Girls, calculators and graphics concepts
Aim: To help students to improve their understanding of graphs with the use of a graphic calculator.
The Evidence People
Secondary
Can creative projects improve the language and literacy skills of our pupils?
Aim: The aims of this project were to improve the language and literacy skills of our pupils both written and verbal, extend pupils vocabulary, introduce pupils to a different way of learning, improve pupils confidence and self esteem and provide pupils with positive role models.
Every child matters: Empowering the student voice
Aim: The aim of this project was to involve students as researchers on classroom practice, as part of a wider school policy of increasing student voice, and including their views in school planning processes.
Reservoirs of Hope as a metaphor for spiritual and moral leadership in headship, and why some headteachers leave headship early 'when reservoirs run dry'
Aim: The study aimed to:
Describe the perceived spiritual and moral bases of headship in a range of heads;
Explore the use of the metaphor of reservoirs of hope in describing the preservation of individual values and institutional self-belief against external pressures;
Promote practitioner reflection on critical incidents when spiritual and moral leadership was tested;
Codify heads individual strategies for sustainability, replenishment and development; and
Analyse why some headteachers leave headship early due to the possible failure of their sustainability strategies when reservoirs of hope
Habitats for teacher research
Aim: The report of the survey of practitioner use of research carried out in England in 2011 by the NTRP.
Students As Researchers: How does being a student researcher affect learning?
Aim: From 1996 the school had tried to establish a Students as Researchers (SaRs) initiative to enable students to investigate, analyse and present student perspectives on aspects of school life and learning. This study records the attempts to evaluate the impact of participating in such research projects on the students learning. The aim of the research was to evaluate the impact of participating in such research projects on the students themselves in terms of:
Their attitude to the SaRs initiative;
Their social skills; and
Their academic skills.
Promoting behaviour for learning
Aim: The aim of this project was to find a more effective approach to managing behaviour than the schools existing structured system of consequences. In particular, the research focused on how positive behaviour strategies could be used to improve students behaviour for learning. This stemmed from my personal concern that whilst the system of consequences was a helpful way of managing poor behaviour, there was little acknowledgement given to students who behaved well.
Promoting students' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development through specific teaching and learning strategies across the curriculum
Aim: To identify teaching and learning strategies within the whole curriculum which promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils.
Conclusions from user feedback on use of learning platform
Aim: A great deal of effort and expense is currently being expended in schools and Local Authorities on Learning Platforms (LPs). This study set out to explore how schools and students are using LPs. The report is intended to help inform readers about how teachers are using LPs and to describe students' experience of one mature installation.
Effective questioning: stepping-stones to meta-cognition?'
Aim: There were two main, linked, aims of this project. The primary aim was to investigate the role of effective questioning by the teacher in a History class. The second aim explored the usefulness of this meta-cognitive strategy in enhancing higher-order thinking skills in the classroom. These are the skills that characterise higher achievement at Key Stages 3 and 4 (11-16 years of age).