Mathematics Support Teacher (MST): What has been the impact on the students?

Deborah Gibbs & Fiona Fox

The Mathematics Support Teacher (MST) intervention was designed for students who have been identified as having severe learning difficulties in mathematics. The MSTs provide intensive mathematics teaching support with the aim to accelerate the students progress. The students were provided with four to five additional half hour lessons per week over a 15 to 20 week period. Initial involvement in the intervention has resulted in accelerated gains for the majority of these students. This case study involved interviewing past students who had maintained their learning gains after participating in the intervention in either 2011 or 2012. The students past teachers were also interviewed. Interviews were conducted using three schools from different regions across New Zealand. This round table forum presents impact stories of students, teachers and family after involvement in a mathematics intervention. It will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss the findings and consider the conditions and implications for students and their mathematics learning.

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Mathematics Support Teacher (MST): What has been the impact on the students?

Mathematics Support Teacher (MST): What has been the impact on the students?

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