Doors to Discovery™

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Evidence · 4 claims (2 for, 2 mixed) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

Doors to Discovery™ is a preschool literacy curriculum developed and distributed by Wright Group/McGraw-Hill, organized into eight thematic units with shared-literacy activities targeting oral language, phonological awareness, print knowledge, writing, and comprehension.

Components

• Doors to Discovery™ preschool literacy curriculum with eight thematic units and shared literacy: Doors to Discovery™ is a preschool literacy curriculum distributed by Wright Group/McGraw-Hill, built on eight thematic units (e.g., Backyard Detectives; Build it Big!; Healthy Me!; Vroom! Vroom!) targeting oral language, phonological awareness, concepts of print, alphabet knowledge, writing, and comprehension. Its focus is "shared literacy," in which adults and children work together on literacy skills, using techniques such as cloze, student retelling, think alouds, and scaffolding within literacy-enriched learning centers. The complete set cost $2,654.25, with theme kits at $371.37 each. (Doors to Discovery™ WWC Intervention Report et al. (2013))

Claims

• Doors to Discovery™ shows no discernible effects on preschool math (domain-average effect size 0.01) [~W]
• Doors to Discovery™ shows no discernible effects on preschool phonological processing (effect size 0.14, not significant) [~W]
• Doors to Discovery™ shows potentially positive effects on preschool oral language (PPVT-III effect size 0.27, not statistically significant) [+W]
• Doors to Discovery™ shows potentially positive effects on preschool print knowledge, with mixed findings across two studies [+W]

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Key Sources

• Doors to Discovery™ WWC Intervention Report, U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. (2013). Doors to Discovery™ Intervention Report, Early Childhood Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/153

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