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Start Date: September 2024
Proposed Training date: July 2024
Description: This trial will test whether participating in a Preparation for GCSE course improves learner outcomes for adults on maths GCSE courses. The course focusses on studying and revision skills as preparation for the demands of taking a GCSE.
This product has been developed to test the hypothesis that learners who are explicitly taught studying and revision skills relevant to Maths and are better prepared for the additional work that comes with a Maths GCSE are more likely to have better outcomes (such as course completion and achievement of Maths GCSE) than those who do not have this preparation.
Delivery Model: The intervention involves delivering 7 x one hour lessons to adult learners who are studying GCSE maths courses. The lessons take place within existing GCSE curriculum hours and cover theories of resilience and growth mindset, study skills, revision and exam skills.
The intervention is designed to be delivered face to face but could be adapted for online or hybrid courses. The first five lessons are designed to be delivered in the first six weeks of the GCSE Maths course (either in September/October for nine-month courses or January/February for six-month courses) and the last two sessions are designed to be delivered directly before the Easter break.
Teachers will receive free, high-quality training on how to implement the lessons.
Suitable for: Adult learning organisations delivering GCSE Maths to adult learners (19+)
Recruitment: April 2024
Start Date: September 2024
Proposed Training date: July 2024
Description: This trial will use two embedded approaches for teachers to develop new teaching practices, building on adult learners’ natural intuitions and experiences to connect with maths.
The Adapted Mastery Approach will test whether using an adapted mastery approach to classroom delivery improve adults’ learning, attainment in and attitudes towards Level 1 Functional Skills mathematics. It aligns with broader educational goals of promoting a deep and lasting understanding of mathematical principles. The principles for the approach are based on the DfE funded Centre for Excellence in Maths (CfEM) programme and the teaching and learning materials used as part of the programme.
The Contextualised Approach is designed to improve adults’ attitudes and beliefs about the value of maths and attainment in Level 1 Functional Skills maths using a Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) approach in classroom delivery. This approach differs to commonplace practice in maths classrooms where learners are shown a technique first and the ask to apply it. In a contextualised curriculum learners are first engaged with a context.
The principles for the approach are based on the work of the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) who investigated the impact of the RME approach on achievement and attitudes in post-16 GCSE Maths resit classes and the teaching and learning materials used as part of the research.
The lessons cover the most important concepts of Functional Skills Level 1 which can be adapted to fit within most adult level 1 courses. The intervention is designed to be delivered face to face but could be adapted for hybrid courses.Suitable for: Adult learning organisations delivering Functional Skills Level 1 qualification in Maths to adult learners (19+)
Recruitment: April 2024
Start Date: September 2024
Proposed Training date: July 2024
Description: This trial is designed to introduce concepts, build skills and confidence, and competence in maths through an embedded approach to the delivery of vocationally related maths in a Health and Social Care (H&SC) Course. The approach is to expose the maths as something which is integral to the course so that learners understand the relevance and not to hide it. The maths is derived from the numeracy skills required on the H&SC course and how these identified numeracy skills are used in practice in the workplace. The materials developed address the key numeracy demands of the course and those skills which vocational teachers have highlighted as causing difficulties to learners.
Delivery Model: This intervention involves delivering an 18-hour intervention, comprising 12 x 1.5-hour lessons covering the most important concepts of Functional Skills Level 1 to adult learners working towards a Health and Social Care Level 2 qualification. The aim is to support the teachers to develop new teaching practices that they can apply within existing curriculum hours.
This will be achieved by teachers engaging with a comprehensive package of training (professional development) that explains the approach and its rationale.
The lessons cover the most important mathematical concepts of the H&SC course mapped to the Functional Skills Level 1 curriculum. The intention is to provide exemplars that can be adapted and used by health and social care teachers, to enable these teachers to embed maths into their vocational teaching effectively.
The intervention is designed to be delivered by teachers in face-to-face teaching of adult Health and Social Care Level 2 classes.
Suitable for: Adult learning organisations delivering Level 2 Health and Social Care Courses to adult learners (19+)
Recruitment: April 2024
Start Date: September 2024
Proposed Training date: July 2024
Description: The trial is a family learning numeracy programme for adults and children in Key Stage 1 Year 2 to build maths confidence and understanding together. The programme is designed to introduce concepts, build skills and confidence in maths for adult learners.
This approach is a series of structured, in-person group, learning sessions designed for adults and their children to bolster both numeracy learning and family learning. The sessions align learning outcomes from KS1 children (Yr2) with Level 1 functional skills.
Delivery Model: The intervention involves delivering 12 hours, comprising 6 x 1 hour for classroom/virtual room delivery and 6 x 1 hour of home learning. The hour sessions will be broken into two, focusing on 30 mins with the adults only and 30 mins where the children join the adults in a family practical session.
The programme is designed to take place within the schools that children of parents and carers already attend. The programme will be delivered by family learning practitioners from an external training provider/family service who will deliver this course following a comprehensive package of training (professional development) that explains the approach and its rationale.
Suitable for: Primary Schools, Family Learning Practitioners. Research participants will be adults with a child in Key Stage 1 Year 2 who have not taken part in a family numeracy programme before.
