Abstract Evaluation of a Creative Curriculum in Preschool Literacy Readiness. Belen N. Mina, 2010: Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Fischler School of Education and Human Services. ERIC Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, School Readiness, Language Acquisition, Literacy Skills, Early Childhood Education. Early literacy development and readiness are recognized to be significant in preparing the student to accomplish academic success. The importance of early education in the learning and development of the child establishes a need to evaluate the curriculum implemented. Preschools commonly implement different teaching instructions and provide different materials without assessing whether the application of these methods will address the individual needs of the preschoolers. The inability of preschool students to acquire the necessary literacy skills in reading will prevent them from achieving academic success in the elementary grade levels. This is mostly brought about by inappropriate teaching methods in the preschool classrooms. The purpose of this applied dissertation study will be to evaluate the efficiency of the Creative Curriculum (CC) approach in developing early literacy development and readiness among preschoolers. This experimental program is designed to improve the reading and writing skills of students within preschool age experiences. The hypothesis of the study will be the group of students that will undergo the CC program will do significantly better in the assessment test than the group that will undergo traditional teaching. The findings of the study will determine if this program can improve the reading and writing skills of the preschool and kindergarten students. The study will be conducted in a government nonprofit child and youth program facility in the State of Florida. There will be approximately 24 preschool students who will participate in the study. These students will undergo pretests and post-tests to determine the effectiveness of the program through a validated preschool reading and writing assessment tool that was designed by the authors of the CC program
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