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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bleses, Dorthe
• Jensen, Peter
• Slot, Pauline
• Justice, Laura

Titel

Low-cost teacher-implemented intervention improves toddlers’ language and math skills

Ist Teil von

• Early childhood research quarterly, 2020-01, Vol.53, p.64-76

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •Large-scale RCT study of school readiness intervention in toddler classrooms.•The intervention targets age appropriate language and math skills in toddlers.•Core elements are sequence and scope and explicit and intentional instruction.•Teachers are given some discretion in the implementation of the intervention.•Positive medium- to large-sized effects on language and math skills were found. The first years of life are foundational for children's cognitive and social–emotional development and to subsequent development in a variety of domains. In many countries, an increasing number of toddlers is enrolled in early childhood education (ECE) programs, which can facilitate early development. However, the quality of these programs is often mediocre. The present study represents a large-scale randomized control trial (87 childcare centers and 1116 toddlers) designed to elevate the quality of instruction in ECE programs serving toddlers. We show that a low-cost 20-week intervention providing teachers with sequence and scope and supportive tools to be more explicit and intentional in their interactions with children resulted in positive, mainly medium- to large-sized effects on targeted language and math skills.