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. 2018 Jul 11;9:1187. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01187

Table 3.

Performance at pretest, post-test and follow-up scores and mean differences.

Group Math (N = 69)
R (N = 85)
C (N = 69)
Paired comparison
M SD M SD M SD Math vs. C Math vs. R
Fact retrieval
Pre 8.59 4.31 15.73 3.40 NA NA Math < R; F(1,139) = 73.66∗∗∗a
Post 15.59 2.80 17.05 2.81 NA NA Math < R; F(1,138) = 3.14 nsa
Follow-up 14.82 3.36 17.03 3.41 NA NA Math < R; F(1,132) = 7.10∗∗a
Addition
Pre1 15.84 5.56 29.96 11.28 20.16 5.00 Math < C; t(136) = −4.82∗∗∗ Math < R; F(1,141) = 39.25∗∗∗a
Pre2 19.30 5.67 31.04 11.94 23.07 5.61 Math < C; t(126) = −3.78∗∗∗ Math < R; F(1,137) = 21.37∗∗∗a
Post 26.40 8.86 36.01 14.70 27.32 7.26 Math = C; t(126) = −0.64 ns Math < R; F(1,140) = 4.13∗a
Follow-up 26.13 8.68 39.40 14.60 30.53 9.02 Math < C; t(126) = −2.81∗∗ Math < R; F(1,135) = 16.22∗∗∗a
Subtraction
Pre1 14.01 5.54 25.52 9.99 18.39 6.34 Math < C; t(136) = −4.32∗∗∗ Math < R; F(1,142) = 33.86∗∗∗a
Pre2 14.76 6.12 23.27 10.10 17.41 6.62 Math < C; t(127) = −2.36 Math < R; F(1,137) = 15.39∗∗∗a
Post 16.15 5.64 26.99 10.78 21.97 6.85 Math < C; t(126) = −5.28∗∗∗ Math < R; F(1,140) = 25.56∗∗∗a
Follow-up 18.88 6.88 30.99 12.70 24.07 8.40 Math < C; t(126) = −3.84∗∗∗ Math < R; F(1,135) = 22.45∗∗∗a
Arithmetic
Pre 8.13 3.59 13.33 4.08 10.71 4.71 Math < C; t(125.12) = −4.59∗∗∗ Math < R; F(1,139) = 30.29∗∗∗a
Post 10.50 4.30 13.85 5.12 12.68 3.72 Math < C; t(126) = −3.05∗∗ Math < R; F(1,140) = 5.27∗a
Follow-up 11.82 4.03 15.24 4.29 13.98 4.12 Math < C; t(126) = −3.00∗∗ Math < R; F(1,139) = 30.29∗∗∗a

Math, math intervention group; R, reading intervention group; C, business-as-usual controls. aage and gender as covariate. p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001.