Arbeitspapier

A multi-sensory tutoring program for students at-risk of reading difficulties: Evidence from a randomized field experiment

Although reading is a fundamental skill, many students leave school without being proficient readers. We examine a literacy program targeting students most at-risk of reading difficulties in kindergarten and first grade. The program includes multi-sensory learning methods, which focus on phonological awareness and phonics and are delivered in a one-to-one or one-to-two tutoring setting. Using a randomized field experiment with 161 students in 12 Swedish schools, we find large positive effects on our two primary outcomes measures: a standardized test of decoding and a standardized test of letter knowledge. We also find positive effects on measures of phonological awareness and self-efficacy and small and statistically insignificant effects on measures of enjoyment and motivation. The program compares favorably to similar programs in terms of cost-effectiveness.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2019:7

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health, Education, and Welfare: General
Education and Research Institutions: General
Education and Inequality
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Cultural Economics: Public Policy
Thema
phonological awareness
phonics
tutoring
multi-sensory
kindergarten
first grade
Sweden

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bøg, Martin
Dietrichson, Jens
Aldenius, Anna
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
(wo)
Uppsala
(wann)
2019

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bøg, Martin
  • Dietrichson, Jens
  • Aldenius, Anna
  • Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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