Outcomes in a randomised controlled trial of mathematics tutoring
| العنوان: | Outcomes in a randomised controlled trial of mathematics tutoring |
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| المؤلفون: | C. Fortuna, Pauline Murray, S. Henderson, Nora Conlin, David Miller, Keith Topping |
| المصدر: | Educational Research. 53:51-63 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2011. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | education.field_of_study, education, Professional development, Population, Special needs, Criterion-referenced test, Local education authority, Education, Test (assessment), law.invention, Randomized controlled trial, law, Mathematics education, Psychology, Peer tutor |
| الوصف: | Background: Large-scale randomised controlled trials (RCT) are relatively rare in education. The present study was an attempt to scale up previous small peer tutoring projects, while investing only modestly in continuing professional development for teachers. Purpose: A two-year RCT of peer tutoring in mathematics was undertaken in one local education authority in Scotland. The relative effectiveness of cross-age vs same-age tutoring, light vs intensive intervention, and mathematics vs mathematics + reading tutoring was investigated. Programme description: The intervention was Duolog Math, a freely available tutoring method for working with mathematical problems, involving discussion following eight structured steps and including summarising and generalising at the end. Sample: Eighty-six primary schools in one council in Scotland of average socio-economic status. Children were of mixed ability and mixed gender, with few ethnic minorities or special needs in relation to background population. Macro-evalua... |
| تدمد: | 1469-5847 0013-1881 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::9e87ba9806231572882f3607f15f83c9Test https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2011.552239Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........9e87ba9806231572882f3607f15f83c9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14695847 00131881 |
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