Closing/narrowing the gap | Centre for the Use of Research & Evidence in Education (CUREE)

Using Thinking Tools to enhance childrens ability to think and improve national test results

Aim: To discover the extent to which selected thinking tools could enhance childrens ability to think from a viewpoint other than their own and thus help improve their optional Year 4 reading and writing national test scores.

Promoting good understanding of number concepts and skills

Aim: To identify which teaching methods are more effective in promoting good understanding of number concepts and skills for pupils to make significant progress in number at Key Stage 2.

Narrowing the Gap - Developing Personalised Curricula for Vulnerable Students

Aim: The overall aim of the project was to improve the attendance, attainment, progression and life opportunities for vulnerable students. In particular to focus on SEAL to develop lifelong learning skills and improve life chances for vulnerable students, create a personalised curriculum for vulnerable students and use data to identify key groups of vulnerable students.

The leadership of enquiry: learning internationally

Aim: Research undertaken by the Excellence through Collaboration and Enabling Leadership (EXCEL) networked learning community has focused on the extent to which learning can be enriched and extended by working in a cross-phase, cross-local authority and cross-national context. The key strands running through the research activities generated by EXCEL are pupil voice, internationalism and the creation of a culture of school-based research in which teachers and pupils have been empowered to lead their own learning.

Fostering ability

Aim: To identify more able students, develop teaching methods that encourage them to reach their full potential, and examine whether identifying the more able students enables teachers to be more effective in meeting their needs.