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Public Media Enhances Preschool Science Learning

Ready to Learn - Preschool Science

March 04, 2010 by Carlin Llorente

Though few preschool curricula make use of digital content to teach science, a study by Education Development Center and SRI International explored the impact of a curriculum that integrated hands-on activities with digital content from two public television shows aimed at introducing preschoolers to science, Peep and the Big Wide World and Sid the Science Kid. Results indicated that the science curriculum had a positive impact on children’s talk about science. Though the study’s outcome measure is an indirect measure of learning, the study suggests the potential for this and other media-rich curricula for introducing preschoolers to science.

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