Thematic Vocabulary during Dialogic Reading and Activity-Based Intervention
Rahn, Naomi L.; Coogle, Christan Grygas; Storie, Sloan
Journal of Special Education, v50 n2 p98-108 Aug 2016
An adapted alternating treatments design was used to compare the expressive use of thematic vocabulary by three preschool children with developmental delays during Dialogic Reading, a shared book reading intervention, and Activity-Based Intervention, a naturalistic play-based teaching method. The design was replicated across two early childhood themes. For each theme, five vocabulary words were randomly assigned to Dialogic Reading, Activity-Based Intervention, or a control condition. Intervention was delivered 2 times per day for 5 days across 2 weeks. Results suggest both methods increased children's use of target vocabulary and were similarly effective for increasing expressive use of thematic vocabulary by preschoolers with disabilities.
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Thematic Approach, Special Education, Disabilities, Developmental Delays, Comparative Analysis, Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading, Reading Instruction, Preschool Education, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Picture Books, Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests, Story Reading, Visual Measures, Pictorial Stimuli, Class Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
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