International Journal of Education and Management Engineering (IJEME)
IJEME Vol. 13, No. 3, 8 Jun. 2023
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The Effectiveness of the TaRL Approach on Moroccan Pupils’ Mathematics, Arabic, and French Reading Competencies
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Author(s)
Abdessamad Binaoui
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Mohammed Moubtassime
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Latifa Belfakir
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Index Terms
Teaching at the right level, TaRL, remedial education, Arithmetic competency, reading competency, literacy, numeracy
Abstract
Teaching at the Right Level (henceforth, TaRL) is a new trending remedial educational approach being piloted in many countries. It basically matches pedagogical content to pupils’ educational needs through various adapted activities after segmentation of pupils’ depending on their actual difficulties and needs. In this respect, Morocco has been piloting this relatively new approach during the beginning of the school year 2022-23. Therefore, this study aimed at measuring the effectiveness of the TaRL approach on Moroccan pupils’ mathematics, Arabic, and French reading competencies. An experimental study took place involving 106 pupils from 4th grade to 6th grade during a one-month remedial course (half an hour per day, one subject per day) based on TaRL guidelines. After carefully examining the data through the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test by comparing the baseline and endline results in all three subjects. The results showed statistically high improvements with large effect sizes in the levels of the three subjects suggesting that TaRL was effective in raising the levels of numeracy and literacy and may be, safely, further adopted throughout Moroccan primary schools.
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Abdessamad Binaoui, Mohammed Moubtassime, Latifa Belfakir, "The Effectiveness of the TaRL Approach on Moroccan Pupils’ Mathematics, Arabic, and French Reading Competencies", International Journal of Education and Management Engineering (IJEME), Vol.13, No.3, pp. 1-10, 2023. DOI:10.5815/ijeme.2023.03.01
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