Supplemental Building Blocks Software CAI improves proximal numeracy outcomes in kindergarten children from Title 1 schools¶
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q3 i2 Children randomized to Building Blocks Software outperformed the Earobics comparison group on posttest numeracy (REMA), with an effect size of 0.43. → Foster 2016
Evidence¶
Foster 2016¶
Foster, M. E., Anthony, J. L., Clements, D. H., Sarama, J., & Williams, J. M. (2016). A Randomized Control Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Computer Assisted Instruction in Numeracy on Math Outcomes for Monolingual English Speaking Kindergartners from Title 1 Schools. SREE Spring 2016 Conference. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED566981
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Randomized control trial of 243 kindergartners randomized within classroom to Building Blocks or Earobics CAI (90 minutes weekly for 21 weeks). Multilevel ANCOVA showed "The Building Blocks Software group outperformed the comparison group" with a least squared means difference of 1.85 and effect size 0.43.
"For numeracy scores at posttest, there was a main effect for group, F(1, 178) = 8.08, p < .01, after accounting for numeracy scores from pretest and classroom nesting. The Building Blocks Software group outperformed the comparison group, with a difference in least squared means of 1.85 raw score units."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Number Sense — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Supplemental Building Blocks Software CAI improves distal broad math achievement (WJ-III Applied Problems) at kindergarten posttest — related
- In a large-scale 106-classroom cluster randomized trial, Building Blocks raised end-of-intervention REMA scores with an effect size of 0.48 (improvement index +18) — related
- In a 28-classroom cluster randomized trial, Building Blocks raised end-of-intervention REMA scores with an effect size of 1.07 (improvement index +36) — related
- Building Blocks for Math outperformed Pre-K Mathematics with DLM Express in a head-to-head comparison on the Early Mathematics Assessment — related
- Effects of the Math Supplement on the standardized REMA assessment were marginally significant against both comparison conditions — related
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