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Trials

Find out more about the trials we are currently running, and those that are coming soon.

CURRENT TRIALS

Deadline to apply EXTENDED: 29th November 2024, register here.CFL logo

Start Date: January 2025

Provider Briefing Session:

This training is Session 1 of 2 for providers who have signed up to carry out the Multiply Family Numeracy trial starting in January 2025. Both service managers and delivery staff are encouraged to attend for this introduction for the programme itself where we will run through: 

  • The structure and intention of the trial
  • The course scheme of work and sessions
  • Discussion Q&A 

If you'd like to watch the recording of the Provider Briefing Session, please email multiply@etioglobal.org.

Primary School Briefing Session:

This session will take place in September for Primary School leaders to explore the details of the course and how the programme will be delivered within their setting. 

Primary schools wishing to participate in the trial are encouraged to attend for this introduction for the programme, where there will be an opportunity for Q&A.

Catch up on the session below:

Tutor Training Session:

This session (session 2 of 2) will take place between November - December for delivery staff to go into detail about the course, learning outcomes, sessions and activities. This session last for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Dates:

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 Year 2/Year 3 who have not taken part in a family numeracy programme before and do not have a Level 2 qualification in maths (e.g. you don’t have GCSE Maths)/ do have GCSE maths but are not confident in maths.

 Find out more:
 
 

Registration closed.MEI (prep for GCSE)

Start Date: September 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+)

Find out more:

Preparation for Maths GCSE FAQs

Preparation for Maths GCSE Trial Specification

Preparation for Maths GCSE Funding Guidance

Registration closed.
ETF

Start Date: September 2024

Teacher Training dates: 

Providers participating in the trial's treatment group must attend four two-hour online sessions.  

Adapted Mastery Approach:

  • Cohort 1 (09:30-12:00):
    • 9th September
    • 10th September 
    • 16th September
    • 17th September
  • Cohort 2 (13:00-15:30):
    • 10th September
    • 13th September
    • 16th September
    • 20th September

Contextualised Curriculum:

  • Cohort 1 (09:30-12:00):
    • 9th September
    • 11th September
    • 16th September
    • 18th September
  • Cohort 2 (13:00-15:30):
    • 9th September
    • 11th September
    • 16th September
    • 18th September

To book onto the teacher training session, please complete the Trial Sign Up form found below and a member of our team will be in touch to inform you of your eligibility and randomisation status. 

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+)

Find out more:

Adapted Mastery Approach and Contextualised Curriculum for Functional Skills Qualification Level 1 FAQs

Adapted Mastery and Contextualised Approaches for FSQ L1 Trial Specification

Adapted Mastery and Contextualised Approaches for FSQ L1 Maths Funding Guidance

Registration closed.
ETF

Start Date: September 2024

Teacher Training dates:

  • Cohort 1 (13:00-15:30):
    • 5th September
    • 6th September
    • 12th September
    • 13th September

All teachers participating in the trial must complete the training prior to beginning the trial. Attendance is 100% required.

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+)

Find out more:

Embedding Maths in a Health & Social Care L2 Course Trial Specification FAQ

Embedding Maths in a Health & Social Care L2 Course Trial Specification

Embedding Maths in a Health & Social Care L2 Course Funding Guidance

 

How do we express interest in taking part?

Please express your interest in the form below and tell us a bit about your organisation so that we can keep you informed. We will also send you a document further outlining the benefits of taking part and further information about the Education Research Trials.

We’ll contact you immediately when the specification has been finalised for a trial that you are eligible to participate in, which will give you all the information you need. You will be able to take part in more than one trial. Meanwhile, if you have any questions then please let us know.

 

Express Your Interest:

 

How we use and protect your data

The purpose of the programme of trials is to evaluate interventions at a large scale and data collected for each trial will not be used for any other purpose. The trials will compare outcomes for learners in treatment and control groups, but there will be no comparisons made between individual organisations or teachers.

At an organisational level, we will ask for your contact details so that we can contact you when needed to arrange training, send you a survey or invite you to take part in an interview. 

During the trial period, we will also ask organisations to send the evaluation team the contact details of any learners who opt out of taking part in the trials, so they can make sure they are removed from the analysis.  For those learners who are taking part in the trials, we will ask for their contact details so we can send them a survey or invite them to take part in an interview about their learning experience. 

Finally, we will ask organisations to collect data on learner attendance and compliance with any homework tasks, so we can take into account the ‘dosage level’ (i.e. the amount of intervention received) in the analysis and see if this makes any difference to the results. All of these asks will be covered through appropriate data sharing documentation.  The full details of this will be included in the specification of an individual trial.

To find out further information about how government will use your data, please access this link.