Preparing for school: Report of the Queensland Preparing for School Trials 2003/4

摘要

This report details the External Evaluation of the 2003 Preparing for School Trials carried out by the Queensland Early Childhood Consortium based at the School of Early Childhood at Queensland University of Technology. udThe findings of the study were consistent and clear. They indicated that the preparatory program is highly successful in promoting children's development in all the five domains examined (social-emotional, communication, numeracy, literacy, and motor). The effectiveness of the preparatory program was most notable in promoting social-emotional and communication development. As children entered school in 2004 those who had experienced a preparatory program were judged by Year 1 teachers as more socially adjusted to formal schooling than those who had attended preschool.