ERIC Number: ED628646
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jan
Pages: 19
Abstractor: ERIC
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Impacts of UPchieve On-Demand Tutoring on Students' Math Knowledge and Perceptions. Middle Years Math Grantee Report Series
Deacon, Grady; Chojnacki, Greg
Mathematica
UPchieve is a free online and on-demand tutoring platform for students in grades 8 to 12 who attend Title I schools where large shares of students are experiencing poverty. UPchieve matches students with unpaid volunteer tutors one on one and in an online setting. In this setting, students can take advantage of a chat feature and virtual whiteboard to receive assistance with a topic of their choosing, including tutoring in math, science, English, or history; SAT preparation; and college counseling. UPchieve tutors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so that students can receive support at any time during the day or night. This study aims to provide evidence of the impact of on-demand, online tutoring on student math achievement and perceptions about math using a pilot randomized controlled trial. Specifically, it examines the impact of participating in additional UPchieve math tutoring sessions on 9th- and 10th-grade students' math achievement, motivation, confidence, and engagement. This report is one in a series of six reports on math tutoring programs. The goal of this report series is to inform the tutoring field more broadly and support the provision of high-quality tutoring to as many students in the priority communities as possible. [This report was prepared with UPchieve.]
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Grade 10, Tutoring, Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Computer Mediated Communication, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Motivation, Self Esteem, Learner Engagement
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 9; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Grade 10
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Language: English
Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Authoring Institution: Mathematica
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