JoTTER - volume 12
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Confidence vs Correctness: a study of how assessment for learning (AFL) impacts confidence and attainment in a Year 10 chemistry class studying Collision Theory
(Faculty of Education, 2021-06-01)The interrelationship between secondary school student confidence and attainment in science is a phenomenon that has been well documented by the science education community. The purpose of this action research intervention ... -
An investigation into how high-attaining Year 9 students’ understanding of grammar is affected by contextualised grammar teaching
(Faculty of Education, 2021-04-01)This paper explores an investigation, based on action research, into the impact of contextualised grammar teaching on a high-attaining Year 9 class’s understanding of grammar. Prompted by previous findings that have shown ... -
Embodied aspects of intercultural pragmatic competence:investigating the effects of using authentic video-based materials on confidence, fluency and accuracyin a Year 10 mixed-attainment language class
(Faculty of Education, 2021-05-01)This paper reports on a proposed research project designed to explore the impact of using a video-baseddrama-inspiredintervention to improve levels of confidence, fluency and accuracy in relation to spoken French. Using ... -
Moments of mindfulness: exploring pupils’ perspectives on short daily mindfulness activities and their potential effects on the classroom learning environment
(Faculty of Education, 2021-03-01)This small-scale case study explores the perspectives of Year 4 pupils on doing a daily mindfulness activity in the classroom and whether there were any perceived benefits to doing this over a 4-week period. Initially ...