Journal article
Using the MULTILIT literacy instruction program with children who have Down syndrome
Reading & writing, Vol.32, pp.2179-2200
11/2019
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Abstract
We evaluated the MULTILIT-"Making Up Lost Time in Literacy"-instruction program for individuals with Down syndrome. The 12-week program was administered on a 1:1 basis to participants who were assessed at three timepoints: Baseline, pre-instruction, and post-instruction. Participants were allocated non-randomly to two groups that had comparable abilities prior to intervention. These groups differed in the duration of the control period between baseline and pre-instruction: 12 weeks for Group 1 (n = 8, mean age = 168.88 months) and 24 weeks for Group 2 (n = 7, mean age = 164.71 months). Improvements in literacy skills were evaluated within participants (each participant serving as her/his own control), and the influence of control periods was evaluated between participants. Phonological awareness, word reading accuracy, and word spelling accuracy all improved significantly from pre- to post-instruction, with large effect sizes; whereas no statistically significant changes were observed during the control period (between baseline and pre-instruction assessments) regardless of the duration of this control period.
Details
- Title
- Using the MULTILIT literacy instruction program with children who have Down syndrome
- Creators
- Lisa Lim - University of SydneyJoanne Arciuli - University of SydneyNatalie Munro - University of SydneyLinda Cupples - Macquarie University
- Publication Details
- Reading & writing, Vol.32, pp.2179-2200
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 22
- Grant note
- mid career research Future Fellowship - Australian Research Council; Australian Research Council Australian Government APA Award; Australian Government
- Identifiers
- 991013169397502368
- Copyright
- © Springer Nature B.V. 2019.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article