An NSF-funded replication of Math Corps operated in three new cities across summers 2017–2019 with independent evaluation¶
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q2 i? The Math Corps summer camp was replicated in three cities in summers 2017, 2018, and 2019 under an NSF AISEL grant, with Mathematica contracted for an independent study. → Barbara Harris 2021
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Barbara Harris 2021¶
Barbara Harris, Lindsay Fox. (2021). Math Corps Successfully Replicated. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/math-corps-successfully-replicated
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Descriptive background from the brief: an NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning grant awarded in 2015 enabled replication of the camp in Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Utica, and WSU contracted Mathematica to conduct an independent study of Math Corps.
"In 2015, the National Science Foundation awarded WSU an Advancing Informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Learning grant, enabling the Math Corps summer camp to be replicated in three cities (Cleveland, Ohio; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Utica, New York) in summers 2017, 2018, and 2019."
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Related Claims¶
- Attendance at Math Corps was strong at all three replication sites — related
- The Math Corps replication sites were successful in serving their priority communities — related
- Math Corps students made large and statistically significant gains on the Math Corps exam between the start and end of camp in all three replication sites — related
- Teachers used new instructional practices they had learned while delivering the summer programs — related
- Students in three summer math programs showed large improvements in grades the semester after the program — related
- Evidence of changes in growth mindset or math confidence after the summer programs was minimal — related
- Mathematica conducted an implementation study of the early math scale-up effort during 2018 and 2019 — related
- Few Math Corps participants had encounters with the criminal justice system — related
- Participation in the Math Corps summer program had a large and statistically significant impact on college enrollment — related
- The NSF REU program was created in 1987 to strengthen the STEM workforce — related
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An NSF-funded replication of Math Corps operated in three new cities across summers 2017–2019 with independent evaluation |
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An NSF-funded replication of Math Corps operated in three new cities across summers 2017–2019 with independent evaluation |
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