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An Evaluation of the Big Word Club Vocabulary Program

Researchers from the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab at The University of Chicago evaluated the effectiveness of the Big Word Club (BWC), a web-based program of activities intended to help elementary school-aged children learn new vocabulary words by introducing one new word per day throughout the school year.

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Committing to a Randomized Evaluation

The minute we realized that if Big Word Club was going to be successful and help the millions of kids we envision helping, we knew we needed to get the evidence that proved it works.

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Big Word Club’s New Vocabulary Program Takes Aim at the Educational Achievement Gap Armed with Fun

Big Word Club sees vocabulary as determining kids’ school success Can you give a definition for ‘prehensile?’ The preschoolers at…

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MIT-Funded Study Confirms Big Word Club’s Vocabulary Program is Effective, Low-cost and Requires No Teacher Training

DENVER, October 11, 2018—Over the last 18 months, Big Word Club has been the focus of an MIT-funded evaluation implemented…

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If You Could Give Your Kids One Gift, Make it a Good Vocabulary

The Word Gap is no small problem. Research indicates that by the time they are 4 years old, children from…

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What Closing the Word Gap and Eating an Elephant Have in Common

If you’re like 90% of Americans, you’re scratching your head right now and saying, “What is the Word Gap?” The…

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