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    Analizando el impacto de un programa curricular basado en el desarrollo de la competencia matemática: el caso de Innovamat
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2026) Correig, Eudald; Colomer, Marc; Vilalta, Albert; Herranz, Marta; Torregrosa, Alba; Sin departamento asociado
    This study examines the impact of Innovamat: a curricular teaching and learning program that aims to foster the students’ mathematical competence. To do so, this research considers the acquisition of mathematical competence in two different samples of 4th grade Mexican primary school students. Both samples belong to private schools with similar socio-economic backgrounds, their HDI (Human Development Index) being between 0.7 and 0.9. The first sample, called intervention group, consists of 28 private schools (912 students) that have used Innovamat for a year. The second sample, called control group, consists of 27 schools (1.111 students) that use textbooks publishers from widely known in Mexico. Our results indicate a correlation between the use of this programme—Innovamat—and a better performance on an adapted version of the TIMSS test (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), both in terms of content and in cognitive domains that characterise mathematical competence. However, it is not possible to conclude that the implementation of this programme improves student mathematical competence, since this study does not allow us to establish its causal effect.