The program showed no significant overall math difference, though items on visual-spatial vocabulary and nonstandard measurement improved for the treatment condition¶

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Evidence · 2 studies · 2 causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Analyses of math data showed no significant difference overall between intervention and comparison children. → math-null-1 q2 i? A few items measuring visual spatial vocabulary and nonstandard measurement showed significant improvement for treatment children relative to comparison children. → math-items-1

Evidence¶

math-null-1¶

Dominguez, X., Vidiksis, R., Leones, T., Kamdar, D., Presser, A., Bueno, M., & Orr, J. (2023, April). Integrating science, mathematics, and engineering: Linking home and school learning for young learners. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/180

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Regression analyses of the study's custom 19-item math assessment (measurement, visual and spatial thinking, comparison of quantity) found no significant overall difference between conditions; equivalence was not tested.

"Results from the analyses of math data show no significant difference overall."

math-items-1¶

Dominguez, X., Vidiksis, R., Leones, T., Kamdar, D., Presser, A., Bueno, M., & Orr, J. (2023, April). Integrating science, mathematics, and engineering: Linking home and school learning for young learners. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/180

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Item-level analyses of the math assessment in the same field study. The report states items measuring "visual spatial vocabulary and nonstandard measurement" showed significant improvement for treatment children, though total scores showed no significant difference.

"Although no statistically significant difference was evident using total scores, a few items (measuring visual spatial vocabulary and nonstandard measurement, which are less often promoted in preschool relative to counting) showed significant improvement for children in the treatment condition, relative to children in the comparison condition."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Spatial Ability — outcome: instruction changes it
• Measurement — outcome: instruction changes it

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