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Access to mathematics learning for lower secondary students in England during school closures: implications for equity and quality

Taylor, Becky; Hodgen, Jeremy; Jacques, Laurie; Tereshchenko, Antonina; Cockerill, Maria; Kwok, Rosa Kit Wan; (2022) Access to mathematics learning for lower secondary students in England during school closures: implications for equity and quality. Teachers and Teaching pp. 1-15. 10.1080/13540602.2022.2062717. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

During the initial period of ‘lockdown’ in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools in England were closed to the majority of pupils for 15 weeks. We examine how during this time schools provided emergency remote teaching in mathematics to lower secondary pupils with different levels of prior attainment and advantage. Drawing on a mixed-methods study including a survey (N = 49) and interviews (N = 17) with Heads of Mathematics, we analyse schools’ remote learning practices and how school closures have impacted on pupils’ opportunity to learn mathematics (OTL). We find that inequitable distribution of engaged time, mathematical content and quality teaching has disproportionately negatively affected lower-attaining and disadvantaged pupils and is likely to have contributed to a widened attainment gap. We identify opportunities for HOMs to improve remote learning for subsequent school closures and enact equitable policies of distribution that improve OTL for lower-attaining and disadvantaged pupils.

Type: Article
Title: Access to mathematics learning for lower secondary students in England during school closures: implications for equity and quality
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2022.2062717
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2022.2062717
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: COVID-19; opportunity to learn; mathematics education; disadvantage; low attainers; secondary schools
UCL classification: 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 - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146917
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