Intervention for Low-performing First Graders in Mathematics

NCT ID: NCT05709418

Last Updated: 2023-02-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 10 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-08-15
• Study Completion Date: 2023-06-30

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of an intervention program for low-performing first graders in mathematics. .

Detailed Description

There were sent a request to a school in the central of East-Norway to participate. The principal answered yes, and then asked the teachers at first grade if they would like to participate. The teachers were positive to the study, and therefore the students and parents were asked to participate. It was total 74 students and 54 of them accepted to participate in the study. The inclusion criteria of the study is that the participants talks and understand Norwegian approximate fluently. In this study that means one participant was excluded.

The study will use a design of randomized control trial (RCT) where the population of 53 students will be doing av screening-test. After the screening 20% of the lowest-performance will make up the sample and they will be departed in a clinical-group and a control-group. These students will then be tested with Test of Basic Arithmetic and Numeracy, the Norwegian test called Arithmetic fact-test, the vocabulary and calculation tasks from Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fifth Edition and Ravens colored progressive matrices. The randomization will be conduct using randomize.org and the parents will get information about which group their child will participate in. The intervention are eight week long with 4 lessons per week. Each lesson are about 45-50 minutes long. The start of the intervention will be in week 42, 2022 and end in week 49, 2022. The intervention-group will follow an intervention conducting elements from an education program called "ThinkMath" and self-developed tasks. The control-group will follow ordinary classroom-lessons. After ended intervention-period the students will be tested with the same test-battery as were used in front of the start point.

Conditions

Mathematics Disorder

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Mathematics intervention

Low-performing children get targeted support with a scripted intervention

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Intensiv support for first graders in Norway

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Intervention targeting early numeracy skills that are known to be important for mathematical development, focusing on counting skills, counting strategies, number knowledge, word problem solving and basic understanding of addition and subtraction

Control group

Business as usual

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Intensiv support for first graders in Norway

Intervention targeting early numeracy skills that are known to be important for mathematical development, focusing on counting skills, counting strategies, number knowledge, word problem solving and basic understanding of addition and subtraction

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

-

Exclusion Criteria

• not proficient Norwegian language skills

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 7 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ostfold University College

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Anita Lopez-Pedersen, Phd

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Østfold University College

Locations

Østfold University College

Halden, , Norway

Countries

Norway

Other Identifiers

OstfoldUC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id