P4C showed no evidence of improvement at Key Stage 2 for writing¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? There was no evidence of improvement at Key Stage 2 for writing (effect size +0.03, 0 months' progress), though P4C pupils' writing improved at least as much as controls'. → Gorard et al. 2015

Evidence¶

Gorard et al. 2015¶

Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui and Beng Huat See. (2015). Philosophy for Children: Evaluation report and Executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED581147

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Null result from the same randomised trial's KS2 gain-score analysis: the results table prints a writing effect size of +0.03, equivalent to 0 months' progress. The report adds that P4C pupils' writing results improved at least as much as those of pupils receiving normal classes.

"There was no evidence of improvement at Key Stage 2 for writing. This was not a surprise, as the programme did not involve writing skills."

Discussion¶

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