Enrollment in center-based preschool was not associated with parent-reported curiosity at kindergarten¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Enrollment in center-based preschool showed no statistically significant association with curiosity at kindergarten (β = 0.02, p = 0.42); equivalence was not tested. → Shah PE 2023

Evidence¶

Shah PE 2023¶

Shah PE, Hirsh-Pasek K, Spinelli M, Ozor J, Weeks HM, McCaffery H and Kaciroti N (2023). Ecological contexts associated with early childhood curiosity: Neighborhood safety, home and parenting quality, and socioeconomic status. Front. Psychol. 14:986221. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.986221

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Null finding from the same adjusted main-effects regression on the weighted ECLS-B sample of 4,750 children; preschool attendance was a yes/no variable from the preschool timepoint. The article reports "β = 0.02, p = 0.42" with no effect size.

"Enrollment in center-based preschool was not associated with higher parent-reported curiosity (β = 0.02, p = 0.42)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Interest — outcome: instruction changes it

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