Treatment teachers generally liked the revisions to CMP2 visuals, especially increased color coding and labeling, and liked the revisions at least as much as control teachers liked the originals¶

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q2 i? Treatment teachers generally approved of the visual revisions, with strongest approval for increased color coding and labeling, and were less enthusiastic but still supportive of removing representational visuals. → Clinton 2015

Evidence¶

Clinton 2015¶

Clinton, V. & Cooper, J.L. (2015, April). Teacher Viewpoints of Instructional Design Principles for Visuals in a Middle School Math Curriculum. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED574965

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Survey of treatment teachers in the RCT (22 of 59 responded), rating the changes made to visuals in the revised books on a 1-7 Likert scale (Figure 1). Descriptive findings; no effect size printed.

"Treatment teachers generally liked the revisions, especially the increased use of color coding and labeling (see Figure 1). Treatment teachers appeared to generally approve of the removal of decorative visuals. They were less enthusiastic, but still generally supportive, of the removal of representational visuals."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Both control and treatment teachers believed labeling benefits learning, disagreed that color coding made lessons too easy, and believed pictures help ELL students — related
• Open-ended responses on representational visuals differed by group, with treatment teachers more likely to see both pros and cons — related
• Teacher viewpoints on visuals in the revised and original CMP2 curriculum were generally in line with theory and empirical evidence for the instructional design principles — related
• Treatment teachers viewed math-irrelevant visuals less favorably than control teachers, suggesting use of the revised curriculum and PD shifted views — related
• Control teachers held generally favorable viewpoints toward the visuals in the original CMP2 books, including math-irrelevant visuals — related