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ERIC Number: ED504724
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jan
Pages: 26
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Curiosity Corner. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report
What Works Clearinghouse
"Curiosity Corner" is an early childhood curriculum emphasizing children's language and literacy skills. It comprises two sets of 38 weekly thematic units--one for three-year-olds and one for four-year-olds. Program staff conduct daily lessons using sequential daily activities. One study of "Curiosity Corner" meets the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards, and one study meets WWC evidence standards with reservations. The two studies included more than 500 preschool children from 34 preschools in Florida, Kansas, and New Jersey. Based on these two studies, the WWC considers the extent of evidence for "Curiosity Corner" to be medium to large for oral language and small for print knowledge, phonological processing, cognition, and math. No studies that meet WWC standards with or without reservations examined the effectiveness of "Curiosity Corner" in the early reading and writing domain. (Contains 9 footnotes.) [This report has been updated to include a review of two studies that have been released since 2006. A complete list and disposition of all studies reviewed is provided in the references. The following two studies are reviewed in this intervention report: (1) Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) Consortium. (2008). Chapter 5. "Curiosity Corner": Success for All Foundation. In "Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness" (pp. 75-83). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; and (2) Chambers, B., Chamberlain, A., Hurley, E. A., & Slavin, R. E. (2001). "Curiosity Corner: Enhancing preschoolers' language abilities through comprehensive reform." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA, April 2001.]
What Works Clearinghouse. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024; e-mail: contact.WWC@ed.gov; Web site: https://whatworks.ed.gov/
Related Records: ED497619, ED503801
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
Identifiers - Location: Florida; Kansas; New Jersey
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A