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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Vocabulary programs

Overview

  • Influence: Vocabulary programs
  • Domain: Curricula
  • Sub-Domain: Reading, writing and the arts
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Programs to build the student's vocabulary, subject matter vocabulary, and make connections to other words.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 14
  • Number of studies: 493
  • Number of students: 14,845
  • Number of effects: 941
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.65
  • Robustness index: 4

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Review of Educational Research Stahl & Fairbanks USA The effects of vocabulary instruction: A model-based meta-analysis 1986 Vocabulary interventions 41 0 41 0.97
Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded Arnold, Myette, & Casto USA Relationships of Language Intervention Efficacy to Certain Subject Characteristics in Mentally Retarded Preschool Children: A Meta-Analysis 1986 Language intervention 30 0 87 0.59
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders Nye, Foster, & Seaman USA Effectiveness of language intervention with the language/learning disabled 1987 Language intervention 61 0 299 1.04
Dissertation Poirier USA The effectiveness of language intervention with preschool handicapped children: an integrative review 1989 Language intervention 61 0 61 0.50
Journal of Research and Development in Education Klesius & Searls USA A meta-analysis of recent research in meaning vocabulary instruction 1990 Vocabulary interventions 39 0 39 0.50
Dissertation Marmolejo USA The effects of vocabulary instruction with poor readers: a meta-analysis 1990 Vocabulary interventions 15 0 52 0.69
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness Marulis & Neuman USA The impact of vocabulary instruction on passage-level comprehension of school-age children: A meta-analysis 2010 Vocabulary interventions on comprehension 37 3,063 44 0.10
Conference Elleman, Lindo, Morphy & Compton USA Effective programs in elementary mathematics: A best- evidence synthesis 2009 Vocabulary interventions 28 0 28 0.69
Dissertation Romero USA Instruction for Vocabulary Development of English Language Learners: A Meta-analysis  2011 Instruction on English language learners vocabulary 8 0 54 0.26
Dissertation Xiong USA A Meta-analysis on the Effects of Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners 2020 Vocabulary interventions 45 2,805 65 0.36
Dissertation Won USA The effects of vocabulary instruction on English language learners: A meta-analysis 2008 Vocabulary interventions 43 2,991 43 0.69
ReCALL Yu & Trainin China A meta-analysis examining technology-assisted L2 vocabulary learning.  2022 Technology assisted vocabulary learning 34 2,511 34 0.53
International Journal of Lexicography Zhang China The effects of dictionary use on second language vocabulary acquisition: A meta-analysis.  2020 Dictionary use on Vocabulary 44 3,475 87 1.03
Conference Orosco & Swanson USA The Impact of Instruction on English Language Learners' Vocabulary Development: A Selective Meta-Analysis of the Literature 2013 Vocabulary instruction with English Language learners 7 0 7 0.35
TOTAL/AVERAGE 493 14,845 941 0.59
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