CCT is implementing and evaluating an early childhood mathematics curriculum, Big Math for Little Kids, in child care centers throughout New York City. The curriculum is designed to engage children ages four and five in learning key early learning mathematics concepts. CCT provides teachers training in the use of Big Math for Little Kids and is conducting a two-year experiment comparing the curriculum’s impact on early mathematics skills acquisition to that of the traditional curriculum, Creative Curriculum. In the first year of the project, CCT refined the curriculum, developed instruments, and conducted pilot research. In Year 2, CCT will work with 16 centers, and in Year 3 CCT will work with 8 centers.
Directors: Ashley Lewis , Peggy Clements
Duration: 2004–2009
Funders: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Partners: Columbia University Teachers College Professor Herb Ginsburg; New York City's Administration for Child Services