Centre for the Use of Research & Evidence in Education (CUREE)

Inside Evidence

Inside Information is a publication produced by the NTRP that brings together current practitioner research themed along a particular area. Each article features a concise description of the research, interviews with the researchers, suggestions on how to put the findings into practice in your own work, and links to further useful information. There are 5 issues available to download.

Investigating the Teaching of Writing Frames: Raising Standards In Boys' Writing

Aim: To investigate how writing frames can be used to improve the standard of boys writing.

Teaching children to generate questions designed to improve their capacity to think critically about scientific problems

Aim: To teach children to generate questions designed to improve their capacity to think critically about scientific problems.

Alf Coles, Developing a Need for Algebra (1999)

Teaching punctuation

Aim: To identify reasons why some pupils in Year 8 have difficulty with basic punctuation, to explore teachers' perceptions of pupils' difficulty with punctuation and their pedagogic strategies for supporting pupils with punctuation problems and to suggest strategies which are likely to help pupils use punctuation successfully

Two different approaches to teaching within PE

Aim: To compare the effectiveness of two approaches to teaching games in physical education: the skills approach and the Games for Understanding approach.

Assessing grey matters: joint practice development of everyday work in the classroom

Aim: The purpose of this research was to identify, implement and evaluate, collaboratively with five other members of our A level Business team, assessment for learning (AfL) practices that could best support and develop our students A level education.

Can thinking skills offer a framework to support young children's comprehension in literacy?

Aim: The study sought to explore the extent to which young children of 5/6 years of age could be encouraged to articulate their thinking and the way they perceive themselves as learners. In particular the researcher aimed to investigate whether the use of thinking skills strategies within a Year 1 class could improve the childrens comprehension of literacy texts and encourage a wider participation within the class members through speaking and listening.

Creating a Research Culture in school

Aim: Our simple aim is to improve teaching and learning in our school.

Using data to ensure gifted and talented students achieve their full potential in Design and Technology

Aim: The research set out to look into the provision for Gifted and Talented pupils within Design and Technology at Key Stage 3 in a Hartlepool school, which was currently using a standardised ability test known as Middle Years Information System (MidYIS). Two questions were considered: Are test results from MidYIS a reliable indicator for technology GAT pupils? and Does a more creative delivery encourage GAT pupils to produce higher-level ideas and to be more satisfied with their projects?"