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Cognitive Science Teacher Choices: Using examples to teach grammar to Year 7

Cognitive Science Teacher Choices: Using examples to teach grammar to Year 7 (a Randomised Controlled Trial)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN14181429
Enrollment
11440
Registered
2024-04-03
Start date
2024-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-13

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Conditions

Correct use of grammar when writing in English Other

Interventions

This evaluation is a randomised controlled trial which aims to measure the impact of three different approaches to using examples to teach Y7 grammar on pupil writing composition. The research desig

Sponsors

Educational Endowment Foundation
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Year 7 (age 11-12 years) pupils 2. Eligible participants are teachers of Year 7 English and their pupils in state-funded secondary schools 3. All state-funded secondary schools in England are eligible to participate in the trial

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not meeting the participant inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Writing composition (combined attainment in (1) sentence structure and text organisation, (2) punctuation and (3) composition and effect, across two text types) measured using the Text-Type-Specific Writing Assessment (TSWA), a bespoke assessment developed by NFER, at the end of the trial

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Knowledge of grammatical constructs (focusing primarily on the noun phrase and its constituent parts) measured using the Noun Phrase Grammar Assessment (NPGA), a bespoke assessment developed by NFER, at the end of the first teaching block

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactSarah Millar
teacherchoices@nfer.ac.uk+44 (0)1753574123

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026