The WWC rates GEMS® Space Science Sequence as having potentially positive effects on general science achievement, with a small extent of evidence¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Based on one study meeting WWC standards without reservations, the WWC assigned GEMS® Space Science Sequence a rating of potentially positive effects on general science achievement, with a small extent of evidence. → wwc-rating

Evidence¶

wwc-rating¶

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2012, June). Science intervention report: Great Explorations in Math and Science® (GEMS®) Space Science Sequence. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/612

q2 · i? · causal · r2

The WWC review of the Science domain found one study (Granger et al., 2010) meeting standards without reservations, covering 2,594 students in the general science achievement domain. The rating criteria for potentially positive effects were met: "Evidence of a positive effect with no overriding contrary evidence."

"GEMS® Space Science Sequence was found to have potentially positive effects on general science achievement for elementary school students."

Discussion¶

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