Efficacy Trial of the Second Step Early Learning (SSEL) Curriculum: Preliminary Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Upshur, Carole C.; Heyman, Miriam; Wenz-Gross, Melodie
Titel	Efficacy Trial of the Second Step Early Learning (SSEL) Curriculum: Preliminary Outcomes
Quelle	50 (2017), S.15-25 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2017.03.004
Schlagwörter	Randomized Controlled Trials; Preschool Curriculum; Early Childhood Education; Low Income; Curriculum Evaluation; Executive Function; Social Development; Emotional Development; Interpersonal Competence; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Student Improvement; At Risk Students; School Readiness; Curriculum Implementation; Rating Scales; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Task Analysis; Scores; Effect Size; Massachusetts; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Niedriglohn; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Rating-Skala; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Wortschatz; Aufgabenanalyse; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	A classroom randomized trial (n = 31 classrooms) was conducted using the Second Step Early Learning (SSEL) curriculum compared to usual curricula. Head Start and community preschool classrooms enrolling low income children were randomly assigned to deliver SSEL (n = 16) or usual curricula (n = 15). Data are reported for four year olds independently assessed for executive functioning (EF) and social-emotional skills (SE) in fall and spring of the preschool year. Analyses used three level Hierarchical Linear Modeling, including two EF tasks or two SE tasks as level 1, child as level 2, and classroom as level 3. Controlling for baseline EF, SE, cognitive ability, parent income, child sex, age, and ethnicity, children receiving the SSEL curriculum had significantly better end of preschool EF skills and marginally significantly better end of preschool SE skills. The curriculum is thus promising in its potential to improve at-risk preschool children's EF and SE. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01