Home learning environment support to improve early literacy skills of 3- to 5-year-old children: A trial of the REAL programme
- Conditions
- Early-years educationNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN23292431
- Lead Sponsor
- Education Endowment Foundation
- Brief Summary
2022 Funder report results in https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/the-real-programme?utm_source=/projects-and-evaluation/projects/the-real-programme&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=site_search&search_term=The%20REAL%20programme (added 12/01/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 992
The following eligibility criteria apply to nurseries:
1. Type of nursery: Only school-based nurseries will be eligible to take part.
2. Prior REAL involvement: nurseries and practitioners should not have any prior exposure to The REAL programme.
3. Availability: the school’s Early Years coordinator, in conjunction with the school headteacher, will identify one practitioner to undertake training and be able to commit a half day per week to focus on programme delivery (should the nursery be assigned to receive the intervention). All nurseries also need to have identified a key point of contact to support evaluation activities.
The following eligibility criteria apply to children:
1. Aged 3-4 in August 2019.
2. Children needing additional support in early literacy based on practitioners' prior knowledge of the child and of the child’s parent(s)/carers.
Practitioners will be asked to keep a record of the criteria they use to identify eligible children. After this information is collected, nurseries’ response patterns will be analysed.
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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