Table 4.
Descriptive Statistics of Pretests and Posttests for Oral Language, Emergent Literacy, Pretend, and Social Competence by Experimental and Control Groups
| Exp Pretest | Exp Posttest | Control Pretest | Control Posttest | |||||
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| Measures | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) |
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Oral Language (EVT: n =137; Narr Comp: n =130) | ||||||||
| EVT | 37.31 | (8.58) | 44.78 | (10.92) | 38.05 | (9.78) | 44.73 | (9.2) |
| Narrative Comp Total (Range: 0-42) |
18.65 | (10.5) | 24.00 | (8.88) | 18.62 | (11.51) | 22.84 | (8.56) |
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| Emergent Literacy: PALS-PreKa (n = 76) | ||||||||
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| PWA (Range: 0-10) |
4.86 | (2.80) | 7.21 | (2.30) | 5.38 | (2.72) | 6.09 | (3.05) |
| BSA (Range: 0-10) |
4.90 | (3.58) | 7.78 | (3.38) | 3.45 | (3.93) | 6.64 | (3.62) |
| RA (Range: 0-10) |
3.93 | (3.62) | 5.73 | (3.83) | 4.67 | (3.47) | 6.24 | (4.00) |
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| Pretend Abilities (n = 123) | ||||||||
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| Total Pretend (Range: 0-21) |
12.70 | (4.55) | 15.26 | (2.86) | 13.35 | (4.71) | 14.35 | (3.46) |
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| Social Competence: Peer Play (n = 112) | ||||||||
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| Disruption (−12 to 12) |
1.81 | (2.56) | 1.53 | (1.70) | 1.26 | (1.72) | 2.02 | (2.25) |
| Disconnect (−12 to 12) |
1.20 | (1.89) | .97 | (1.43) | 1.47 | (1.90) | .64 | (1.18) |
| Interaction (−12 to 12) |
3.51 | (2.58) | 3.85 | (2.10) | 2.98 | (2.15) | 2.85 | (2.02) |
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| Social Competence: Self-Regulationb (n = 60) | ||||||||
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| Inhibition (−20 to 20) |
7.91 | (3.98) | 10.35 | (3.81) | 6.12 | (3.53) | 5.50 | (2.96) |
| Assertion (−10 to 10) |
3.38 | (1.86) | 3.18 | (1.66) | 3.38 | (1.63) | 2.45 | (1.27) |
a
Administered only to 4- and 5-year-olds.
b
Data from year 2 only.