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• We require evidence-based practice, not just common sense and intuition
Can we make a difference?
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Put these in rank order of effectiveness:• Feedback/reinforcement
• Peer tutoring
• Performance related pay
• Homework
• Ability grouping
• Teaching assistants
• Assessment for learning
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RCTs, Meta Analyses and Effect Sizes to measure impact
• Why randomly assign?
• What is a meta-analysis?
• What are Effect Sizes?
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Effect Sizes
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Put these in rank order of effectiveness
• Feedback/reinforcement ES = 0.73• Peer tutoring ES = 0.50• Performance related pay ES = 0.0• Homework ES = 0.36• Ability grouping ES = 0.12• Teaching assistants ES = 0.0• Assessment for Learning ES = 0.32
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Sutton Trust ToolkitE
ffec
t S
ize
(mon
ths
gain
)
Cost per pupil
Promising
May be worth it
Not worth it
Feedback
Meta-cognitive
Peer tutoring
Homework
Learning styles
Individualised learning
AfL
ArtsAbility grouping
Summer schools
Parentalinvolvement
Sports
Performance pay
ICT
After school
Pre-school
1 : 1 tutoring
Smaller classes
Teaching assistants
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Peer Learning
Centre For Peer Learning at Dundee University for resources
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Peer Tutoring
• Cross-age is best
• Children aged 10 tutoring children two years younger
• How do you select the pairs?
• Frequency of sessions
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Peer Tutoring
• Tutees select book that interests them
• Readability– 5 finger test– 5 pages– Between 5 & 10 errors in all means suitable
readability
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Peer Tutoring
• Pairs read together
• Tutee reads independently
• Error correction– Tutor waits 4 to 5 secs for tutee to self correct– Tutor corrects if necessary– Tutor praises– Pair read together until tutee signals otherwise
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Peer Tutoring
• Same-age tutoring didn’t work as well– Reading attainment didn’t improve
significantly– Tutors corrected more errors– Pairs spent more time talking about book
than reading it
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Motor and Cognitive Development
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What new initiative would you like to implement?
How will you implement it?Training for teachers?Which year groups?
How will you measure its impact?What assessments will you use before and after
the intervention?
How might you practically turn a strategy that is effective in research studies into a workable programme for your school?
