Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29162571›Full record

Trial reportBMJ open2017

Classroom Promotion of Oral Language (CPOL): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based intervention to improve children's literacy outcomes at grade 3, oral language and mental health.

Sharon Goldfeld, Pamela Snow, Patricia Eadie, John Munro, Lisa Gold, Ha N D Le, Francesca Orsini, Beth Shingles, Katherine Lee, Judy Connell and 1 more

Erratum issuedAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Sharon GoldfeldCentre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Pamela SnowLa Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Patricia EadieMelbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Parkville, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
John MunroMelbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Parkville, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Lisa GoldDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Ha N D LeDeakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Francesca OrsiniMurdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Beth ShinglesDepartment of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Katherine LeeMurdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Judy ConnellCatholic Education Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Amy WattsMurdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOral language and literacy competence are major influences on children's developmental pathways and life success. Children who do not develop the necessary language and literacy skills in the early years of school then go on to face long-term difficulties. Improving teacher effectiveness may be a critical step in lifting oral language and literacy outcomes. The Classroom Promotion of Oral Language trial aims to determine whether a specifically designed teacher professional learning programme focusing on promoting oral language can lead to improved teacher knowledge and practice, and advance outcomes in oral language and literacy for early years school children, compared with usual practice. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a two-arm cluster multisite randomised controlled trial conducted within Catholic and Government primary schools across Victoria, Australia. The intervention comprises 4 days of face-to-face professional learning for teachers and ongoing implementation support via a specific worker. The primary outcome is reading ability of the students at grade 3, and the secondary outcomes are teacher knowledge and practice, student mental health, reading comprehension and language ability at grade 1; and literacy, writing and numeracy at grade 3. Economic evaluation will compare the incremental costs of the intervention to the measured primary and secondary outcomes. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This trial was approved by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee #CF13/2634-2013001403 and later transferred to the University of Melbourne #1545540. The investigators (including Government and Catholic partners) will communicate trial results to stakeholders, collaborators and participating schools and teachers via appropriate presentations and publications. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN77681972; Pre-results.

Indexed as

LanguageLiteracyMental HealthReadingSchoolsSchool TeachersChildChild BehaviorChild DevelopmentComprehensionFemaleHumansInservice TrainingMaleProfessional CompetenceProgram Evaluationliteracyoral languageprofessional learningrandomised trialschools

Identifiers

PMID29162571
PMCPMC5719328

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.