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The Impact of Dose and Dose Frequency on Word Learning by Kindergarten Children With Developmental Language Disorder During Interactive Book Reading.
- Source :
- Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools; Oct2019, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p518-539, 22p, 1 Diagram, 8 Charts, 6 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Purpose: The goal was to determine whether interactive book reading outcomes for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) were affected by manipulation of dose (i.e., the number of exposures to the target word during a book reading session) and dose frequency (i.e., the number of repeated book reading sessions) and whether pretreatment factors predicted treatment response variation. Method: Thirty-four kindergarten children with DLD (aged 5;0–6;2 [years;months]) were taught 1 set of words using the Dose 6 and Dose Frequency 6 format from a prior study (Storkel, Voelmle, et al., 2017) and taught a different set of words using an alternative format, either Dose 4 × Dose Frequency 9 or Dose 9 × Dose Frequency 4, determined through random assignment. Word learning was tracked for each treatment via a definition task prior to, during, and after treatment. Results: Results showed that children with DLD learned a significant number of words during treatment regardless of the dose and dose frequency format but that significant forgetting of newly learned words occurred in all formats once treatment was withdrawn. Individual differences in word learning were related to Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Core Language and Understanding Spoken Paragraphs scores. Conclusion: When administered at an adequate intensity, variation in the dose and dose frequency of interactive book reading does not appear to influence word learning by children with DLD. Although interactive book reading continues to show promise as an effective word learning intervention for children with DLD, further development is needed to enhance the effectiveness of this treatment approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TREATMENT of language disorders
INTELLIGENCE tests
LANGUAGE acquisition
LEARNING strategies
READING
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SPEECH therapy
VOCABULARY
TASK performance
TEACHING methods
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
TREATMENT effectiveness
PRE-tests & post-tests
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01611461
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139299797
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_LSHSS-VOIA-18-0131