The WWC rates The Expert Mathematician as having potentially positive effects on middle school mathematics achievement¶

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q2 i? The WWC assigned the rating "potentially positive effects" because the single reviewed study showed a substantively important positive effect and no contrary evidence, but the study did not show statistically significant positive effects. → What Works Clearinghouse 2006

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2006¶

What Works Clearinghouse. (2006). WWC Intervention Report: The Expert Mathematician, Middle School Mathematics, Revised October 14, 2006. U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/InterventionReport/513

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The WWC's intervention rating for the math achievement domain, based on one study meeting evidence standards. Appendix A4 states the program "did not meet the criteria for positive effects because it had only one study" and that the one study "showed a substantively important positive effect."

"The WWC found The Expert Mathematician to have potentially positive effects on mathematics achievement"

Discussion¶

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