Impacts of a Comprehensive School Readiness Curriculum for Preschool Children at Risk for Educational Difficulties.
This article reports findings from a cluster-randomized study of an integrated literacy- and math-focused preschool curriculum, comparing versions with and without an explicit socioemotional lesson component to a business-as-usual condition. Participants included 110 classroom teachers from randomized classrooms and approximately eight students from each classroom (N = 760) who averaged 4.48 (SD = 0.44) years of age at the start of the school year. There were positive impacts of the two versions of the curriculum on language, phonological awareness, math, and socioemotional outcomes, but there were no added benefits to academic or socioemotional outcomes for the children receiving explicit socioemotional instruction. Results are discussed with relevance to early childhood theory, policy, and goals of closing the school readiness gap.
Florida State University.
Christopher J
CJ
Lonigan
Florida State University.
Beth M
BM
Phillips
Florida State University.
Jeanine L
JL
Clancy
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Susan H
SH
Landry
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Paul R
PR
Swank
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Michael
M
Assel
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Heather B
HB
Taylor
WestEd.
Alice
A
Klein
WestEd.
Prentice
P
Starkey
Pennsylvania State University.
Celene E
CE
Domitrovich
Arizona State University.
Nancy
N
Eisenberg
Smith College.
Jill
J
de Villiers
Smith College.
Peter
P
de Villiers
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Marcia
M
Barnes
D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003479:Curriculum; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000379:methods*; D004644:Emotions; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012919:Social Behavior