Seton Hall University
A Comparative Analysis of the Singapore Math Curriculum and the Everyday Mathematics Curriculum on Fifth Grade Achievement in a Large Northeastern Urban Public School District
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This study examined the differences between the achievement effects of one proposed Common Core State Standards-aligned mathematics program, Math in Focus: Singapore Math, and one NCTM-aligned mathematics program, Everyday Mathematics, on Grade 5 mathematics performance. An explanatory non-experimental research design was employed using post hoc pre- and post-treatment data from 2010 NJ ASK3 and 2012 NJ ASK5 administrations, respectively. The study examined the achievement outcomes of 205 Grade 5 general education students across several independent variables (race/ethnicity, gender, SES, attendance). Statistical analyses revealed fairly consistent results regarding differences in student performance on the 2012 NJ ASK5 in schools implementing Singapore Math and in schools implementing Everyday Mathematics. Generally, across all analyses, there were no substantial differences in performance based upon treatment status. Similarly, there were no patterns of differential treatment effects across the dimensions of race/ethnicity, gender, and SES. Overall, treatment was found to be the weakest predictor of student performance, whereas student background characteristics (race/ethnicity and SES), and attendance accounted for the greatest proportion of variation in the performance of certain subgroups.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Executive Ed.D. in Education Leadership Management and Policy
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Education Leadership, Management and Policy
- Year dc:date.available
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Powell, Tina L.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Gerard Babo, Ed.D.
- Christopher Tienken, Ed.D.
- Erin Krupa, Ph.D.
- Heather Jackson, Ed.D.
Subjects
dc:subject × 7Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations/1981
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarship.shu.edu:dissertations-2999