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Can the Same Day Intervention improve maths attainment in Year 5 students in England?

Same Day Intervention – the effects of introducing new maths pedagogy on Year 5 students’ maths attainment, teacher workload and teachers’ perceptions of students’ confidence in maths’

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN43822826
Enrollment
3900
Registered
2019-04-29
Start date
2018-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-08-22

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Conditions

Year 5 pupils learning maths Not Applicable

Interventions

The study is a two-arm cluster (school-level) randomised controlled trial, with schools randomly assigned to intervention (Same Day Intervention [SDI]) or control (business-as-usual maths classes).

Sponsors

Education Endowment Foundation
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: School: 1. Based in Yorkshire and Humber and surrounding areas 2. School has at least one class of Year 5 students. Mixed year-group classes are not eligible. 3. Has not been involved in any SDI projects previously, though it could have employed other Shanghai methodologies or been involved in a Maths Hub project 4. Mainstream non-selective and non-special school All students in Year 5 classes of schools that met the criteria above were eligible.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: School does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Year 5 student Maths attainment, as measured by GL’s Progress Test in Maths, which will be taken in June-July 2019 (i.e. at the end of the intervention)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Teacher workload (teacher time spent marking maths work) 2. Teacher's perceptions of student self-confidence in maths These measures are being collected using a bespoke teacher survey in June-July 2019.

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026