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Publication Date: 2021
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Implementation Support Improves Outcomes of a Fluency-Based Mathematics Strategy: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v14 n3 p523-542 2021
The Say-All-Fast-Minute-Every-Day-Shuffled (SAFMEDS) strategy promotes fast and accurate recall. The existing literature suggests that the strategy can help learners improve academic outcomes. Through a cluster randomized controlled trial, we assessed the impact of implementation support on children's mathematics outcomes during a teacher-led SAFMEDS intervention. Following training and prior to baseline assessments, we randomly allocated schools to receive either no (n = 31) or ongoing (n = 33) support from a researcher. Support consisted of three "in-situ" visits and email contact. Assessors remained blind to the condition of the schools throughout. We analyzed the outcomes of children (n[subscript Support] = 294, n[subscript NoSupport] = 281) using a multi-level mixed-effects model; accounting for the children nested within schools. The results suggest that implementation support has a small effect on children's fluency of arithmetic facts (Mathematics Fluency and Calculation Tests (MFaCTs): Grades 1-2, d = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.06-0.40; MFaCTs: Grades 3-5, d = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.08-0.42). These results are larger than the average effect sizes reported within professional development literature that apply coaching elements to mathematics programs.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Arithmetic, Precision Teaching, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Education, Program Implementation, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 1; Primary Education; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Wales)
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