Hodgen, Jeremy;
Bretscher, Nicola;
Hardman, Mark;
Anders, Jake;
Lawson, Helen;
(2023)
SMART Spaces: Spaced Learning Revision Programme - Evaluation Report.
(Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
).
Department for Education: London, UK.
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Abstract
SMART Spaces: Spaced Learning Revision Programme (SMART Spaces Revision) aims to raise attainment in GCSE chemistry by improving revision using ‘spaced learning’. Spaced learning involves teachers repeatedly delivering the same content, across multiple sessions, with breaks in between. The programme, developed and delivered by Hallam Teaching School Alliance (HTSA) and Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), trains teachers to deliver six highly structured and manualised chemistry revision lessons for the AQA Combined Science GCSE. Lessons are provided to Year 11 pupils (age 15 to 16) in the three-week period prior to GCSE examinations. Each lesson consists of three 12-minute episodes delivering content separated by two ten-minute spacing activities such as juggling. Lessons are delivered on three separate days, which allows additional spaces of around 24 hours between content repetition. The first three lessons repeatedly cover one half of the curriculum and the second three lessons repeatedly cover the other half. SMART Spaces Revision training involves a lead teacher who supports implementation and chemistry teachers who receive a day of instruction (in twilight sessions). In-school follow-up support and teaching resources are also provided. Resources include PowerPoint slides covering the entire chemistry curriculum content for the AQA Combined Science award together with a manual, an activity pack, and spacing materials. This project was a two-armed, cluster-randomised controlled efficacy trial (c-RCT) with 125 schools from across England: 54 schools were randomly allocated to receive the intervention and 71 acted at the ‘business as usual’ control group; 14,098 pupils from Year 11 taking the AQA Combined Science GCSE took part in the trial. The evaluation tested the impact of the intervention on GCSE chemistry attainment with surveys and interviews with teachers and pupils and observations of training informing the process evaluation. The evaluation was conducted by the IOE at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society and delivery occurred between April and May 2019.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | SMART Spaces: Spaced Learning Revision Programme - Evaluation Report |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | You may re-use this document/publication (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership > Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10175442 |
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