Summer Learning Institute was continuing a 5-year longitudinal research study on Promising Practices for Stopping and Reversing Summer Learning Loss.
Recruiting 24 college students from 5 universities under the supervision of master teachers and using MANGO Math curriculum, Marian University followed the math progress of 381 underrepresented and under-served students over a 6 week out of school period of time.
“Summer learning loss . . . is one of the most significant causes of the achievement gap between lower and higher-income youth and one of the strong- est contributors to the high school dropout rate . . . Most youth lose about 2.6 months of math skills in the summer . . . By fifth grade, summer learning loss can leave low- income students 2 1/2 to 3 years behind their peers.”
National Summer Learning Association
Marian University used AIMSweb test data (Pearson, 2012) to apply before and after tests on students’ math skills and had the testing independently scored and analyzed. One of the questions the study was looking to answer was the number of summer math hours required to stop math learning loss.
The AIMSweb, a short-term metric, showed significant increases in scores from pretest to post-test. The median dosage of hours of math activities over the course of the summer scored significantly higher on post to pretest differences than did children who participated in fewer than 8 hours.
Click here for the PDF of the write up. Marian University complete study
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These problems provide students with great algebraic thinking skills. Students will start to understand concepts regarding balanced equations. A student can add or subtract the same number of shape or multiply or divide by the same number or shape on both sides of an equation, which is called equation property. Students can use other properties while solve these problems like Distributive Property or Associative Property. Which will help them in solving these problems.
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