Effectiveness
Pre-K Mathematics combined with DLM Early Childhood Express software (hereafter referred to as DLM Express) was found to have positive effects on mathematics achievement.
Program Description
Pre-K Mathematics is a supplemental curriculum designed to develop informal mathematical knowledge and skills in preschool children. Mathematical content is organized into seven units. Specific mathematical concepts and skills from each unit are taught in the classroom through teacher-guided, small-group activities with concrete manipulatives. Take-home activities with materials that parallel the small-group classroom activities are designed to help parents support their children's mathematical development at home.
Research
One study of Pre-K Mathematics met the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards and one study met the WWC evidence standards with reservations. The studies included 430 preschool children at 39 Head Start and state-funded preschools in New York and California and examined intervention effects on children's math outcomes. This report focuses on immediate posttest findings to determine the effectiveness of the intervention. The WWC considers the extent of evidence for Pre-K Mathematics to be medium to large for mathematics achievement. No studies that met WWC evidence standards with or without reservations addressed oral language, print knowledge, phonological processing, early reading/writing, or cognition.
