Science education Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Teachers in participating (intervention group) schools will receive four days of professional development training in 'Thinking, Doing and Talking Science', and will later have time to work with colle
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Year 5 teachers at state primary schools in Oxfordshire, plus one colleague (preferably the science co-ordinator) in single-form entry schools so at least two teachers per school are involved. All Year 5 pupils in the 2013-4 academic year.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children who match the eligibility criteria but whose parents do not wish them to take part
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Achievement scores on age-appropriate science tests designed to cover the relevant primary curriculum and address factual recall and thinking/understanding. The tests have been designed by drawing questions from standardised assessments (Russell, T. and McGuigan, L., published by CRIPSAT) across a range of science topics. Schools were asked to administer first post-test measures between 9 and 23 June 2014. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pupil attitudes to science questionnaire based on Kind, P., Jones, K. and Barmby, P. , 'Developing Attitudes towards Science Measures', International Journal of Science Education, 29:7, 871 - 893. Students will sit their KS2 SATs w/c 11/5/15 (second post-test stage). | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed