Language Experience and Language Learning
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Montclair State University
- Enrollment
- 170
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Accuracy
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if text can support children in learning new verbs in healthy children ages three through six. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does text support help children learn new verbs? Does a child's relative benefit from text support vary according to their literacy skills?
Participants will
- Watch videos of actions and hear novel words
- Name alphabet sounds to determine their literacy skills
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 36 Months to 84 Months (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Primarily exposed to English
- •Typical development
- •Hearing and vision within normal limits or corrected to be so
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Verb learning with only visual and auditory support
This is "gold standard" learning scenario for young children.
Verb learning with auditory, visual, and text support
Participants receive the added support of text to determine if this additional support helps them learn novel words with higher accuracy.
Intervention: Orthographic facilitation (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Accuracy
Time Frame: 15 minutes
The investigators will measure accuracy in an identification task with a pointing response.
Secondary Outcomes
- Literacy as a Mediator(15 minutes)
