The Effectiveness of Blended Learning Utilizing Edmentum's Courseware Math Library in the Carlynton Middle School Mathematics Classroom

This Capstone Project investigates the relationship between the use of Edmentum's Courseware Math Library software and students' math achievement in the middle school mathematics classrooms of a small school district in southwestern Pennsylvania during the 2019 -2020 school year. Grade level data was collected regarding the use of a supplemental math software program called Edmentum's Courseware Math Library. Data on students' mathematics achievement was collected from the Study Island Benchmark Assessments version 4 that acted as a pretest and posttest. The data were compared to determine mean differences in achievement between the students who were provided the Edmentum Courseware Math Library in a blended learning environment ( experimental group) and those who did not ( control group). Data were analyze using a two-sample ttest for independent samples to determine the possible relationship between the use of the Courseware Math Library and students' math achievement on these measures. The Capstone Project results can be utilized to inform school educational leaders as they invest in technology tools and integrate technology into the mathematics classroom. Regardless of using Edmentum's Courseware Math Library in 2019-2020, the achievement of the experimental group was not significantly higher than that of the control group. Several variables should be taken into account, such as limited data, teacher training in blended learning and the Edmentum Courseware Math Library and time intervals that the students access the modules. Another factor that could have played a significant role in the results is the interruption of the educational process due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak that forced the school to enter into a Continuity of Education plan that altered the blinded learning environment for a part of the project.