MAST is feasible for delivery by teachers, with four of five schools delivering all key components consistently¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Implementation fidelity was good, with four out of five schools consistently delivering all key components of MAST when delivered by teachers in the first year of school. → Cunningham 2025

Evidence¶

Cunningham 2025¶

Cunningham, Anna J.; Baikousi, Violeta; Eyre, Emma; Duncan, Michael; Crotti, Matteo; Martins, Ricardo; Wood, Clare. (2025). A movement and story-telling intervention improves language and fundamental movement skills and is feasible for delivery by teachers in the first year of school. LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION. https://hdl.handle.net/10446/299265

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Implementation observation of the five teachers implementing MAST, who were interviewed and observed delivering the programme. The article reports "four out of five schools consistently delivering all key components of MAST".

"Implementation fidelity was good with four out of five schools consistently delivering all key components of MAST."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• MAST significantly improves fundamental movement skills in four-to-five-year-old children (d = 0.65) — related
• MAST significantly improves language in four-to-five-year-old children (d = 0.2) — related
• MAST shows no effect on self-regulation in four-to-five-year-old children — related