The Effect of Articulatory Gestures on Early Literacy Skills in 4-year Olds

NCT06504264 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2025-09-25

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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.

Conditions

  • Early Literacy
  • Articulatory Gestures
  • Phonemic Awareness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

phonemic segmentation

during phonemic segmentation activities, articulatory gestures will be used while teaching letters and their sounds.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Montclair State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robyn Becker · Montclair State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
48 Months
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-01
Primary Completion
2025-06-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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