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Does teaching the ?Singaporean way? improve maths test performance

Maths Mastery secondary school evaluation: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN70922140
Enrollment
2000
Registered
2013-03-07
Start date
2013-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-01-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Maths skills Not Applicable

Interventions

The Maths Mastery programme aims to give pupils a thorough understanding of mathematical concepts, rather than a set of techniques or routines to get to the right answer. Mathematics Mastery shows tha

Sponsors

Education Endowment Fund (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Sampling frame are the ARK schools within certain geographic areas (mainly London and the West Midlands). These are mainly schools with a high proportion of children receiving free school meals. All children within a school are included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those who are absent from school on the day of the test

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Current primary outcome measures as of 29/04/2013: The primary outcome we will consider is children?s overall performance on the maths test children will sit at the end of year 7. Previous primary outcome measures until 29/04/2013: Scores on a standardised maths test at the end of year 7

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Current secondary outcome measures as of 29/04/2013: For secondary outcomes, ARK (the intervention provider) will identify particular questions / sub-scales of interest ? that they believe the Maths Mastery programme will particularly influence. They will inform the Institute of Education of these before they conduct any analysis of the test score data. The Institute of Education will then compare children?s performance on these questions / sub-scales as secondary outcomes. Corrections for multiple testing will be applied if appropriate. GCSE test scores (follow-up in June 2018) will also be a secondary outcome. Previous secondary outcome measures until 29/04/2013: GCSE grades / performance in national math exam at age 16

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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