Anne Cunningham

The purpose of this study is to develop a professional development intervention for preschool teachers using the Teacher Study Group (TSG) approach as the basis for enhancing teacher knowledge, beliefs, and practices in the areas known to be most critical to children's early literacy success.

In this study, researchers proposed to examine the efficacy of the Ready, Set, Leap! (RSL) literacy curriculum for with at-risk pre-k children. The RSL curriculum focuses on important literacy skills that are essential to reading success in the first grade. It was an interactive, multi-sensory curriculum that was based upon research in literacy and early childhood education. Preliminary research at the time found that it improved literacy learning outcomes for young children.