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Kindergarten PAVEd for Success (K-PAVE): Teaching Vocabulary to Kindergarteners

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Intervention Details

Subject

English Language Arts

Academic Program

Early Childhood

Duration

24 weeks

Grade

K

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Kindergarten PAVEd for Success (K-PAVE)

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on kindergarten students' expressive vocabulary

Positive effect on kindergarten students' academic knowledge

No effect on kindergarten students' listening comprehension

Positive effect on classroom instruction in vocabulary and comprehension support

No effect on classroom instruction in instructional support

No effect on classroom instruction in emotional support

No effect on the amount of instructional time spent on literacy in areas other than vocabulary and comprehension.

Source

B. Finney, P., Bell, S., Goodson, B., Turner, H. & Wolf, A. (2010). The Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten (VOCAB): Kindergarten Final Evaluation Report. NCEE 2010-4014 (ED512900). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED512900.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

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