Aim: To investigate the impact of hearing high-quality stories on Year 2 childrens writing. In particular to look for literary and other echoes, examine childrens views of story times, compare the impact of stories heard in story times with those studied in Literacy sessions as big books, investigate the presentation and style of different stories to see whether these also had an impact; and examine whether story times helped children develop their vocabulary.

Aim: To investigate the differences in the way writing in a foreign language is taught in the first year of secondary education in France and England to see what could be learned from such a comparison to improve our classroom practice. Challenge; Cultural awareness; Key stage 3; Literacy/English; MFL

Aim: To raise pupils attainment in mental calculations in mathematics through developing their ability to articulate the strategies they use.

Aim: The research sought to explore the childrens knowledge, views, understandings, interpretations and experiences of using laptop computers one-to-one and to gauge the effectiveness of the laptop use for the childrens learning.

Aim: To assess whether students' performance in science could be improved by increasing their self-esteem and generating positive support and feedback from their follow students.

Aim: To investigate what and how pupils learn from debriefed lessons and how teachers plan and support such lessons.

Aim: To investigate the extent to which use of a teaching approach based on the concept of area would help students overcome key difficulties in the transition from arithmetic to algebra.

Aim: To investigate the impact of physical theatre skills on a group of Year 8 students identified as needing to develop their non-verbal reasoning skills further and to document the processes and problem solving strategies Year 8 pupils use when attempting to learn a new, creative physical skill.

Aim: The study set out to explore the effects of a particular style of mentoring that aims to tackle issues of laddishness and macho image. It set out to provide ways for the students to opt out of laddish behaviour (prevalent amongst some girls as well as lads) without threatening their status in the eyes of their peers.

Aim: The project aims to investigate whether or not a specifically designed literacy programme for Key stage 4 students was having any impact on the quality of their written responses in English examinations.