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Academic research: pedagogy
Part of the Educational research in STEM subjects collection, this is a collection of academic research looking at pedagogy in STEM subjects.
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Girls in the physics classroom
This report, published in June 2006, showed that girls were under-represented in physics post-16. In 2006 the Institute of Physics published the results of a review that sought to identify causes of this issue. Following publication of the research findings, the Institute produced a teachers' guide to carrying out...
Identifying factors limiting pupils’ progress in Key Stage 4 – a research project
This report, published in 2004 by the Department for Education, analysed the results of a project undertaken in In autumn 2003. LEA Key Stage 3 strategy managers were invited to take part in a small-scale project to investigate the causes of
underperformance of pupils in English, mathematics and science at...
The CASE approach for pupils with learning difficulties
Published in June 2002, this article, by Shirley Simon, looks at applying Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) theory to planning and teaching Thinking Science lessons for students with different needs.
Using Thinking Science with mixed-ability classes can be challenging...
Putting differentiation into practice in secondary science lessons
Published in 2002, this article, by Andy Piggott, describes different approaches to providing differentiation in the science classroom and gives examples of how these can be put into practice.
The article was published in School Science Review (...