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What goes on inside my head when I'm writing? and how does this affect the teaching of writing in lower KS2?

Aim: To find out what 8-9 year old children understand about writing and the writing process in order to: Improve standards in the teaching and learning of writing; Inform assessment procedures in writing; and Engage all children as enthusiastic writers.

Marking and Feedback

Aim: To discover what makes formative marking an effective learning tool, by investigating the patterns of teachers' feedback and children's perceptions of that feedback.

Developing a policy of inclusion with differentiation using TASC: thinking actively in a social context

Aim: The aims of the project were to improve our whole school lesson planning, classroom delivery and pupils activities, personalise learning with pupils developing their skills of self-evaluation and self-monitoring and focus on developing their problem-solving and thinking skills.

How can Primary Schools Encourage Boys to Develop a More Positive Attitude towards Learning?

Aim: To identify strategies that will improve boys attitudes to learning in primary schools.

Homework and Study Support in Year 7

Aim: To identify ways in which teachers can enhance student learning through homework, by examining homework, perceptions of it in Year 7, and support systems both in school and at home.

The impact of writing and questioning frames on the teaching and learning process

Aim: How do writing and questioning frames within a School Improvement Project impact on classroom practice and more effective teaching and learning?

Developing students as independent learners through research and presentation activities in A/S Chemistry

Aim: We believed that students were over-reliant on teachers in meeting the AS Chemistry syllabus requirements and that this restricted the range of learning styles and methodologies that students used.

Sustaining teacher researchers: what support really makes a difference?

Aim: The main aim of the project was to explore how to establish practitioner research as an effective and sustainable form of continuing professional development both for participating researchers and, through their research work, for colleagues within the schools and network.

Language Issues in the Teaching and Learning of School Algebra

Aim: To investigate the link between language and competence in algebra, highlight the problems experienced by pupils when learning algebra, and suggest some strategies for teachers.

Students As Researchers (STARs) - 'Enhancing classroom challenges'

Aim: The main aim of this project is to explore messages from student led research into classroom challenges and attitudes. This project on enhancing classroom challenge aims to understand our learners better and to develop our approach towards learning and teaching processes in relation to raising achievement.