U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2010).
Princeton (NJ): What Works Clearinghouse, 9.
This review investigates the effects of an interactive book reading treatment, Dialogic Reading, on spoken language skills in preschool children with disabilities.
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
See full text for additional details on the What Works Clearinghouse evidence rating scheme.
1986 and later
Randomized controlled trials; regression-discontinuity study designs; quasi-experimental study designs; single-subject study designs
2
"Based on the two studies, the [What Works Clearinghouse] found potentially positive effects of dialogic reading on communication and language competencies for children with disabilities" (p. 5).
