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References


Meet WWC evidence standards

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.

Meets WWC evidence standards with reservations

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.

Additional source:
Curiosity Corner summary of research: First year findings. Retrieved July 29, 2008, from http://www.successforall.com/_images/pdfs/410409000_CC_Research.pdf.

Studies that fall outside the Early Childhood Education protocol or do not meet WWC evidence standards

Chambers, B., Cheung, Alan C. K., & Slavin, R. E. (2006). Effective preschool programs for children at risk of school failure: A best evidence synthesis. In B. Spodek, & O. N. Saracho (Eds.), Handbook of research on the education of young children (Second ed., pp. 347–359). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. The study is ineligible for review because it is not a primary analysis of the effectiveness of an intervention.

For more information about specific studies and WWC calculations, please see the WWC Curiosity Corner Technical Appendices.


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