Current Projects
Collaborative projects - GwE and Bangor University (CIEREI)
Completed
| Academic year / duration | Project title | Focus | Number Schools, pupils and teaching staff | Design |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 1 year |
Conwy-Gwynedd: Headsprout Reading Pilot Project | Early reading skills / Headsprout Early Reading Programme | 9 primary schools / 100 pupils |
One group Pre-post non-random |
| 2015-16 18 months |
Denbighshire-Conwy Headsprout Reading Pilot Project | Catch up-reading Headsprout Early Reading Programme and Reading comprehension | 11 primary schools / 61 pupils |
One group Pre-post non-random |
| 2015-16 1 year |
North Wales Online Reading Trial Study (NorthWORTS) | Early reading skills / Headsprout Early Reading Programme. Evaluating the impact of implementation support. |
22 primary schools / 269 pupils | Cluster-randomised control design – 11 schools randomised to standard support; 11 randomised to implementation support |
| 2016-17 1 year |
Conwy NorthWORTS-Supporting Parents Project | Train the trainer – Parents deliver catch up-reading / Headsprout Early Reading Programme | 24 primary schools / 112 pupils 112 families |
Cluster-randomised control design – 13 schools randomised to standard support 11 randomised to implementation support |
| 2016-17 1 year |
Ysgol Clawdd Offa SuccessMaker evaluation |
Online reading programme | 1 school/40 pupils | One intervention and one matched control group. Pre-post non-random |
Current Collaborative Projects – GwE & Bangor University
| March 2017 1 year |
GwE Evaluation project | Evaluation of the GwE secondary challenge and support programmes | All GwE secondary schools. Participants on the middle leadership programme. |
Mixed methods |
| 2017 6 months |
PISA Science rapid review | Evaluating teaching methods in higher attaining PISA schools | 6 secondary schools in Anglesey, Gwynedd and Conwy | Mixed methods |
| 2017-18 1 year |
North Wales Online Reading Trial Study- Trans Regional Implementation Project (NorthWORTS-TRIP) | Early reading skills / Headsprout Early Reading Programme. Regional implementation. |
25 primary schools | One group Pre-post non-random |
| 2017-2020 3 years |
SAFMEDS-GwE ESRC PhD studentship ‘Evaluating SAFMEDS numeracy intervention in to improve outcomes for at risk pupils’ |
Evaluating the impact of implementation support. | 65 primary schools 650 pupils |
Cluster-randomised control design – 30 schools randomised to standard support 30 randomised to implementation support |
| 2017-2020 3 years |
KESS-GwE PhD studentship ‘Using Education economics to evaluate the impact of strategic school improvement programmes’ | Using Education economics to evaluate the impact of strategic literacy and numeracy programmes | To be confirmed in October 2017 | Mixed methods |
| 2017-20 3 years |
iWaB-RLC Cluster PhD project ‘Improving Wellbeing and Behaviour in the Rhyl Learning community’ |
Improving Wellbeing and Behaviour in the Rhyl Learning community | 10 schools | Mixed methods including randomised control design study. |
| 2018-21 3 years |
iStER-GwE PhD project (Improving Standards Through Effective Revision) Evaluating the impact of evidence-based revision strategies in KS4 |
Evaluating the impact of implementation support. | Rapid review of evidence-based revision strategies and teacher-pupil survey followed by experimental study of promising strategies | |
| 2018-2021 3 years |
Readiness for Learning (R4L) and Wellbeing Project | Improving Wellbeing and Behaviour through improved strategies to develop learners’ Readiness for Learning. | 7 schools 18-19 A further 5 schools by 2021. |
Mixed methods including three control schools being involved to provide comparative data. |
Headsprout
North Wales Online Reading Trial Study – Trans Regional Implementation Project (NorthWORTS-TRIP) with Headsprout 2017-2018
Improving pupils’ reading skills. An evidence-based reading intervention that has undergone robust evaluation across North Wales schools. The first large-scale trans-regional online reading implementation project in Wales
SAFMEDS - Say All Fast Minute Every Day Shuffled
Improving Pupils’ Basic Numeracy Skills with SAFMEDS (SAFMEDS-GwE) 2017-2018
Improving pupils’ basic numeracy skills An evidence-based numeracy intervention that has undergone robust evaluation across North Wales schools The first large-scale precision teaching implementation project in Wales