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ERIC Number: ED672238
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Nov
Pages: 37
Abstractor: As Provided
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
The Long-Term Distributional Impacts of a Full-Year Interleaving Math Program in Nigeria. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-876
Lotte van der Haar; Guthrie Gray-Lobe; Michael Kremer; Joost de Laat
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
This study reports the findings from a year-long randomized evaluation assessing the impact of assigning 62 classrooms in Nigeria to receive either blocked or interleaved math problem sets. Blocked practice sessions focused on a single skill at a time. Interleaved problem sets alternated between different skills within a practice session. On tests of short-term retention, interleaved practice increased test scores by 0.29 standard deviations. In contrast, we find no evidence that interleaving improves average performance on a cumulative assessment measuring retention of material over the academic year. We find some evidence of large impacts on the cumulative assessment at the bottom of the distribution, but these impacts appear to be offset by negative impacts at the top. [The evaluation received support from the J-PAL Post-Primary Education Initiative and the International Growth Centre (IGC).]
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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