Does thrive by three, a quality-building intervention in childcare centres, strengthen children’s language skills?

dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-06T18:17:20Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-06T18:17:20Z
dc.date.created	2023-10-09T12:27:30Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.citation	Lekhal, Ratib Drugli, May Britt Karlsen, Lisa-Marie Lydersen, Stian Buøen, Elisabet Solheim . Does thrive by three, a quality-building intervention in childcare centres, strengthen children’s language skills?. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 2023, 1-16
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10852/107612
dc.description.abstract	This study examined the effectiveness of the Thrive by Three intervention for 1- to 3-year-old’s language development. Data from 78 childcare centres, 187 toddler classrooms, and 1561 children (91.4% native Norwegian) were included. Results revealed that children in the intervention group had slightly steeper language development than those in the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant. Since previous studies find language stimulation in childcare to differ based on gender, we also examined if the Thrive by Three intervention affected boys and girls differently. We found that effects of the intervention were only present for girls’ language development. Girls in the intervention group had an increase of 17 more words from baseline to post-intervention than those in the control group. There was no statistical difference in change of boys’ language development between the intervention and control group. Results are discussed in light of theories and literature that may explain our findings.
dc.description.abstract	Does thrive by three, a quality-building intervention in childcare centres, strengthen children’s language skills?
dc.language	EN
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International
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dc.title	Does thrive by three, a quality-building intervention in childcare centres, strengthen children’s language skills?
dc.title.alternative	ENEngelskEnglishDoes thrive by three, a quality-building intervention in childcare centres, strengthen children’s language skills?
dc.type	Journal article
dc.creator.author	Lekhal, Ratib
dc.creator.author	Drugli, May Britt
dc.creator.author	Karlsen, Lisa-Marie
dc.creator.author	Lydersen, Stian
dc.creator.author	Buøen, Elisabet Solheim
cristin.unitcode	185,18,1,0
cristin.unitname	Institutt for pedagogikk
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cristin.fulltext	original
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dc.identifier.cristin	2182872
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dc.identifier.jtitle	European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
dc.identifier.startpage	1
dc.identifier.endpage	16
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2023.2260131
dc.type.document	Tidsskriftartikkel
dc.type.peerreviewed	Peer reviewed
dc.source.issn	1350-293X
dc.type.version	PublishedVersion
dc.relation.project	NFR/260624