Ready to Read: Ready to Read: A School-Based Intervention to Promote Growth Mindset and Reading

NCT05090514 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 61892
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 37
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Primary Aim/Objective: To determine if a school-based intervention promoting reading with a growth mindset framework improves student reading achievement in the intervention group compared to a wait-list comparison group of children in kindergarten through 2nd grade. Secondary Aim/Objective: To determine if students whose parents endorse a fixed mindset with regard to student reading abilities show more improvement post-intervention than parents that endorse growth mindset. Secondary Aim/Objective: To determine if more parents endorse growth than fixed mindset post-intervention.

Conditions

Reading

Keywords

Reading; Growth Mindset

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Reading Achievement on the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System

  Change in standardized reading achievement scores collected by the school district to assess reading comprehension, fluency, phonemic awareness.

  Administered at baseline and through intervention completion, an average of 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Parent Growth Mindset as applied to Reading

  Administered at baseline and through intervention completion, an average of 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Reading and Growth Mindset Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents and students receive a packet of age-appropriate books and educational materials on how to read together/promote reading with their child using growth mindset strategies and where to find other reading materials. Parents also receive 2 weekly text messages with tips and reminders to read with their child daily for 20 minutes over the course of 8 weeks. The messages contain a link to a secure Redcap survey to log days and time spent reading the prior week.

Behavioral: Reading and Growth Mindset

Wait-list Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Parents and students receive a packet of age-appropriate books at the same time as the intervention group, but do not receive specialized instruction or reminders to read.

Behavioral: Wait-list Control

Interventions

Reading and Growth Mindset BEHAVIORAL

Parents and students receive a packet of age-appropriate books and educational materials (flyer/handouts, link to educational video) on how to read together/promote reading with their child using growth mindset strategies and where to find other reading materials. Parents also receive 2 weekly text messages with tips and reminders to read with their child daily for 20 minutes over the course of 8 weeks. The messages contain a link to a secure Redcap survey to log days and time spent reading the prior week.

Reading and Growth Mindset Intervention Group

Wait-list Control BEHAVIORAL

Parents and students receive a packet of age-appropriate books at the same time as the intervention group, but do not receive specialized instruction or reminders to read or any information on growth mindset and reading.

Wait-list Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 9 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• all children in kindergarten through 2nd grade and their caregivers at the targeted elementary school

You may not qualify if:

• Less than kindergarten or above 2nd grade

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Stanford University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Stanford University

Stanford, California, 94304, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Irene M Loe, MD

  Stanford University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The primary outcome, reading achievement, is measured by school personnel who are not aware of the child's study group status
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Demonstration project in an underserved, urban school with children randomized to intervention group or wait-list control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 28, 2021
• First Posted: October 22, 2021
• Study Start: November 2, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2022
• Study Completion: December 1, 2022
• Last Updated: September 10, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)