How Often and How Much? Intensity of Print Referencing Intervention
Topics in Language Disorders
Breit-Smith, A., Justice, L. M., et al. (2009).
Topics in Language Disorders, 29(4), 360-369.
This systematic review investigates the effect of treatment intensity of print referencing interventions within the context of storybook reading on print knowledge in young children.
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
1999 to 2009
Treatment studies
6
Effect sizes suggested the effectiveness of print referencing intervention; however, due to considerable variability of the studies, firm conclusions about treatment intensity were not drawn. "It is likely that specific aspects of intensity optimally enhance child outcomes and that optimal intervention intensity differs according to individual characteristics" (p. 368).
