The Effect of Articulatory Gestures on Early Literacy Skills in 4-year Olds

Description

This study will use an experimental design to explore if articulatory gestures (with letters and phonemic awareness training) enhance early literacy skills more than general mouth awareness training (with letters and phonemic awareness training) or letter/phonemic awareness training alone.

Conditions

Early Literacy, Articulatory Gestures, Phonemic Awareness

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Study overview

This study will use an experimental design to explore if articulatory gestures (with letters and phonemic awareness training) enhance early literacy skills more than general mouth awareness training (with letters and phonemic awareness training) or letter/phonemic awareness training alone.

The Effect of Articulatory Gestures on Word Reading, Non-word Reading, and Phonemic Segmentation in 4-year Olds

The Effect of Articulatory Gestures on Early Literacy Skills in 4-year Olds

Condition
Early Literacy
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Montclair

Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, United States, 07043

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Knows 15 letter names
  • * Passes hearing screening
  • * Passes Fluharty-2 Language Screening
  • * Can segment no more than three consonant-vowel (CV), VC, or CVC words into phonemes
  • * Not able to read more than one word or nonword used in the posttest.
  • * Does not know 15 letter names
  • * Fails hearing screening
  • * Fails Fluharty-2 Language Screening
  • * Can segment more than three consonant-vowel (CV), VC, or CVC words into phonemes
  • * Reads more than one word or nonword used in the posttest.

Ages Eligible for Study

48 Months to 59 Months

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Montclair State University,

Robyn Becker, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Montclair State University

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30