Effectiveness of an Individualized Computer-Driven Online Math K-5 Course in Eight California Title I Elementary Schools
Suppes, Patrick; Holland, Paul W.; Hu, Yuanan; Vu, Minh-thien (2013). Educational Assessment, v18 n3 p162-181. Retrieved from: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1023953
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examining1,484Students, grades2-5
Distance Learning Rapid Review
Review Details
Reviewed: February 2021
- Distance Learning Rapid Review (findings for Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY))
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Meets WWC standards without reservations because it is a randomized controlled trial with low attrition.
This review may not reflect the full body of research evidence for this intervention.
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Findings
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Comparison | Period | Sample |
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Improvement index |
Evidence tier |
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California Mathematics Standards Tests |
Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) vs. Worksheets from a textbook or Renaissance Learning Accelerated Mathematics |
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Grade: 3, 4, 5;
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N/A |
N/A |
No |
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California Mathematics Standards Tests |
Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) vs. Worksheets from a textbook or Renaissance Learning Accelerated Mathematics |
0 Days |
Grade: 2;
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N/A |
N/A |
No |
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California
Study Details
Setting
The study was conducted in eight Title I elementary schools, serving grades K-5, across three districts in California. All schools were within a 50-mile radius of Stanford University. The study was conducted during the 2006-2007 school year.
Study sample
All schools that participated in the study were Title I schools. The study does not present additional sample characteristics.
Intervention Group
The Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) was a technology-driven, computer-managed individualization of the math curriculum. For this study, the EPGY curriculum was revised for a non-gifted student population and provided in addition to the standard math curriculum delivered by the classroom teacher. The revised EPGY curriculum omitted more difficult, optional parts of the curriculum and had some adjustment in the learning parameters for individual student motion in the course. EPGY students spent 20 minutes per day, 5 days per week in a computer lab under the supervision of a classroom teacher and an EPGY School Site Instructor to work on an EPGY technology-driven version of their math curriculum. Students participated in EPGY for approximately one school year (school year 2006-2007).
Comparison Group
Students in the comparison group remained in their classrooms (that is, were not pulled out to computer labs) and received an alternative intervention consisting of seatwork that was either worksheets from adopted textbooks or worksheets from the Renaissance Learning Accelerated Mathematics product, which was widely used across the study districts. Students in the comparison group also received the standard math instruction delivered by their classroom teachers.
Support for implementation
All EPGY students worked under the supervision of a classroom teacher and an EPGY School Site Instructor.
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