Science CPD for Year 5 primary school teachers and science attainment and attitudes in Year 5 and Year 6 pupils Other
Conditions
Interventions
An independent trial statistician at the University of York will conduct randomisation at the school level using a 1:1 ratio to the following trial arms:
1. The intervention arm will receive the TDTS
this is subject to discussion after analysis of the first year of data.
Sponsors
University of York
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The school must be state-funded 2. Participants in the professional development programme are Year 5 teachers; for the primary outcome measure, participants are Year 5 pupils (aged 9-10 years) 3. The school must have a minimum of one full class of Year 5 pupils (mixed year group classes will not be eligible to take part). 4. The school will allow all Year 5 teachers to be available for the 4.5 days of training. If a school only has one Year 5 teacher, another teacher (ideally the science co-ordinator) would also need to attend the training 5. The school agrees to all requirements outlined in the Information for Schools and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) documents (including commitment to keep same Year 5 teachers across the 2 years wherever possible) 6. Schools within a multi-academy trust (MAT) will be eligible to participate on the understanding that schools within the same MAT must agree that they either do not usually, or will not during the period of the trial, collaborate on science teaching
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The school does not operate a 2-year science curriculum that involves Year 5 pupils (i.e. either Year 4/Year 5 or Year 5/Year 6) 2. The school or individuals involved have not been involved in the previous trials of TDTS, been trained in TDTS or taken part in the pre-trial. If the school is part of a MAT then none of the schools within the MAT has taken part in the pre-trial 3. The school is not involved in the EEF Stop & Think trial 4. The school has not been involved in the EEF Focus for Teacher Assessment of Primary Science (Focus4TAPS)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Attainment measured using the Year 5 Science Assessment, developed by the Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) and York Trials Unit (YTU), University of York, administered to Cohort 1 in June-July 2023 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Science attitudes of pupils measured using Science Attitudes Questionnaire in June/July 2023 | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactLyn;David Robinson-Smith;Torgerson
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Outcome results
None listed