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THE DURHAM SHARED MATHS PROJECT
Peer Tutoring and EEF
CEM involvement in Peer Tutoring
Fife and Vic’s research
Educational Endowment Foundation
Education Endowment Foundation
Addressing educational inequalities
DfE grant of £125m + other……
Fund projects that ‘should’ make a difference
Must be properly evaluated
The wider need for good evidence
The Toolkit
RCTs Phase 1 and Phase 2…….
WHAT IS SHARED MATHS?
A structured form of cross-age peer tutoring
Older children tutor for younger tutees
2 year age gap
Used with normal curriculum to support
maths learning
TUTORING IN MATHS
Can increases maths knowledge
Can raise confidence
Can improve maths talk
MATHS KNOWLEDGE
Can improves both tutor & tutee maths knowledge
Teach for 8 months, get between 11-15 months of gains compared to ‘normal’ maths teaching
Particularly good for underachieving tutors
BUILDS CONFIDENCE
Confidence in maths increases
Significant increases in ‘self-
concept’
Self-concept is related to higher
maths attainment
PROMOTES MATHS TALK
Dialogic changes
Significantly increases maths talk
related to better maths outcomes
(planning and questioning)
THE SHARED MATHS PEDAGOGY
Structured mediation
Does not rely on tutor knowledge
Tutor gains confidence
Interactions are tightly structured
THREE STAGES
Understanding the question
Finding an answer
Finishing the question
PRAISE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
A focus on praise and encouragement through the process, even for small steps in solving questions.
Keep confidence high
ORGANISING SHARED MATHS
Year 3 & Year 5 (Y4 & Y6 by 2nd year) 30 minute Shared Maths lessons 16 week block each year Year 3 teacher sets the questions from
normal curriculum work Questions are at the appropriate level for
each tutee
THE RESEARCH PROJECT 4 LAs ~ 90 schools Randomised controlled trial
Equal chance of being in Phase 1 or Phase 2 Schools will be randomly assigned to:
Phase 1 - starting Shared Maths from Autumn 12 OR Phase 2 - starting Shared Maths from April 14
Baseline assessment InCAS – All schools September 2012 March 2014
SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS
CPD Manual Website Local Shared Maths Coordinator
TrainingMentoringObservation and feedback
COORDINATOR ROLE
CPD training sessions for teachers
On-going support in person, by phone and
Observation of pupils and feedback to
teachers
Feedback to the Durham University team
Liaison with Local Authority
PROJECT TIMELINE
TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS
Session 1: Shared Maths
Training November
Year 3 and Year 5 teachers to attend
Schools get £250 towards costs
Continuing support in online forum, local groups
Session 2: Advanced Tutoring Skills
Twilight session (March 2013)
Focus on social and communication skills
Any Questions?