Air Tutors' Online Tutoring: Math Knowledge Impacts and Participant Math Perceptions. Middle Years Math Grantee Report Series

Mathematica. P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543. Tel: 609-799-3535; Fax: 609-799-0005; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://www.mathematica.org

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Tutoring; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Technology; Videoconferencing; Tutors; Telecommunications; Electronic Mail; Mathematics Achievement; Program Effectiveness; Self Esteem; Interpersonal Relationship; Student Attitudes; Mathematics Instruction; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Knowledge Level; Student School Relationship; Attendance; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students

Air Tutors is an online tutoring organization that provides one-on-one and small group tutoring for K-12 students. Air Tutors uses live, online tutoring and an online platform that incorporates video conferencing and interactive whiteboards; recruits high-quality paid tutors with tutoring experience and engaging online personalities; and engages students and their families via text messages, phone calls, and emails. This study aims to provide evidence of the impact of tutoring on student math achievement in a randomized controlled trial, as well as on students' self-reported math confidence, sense of belonging, and relationships with their tutors via student surveys. Specifically, it examines the impact of participating in Air Tutors math tutoring sessions on 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade students' math achievement, as well as changes in student math confidence. 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 Air Tutors.]

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2023

ED628638