PT RMS Year 2 Research Plans by Sara Hennessy

NAME, TOPIC, APPROACH, METHODS

sch30 — 2024-10-08 05:43:22 UTC

Janella (maths)

2024-10-25 09:58:31 UTC

How do we explain fraction division?

An evaluation of the presence and quality of explanations in textbooks and digital resources used in English KS2 and KS3 classrooms.

Deskbased research using an evaulation framework.

Steve Whitby (ELSI)

2024-10-25 10:41:37 UTC

My field of research is into belonging within the context of a boarding school in relation to boarding status.

I will use mixed methods, interviews and questionnaires to gather data. Update, not sure now! Maybe just a survey?? 🤷🏼‍♂️ My current question is “The Impact of Boarding Status on Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Comparative Study of Day, Day in Boarding, and Full Boarders in Elite UK Schools”

2024-10-25 20:47:48 UTC

Georgina (ELSI)

I am researching the impact of Pakistan's Large Scale Assessment- i'm looking at what recommendations from this have reached schools and the perception of stakeholders on this. It is all still in the early ideas stage! I am likely to do interviews with key stakeholders and possibly a small-ish scale survey

Emma Smith (maths)

2024-10-26 10:04:01 UTC

I'm looking at a case study approach to explore student and teacher perspectives of maths resilience and the role of learning environment, pedagogy and any prior interventions.

I will likely do a survey to select participants and then class observations and semi structured interviews with students and their teachers.

Jyotsna (ELSI)

2024-11-02 20:13:35 UTC

I am an edtech enthusiast and I am curious to know how GenZs perceive the threats of AI. I intend to use interviews to understand their perspective better.

Sarah (maths)

2024-11-03 09:47:03 UTC

I am researching Year 4 teacher perspectives on the effect of the Multiplication Tables Check on the teaching and learning of multiplication facts. As part of this, I am interested in finding out about teacher interpretations of fluency.

At this stage, I plan to use interviews to gather data.

Charlie Gore | Y2 Primary Education

2024-11-03 22:59:29 UTC

I am curious as to whether a bespoke curriculum, co-created with the pupil and pupil’s caregiver(s), provide more opportunity for excitement and engagement in the home educating environment.

Why has this question arisen?

1. The number of families electing to home educate is increasing yearly and more and more people seem unhappy with the school system

2. More people can now work from home or work with more flexible hours (COVID seemed to have been a strong catalyst for this)

3. Not enough opportunity for play in UK schools (?)

4. Lots of evidence online of parents asking ‘where do we start? How do we home educate?’ in Facebook/support groups and online, suggesting they are unsure of how to structure their children’s learning

Mixed methods using:

County-wise survey
Questionnaires
Video observation

Tereza (maths)

2024-11-03 23:22:53 UTC

From the little reading I have done so far I can see that children with low-SES status tend to start school with poorer numeracy skills than their peers and this gap only widens throughout formal schooling. I want to find out how this gap could be approached and narrowed by seeing what successful school/schools are doing to support their low-SES children to achieve well/above the national average in SATS.

My research design will likely be a case study or several interviews.

Eric Song (maths)

2024-11-04 00:19:07 UTC

I am doing mathematics tuition right now and I am curious about whether rote practice works for students. probably I will try comparison groups.

Bethany Ciullo (primary)

2024-11-04 18:52:34 UTC

My topic will be on the Mathematics California Subject Examination Test (CSET) which tests mathematical content knowledge prior to teaching certification. I don't think it's an appropriate exam for prospective teachers and discourages some potentially great teachers from getting a certification, so I am going to make a case for a different exam style that focuses less on multiple choice and more on constructed response, and is a better representation if the test takers know the topic enough to teach it.

I plan on having university professors and/or high school teachers in mathematics take the current CSET exam (practice exams are available for study purposes that mimic the real exams) and my proposed exam side by side and tell me their thoughts on both, especially focusing on whether or not each exam seems fit for a potential teacher while also staying true to content knowledge and ability to do mathematics.

Cheryl Pilliner-Reeves (ELI)

2024-11-06 14:08:04 UTC

My research title is 'What does an optimal framework for educating part-time, geographically dispersed architecture graduates to effectively lead informal education look like and how can it be improved by technology to foster a community of practice to meet UNSDG 4; Quality Education?' My methods include a pre & post test, interview & questionnaire

Stacey (ELSI)

2024-11-06 14:08:29 UTC

Topic is 'ethical leadership' and then something like 'its impact on organisational identity' or ' impact on educational excellent' or 'staff wellbeing' - I haven't nailed this down yet!

I'll use questionnaire and semi-structured interviews

Anthony Smith

2024-11-06 14:17:28 UTC

I am researching the transition from primary to secondary school from a curriculum perspective. Likely to focus on teacher perspectives in a specific subject (though I have not chosen the subject yet).

I am intending to use semi-structured interviews in order to gather data in one primary school and one secondary school (which is where I work).