Program Description

"Developing Talkers only takes about 30 minutes of the school day; the whole-group activities require 20 minutes per day and the small-group activities require 10 minutes per day."

Cost

Contact the Children's Learning Institute for additional information.

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention

Grade

• Pre-K
• Elementary School

Intended Group Size

• Small group
• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Full

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Delivery Method

• Print-based delivery

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Unspecified

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

A literature review identified one study comprising four smaller studies. Findings from the final study show that students given the program improved their vocabulary. However, no intervention effects were observed on state progress-monitoring measures. Other results were found to be insignificant.

Study Citations

Mannes, T. J. The effect of a tier one literacy practiceds on preschoolers emergent literacy skills (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Zucker, T. A., Carlo, M. S., Landry, S. H., Masood-Saleem, S. S., Williams, J. M., & Bhavsa, V. (2019). Iterative design and pilot testing of the Developing Talkers tiered academic language curriculum for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 12(2), 274-306, doi:10.1080/19345747.2018.1519623

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence

Additional Reviews

• https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/curriculum-report-ll_0.pdf