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Table 1 The total number of participants were 431. Mean age was 62 months. The SEMLA group had a larger proportion of multilingual children than the other intervention groups. SES was generally high in the sample but differed significantly between intervention groups. A majority of children lived in two-parent households. Weekly preschool attendance was generally high and significantly higher in control than in SEMLA

From: A randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of two teaching methods on preschool children’s language and communication, executive functions, socioemotional comprehension, and early math skills

 

SEMLA

DIL

Control

Children, n = 431

137a

155a

139a

Child characteristics

 % boy, n = 431

54

47

46

 Mean age in months (SD), n = 417

62 (6)

61 (7)

63 (7)

 % multilingual, n = 431

53

27

22

Family characteristics

 SES, median, n = 393

7

8

9

 % two-parent household, n = 431

89

88

91

Preschool attendance

 Mean age at preschool start (SD),  n = 411

18 (9)

18 (6)

17 (5)

 Mean preschool hours/week (SD),  n = 370

37 (7)

37 (6)

39 (6)

  1. a. Note: The uneven group sizes arose because preschool units have different sizes