The Effect of Articulatory Gestures on Early Literacy Skills in 4-year Olds
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Brief Summary
This study will use an experimental design to explore if articulatory gestures (with letters and phonemic awareness training) enhance early literacy skills more than general mouth awareness training (with letters and phonemic awareness training) or letter/phonemic awareness training alone.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Sep 2024
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 3, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 16, 2024
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2024
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 30, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 30, 2025
CompletedSeptember 25, 2025
September 1, 2025
10 months
July 3, 2024
September 22, 2025
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
number of words correctly phonemically segmented from primary investigator created list
will tell the sounds in 9 words presented orally
immediately after the intervention
Secondary Outcomes (2)
number of words read correctly from primary investigator created list
immediately after the intervention
number of nonwords read correctly from primary investigator created list
immediately after the intervention
Study Arms (3)
LPA: Letters-phonemes-articulatory gestures
EXPERIMENTALThis group will receive training for phonemic segmentation that includes using printed letters, sounds (phonemes) while simultaneously learning the articulation placements of the letters/sounds.
LPM: Letters-phonemes-general mouth awareness
EXPERIMENTALThis group will receive training for phonemic segmentation that includes using printed letters, sounds (phonemes) while simultaneously learning about the mouth in general.
LP: Letters-phonemes
EXPERIMENTALThis group will receive training for phonemic segmentation that includes using printed letters and sounds (phonemes) only.
Interventions
during phonemic segmentation activities, articulatory gestures will be used while teaching letters and their sounds.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Knows 15 letter names
- Passes hearing screening
- Passes Fluharty-2 Language Screening
- Can segment no more than three consonant-vowel (CV), VC, or CVC words into phonemes
- Not able to read more than one word or nonword used in the posttest.
You may not qualify if:
- Does not know 15 letter names
- Fails hearing screening
- Fails Fluharty-2 Language Screening
- Can segment more than three consonant-vowel (CV), VC, or CVC words into phonemes
- Reads more than one word or nonword used in the posttest.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Montclair State University
Montclair, New Jersey, 07043, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Robyn Becker
Montclair State University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 3, 2024
First Posted
July 16, 2024
Study Start
September 1, 2024
Primary Completion
June 30, 2025
Study Completion
June 30, 2025
Last Updated
September 25, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share