Children with poorer literacy skills Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
This is an interventional study - 16 children per school randomly allocated using stratified random sampling to one of two arms (intervention/business as usual). One RCT in Welsh and one RCT in Englis
Sponsors
Bangor University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children aged 7-9 years old in primary school in all participating classrooms 2. Eligible children are those in each participating classroom with the poorest reading skills on ReadingScreen test 3. Children in the Welsh RCT arm will be selected based on Welsh RS data 4. Children in the English RCT arm will be selected based on the English RS data
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Do not meet the participant inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following primary outcome measures will be collected pre- and post-intervention: 1. Reading is measured using ReadingScreen (word reading and nonword reading subtests) 2. Word reading is measured using the TOWRE test 3. Oral language is measured using four LanguageScreen subtests (Expressive Vocabulary, Receptive Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension, and Sentence Repetition) 4. The knowledge of the 80 words learned during the intervention is measured using a RILL vocabulary test | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following secondary outcome measures will be collected pre- and post-intervention: 1. The ability to quickly name letters and numbers will be measured using the alphanumeric Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) test in English and Welsh 2. The use of reading comprehension strategies will be measured using a Cloze reading comprehension task in both English and Welsh | — |
Countries
United Kingdom, Wales
Contacts
Public ContactManon Jones
Outcome results
None listed