The goals of this clinical trial to examine how pediatricians prescribing early math enriching texts to the parents of their patients affects the early math skills of under-resourced pre-kindergarten-aged children in rural Oregon. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the impact of the text intervention on early math skills in preschool-aged children? Participants will be randomized to receive the early math text intervention or standard of care. Researchers will compare pre-and-post math performance between the intervention and control group.
The goals of this clinical trial to examine how pediatricians prescribing early math enriching texts (TipsbyText) to parents of 3-4 year olds affects the math skills of under-resourced pre-kindergarten-aged children in rural Oregon. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the impact of the text intervention on early math skills in preschool-aged children using the Research-based Early Math Assessment (REMA-Brief)? Two secondary questions of the study are: What is the impact on child literacy using the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening Tool (PALS-PreK) and parent confidence using the Development and Research in Early Math Education (DREME)? Participants will be randomized to receive intervention (the early math text intervention) or control (no texts). Researchers will compare pre-and-post math performance on the REMA-Brief (primary outcome), PALS-PreK (secondary child outcome) and DREME (secondary parent outcome) between the intervention and control group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
1,000
Texts sent to caregivers meant to increase parent child interaction around math and literacy, sent to participants 4x a week for 8 months
Oregon Rural Practice Research Network
Portland, Oregon, United States
RECRUITINGChange in child early math skills measured by the Research-based Early Math Assessment (REMA-Brief)
The Research-based Early Math Assessment (REMA-Brief) REMA-Brief assesses core mathematical abilities of children in PK and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) using an individual interview format, with explicit protocol and scoring procedures. Abilities are assessed according to theoretically and empirically based developmental progressions that underlie mathematical learning trajectories. The REMA Brief is a content-referenced test, built on psychological development that includes normative interpretations. There are twenty items; with a maximum possible raw score is 28. Average T score is 50. Standard deviation is 7.
Time frame: baseline and month 9
Change in child literacy measured by the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening Tools (PALS-PreK) Score
Screening Tool (PALS-PreK) Score \[ Time Frame: Baseline and month 9 \] a. The PALS-PreK measures preschoolers' knowledge of literacy fundamentals: name writing, alphabet knowledge, sound awareness, print and word awareness, rhyme awareness, and nursery rhyme awareness. The English and Spanish PALS-PreK versions slightly differ in content, investigators used the "name writing, alphabet knowledge, beginning sound awareness and nursery rhyme awareness" and each section will be scored separately. Name writing (max 7 points), alphabet knowledge (part A: 26 max; part B 26 max), beginning sound awareness (10 point max), print and word awareness (10 point max). Composite score range is 0-76 with higher score indicating a better outcome.
Time frame: baseline and month 9
Change in parent confidence teaching math and literacy by the Development and Research in Early Math Education (DREME)
The DREME is a 17-item parent survey to assess parent confidence and beliefs regarding teaching and practicing math with their child.
Time frame: baseline and month 9
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