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The link between East Asian ‘mastery’ teaching methods and English children's mathematics skills

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  • Jerrim, John
  • Vignoles, Anna

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A small group of high-performing East Asian economies dominate the top of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings. Although there are many possible explanations for this, East Asian teaching methods and curriculum design are two factors to have particularly caught policymakers’ attention. Yet there is currently little evidence as to whether any particular East Asian teaching method actually represents an improvement over the status quo in England, and whether such methods can be successfully introduced into Western education systems. This paper provides new evidence on this issue by presenting results from two clustered Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT's), where a Singaporean inspired ‘mastery’ approach to teaching mathematics was introduced into a selection of England's primary and secondary schools. We find evidence of a modest, positive treatment effect that comes at a relatively low per-pupil cost.

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  • Jerrim, John & Vignoles, Anna, 2016. "The link between East Asian ‘mastery’ teaching methods and English children's mathematics skills," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 29-44.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:50:y:2016:i:c:p:29-44
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.11.003
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    Keywords

    Maths Mastery; Randomised Controlled Trial; Singapore; PISA;
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    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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