Volunteer pupils in Children's University schools made small gains in teamwork and social responsibility compared with control-school volunteers after two years¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Children in CU schools made small gains in teamwork and social responsibility compared to children in the other schools. → Stephen Gorard 2017 q3 i? The two-year effect sizes were 0.04 for teamwork and 0.08 for social responsibility. → Stephen Gorard 2017 (2)

Evidence¶

Stephen Gorard 2017¶

Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui, Beng Huat See, Emma Smith, Patrick White. (2017). Children's University: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581159

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Key conclusion of the two-year RCT headline results, measured through a bespoke attitude survey administered by the independent evaluation team. The report states "small gains in 'teamwork' and 'social responsibility' compared to children in the other schools".

"Children in CU schools made small gains in 'teamwork' and 'social responsibility' compared to children in the other schools. The finding for social responsibility has moderate security and the finding for teamwork has low to moderate security."

Stephen Gorard 2017 (2)¶

Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui, Beng Huat See, Emma Smith, Patrick White. (2017). Children's University: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581159

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Summary impact table prints effect sizes of 0.04 for teamwork and 0.08 for social responsibility after two years, with 1,154 and 1,156 volunteer pupils; months' progress is not applicable for these survey outcomes.

"'Teamwork' 0.04 n/a 1,154 £ £ £ £ £ 'Social responsibility' 0.08 n/a 1,156 £ £ £ £ £"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Collaboration — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• All Year 5 children in CU schools made better average progress than control-school children regardless of their actual level of participation in CU activities — related
• Volunteer pupils in Children's University schools made 2 additional months' progress in reading and maths compared with volunteer pupils in control schools after two years — related
• EverFSM pupils in Children's University schools made 1 additional month's progress in maths, no additional progress in reading, and small gains in teamwork and social responsibility — related