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.
The Evidence People
Critical thinking
Rubrics: a self evaluation tool that supports children's learning
Aim: Rubric is an explicit summary of the criteria for assessing a particular piece of student work, plus levels of potential achievement for each criterion.
Debriefing: Pupils' Learning and Teacher Planning
Aim: To investigate what and how pupils learn from debriefed lessons and how teachers plan and support such lessons.
Using drama to improve creative writing
Aim: The aim of the project was to improve our drama teaching and raise the standards of the childrens writing through drama.
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.