The Institute of Education (IOE) have been working with Mathematics Specialist Teachers (MaST) from the Midlands and the Northwest of England to share and test the latest version of Fractions Lab. In our two latest workshops, kindly facilitated by Edge Hill University during their March MaST days, we were interested in how Fractions Lab may…
At Whizz Education (Whizz), we aim to provide a learning journey that is tailored to each child’s individual needs, regardless of their background, age or ability. We see the potential to make this vision a reality through the iTalk2Learn project, and we believe every educator should pay close attention to the innovations of this project.…
7/6/13 The Institute of Education (IOE) worked with a small group of 10 to 11 year old students towards the end of the academic year to undertake three main tasks. The students that participated in the research were highly motivated high achievers. Discovering students’ fraction representations The aim of this trial was to observe…
27/1/13 The Institute of Education (IOE) has been working with schools to complete trials for the iTalk2Learn project. One of the schools that IOE is working with is St Peter’s School. IOE’s current work at the school is focussed upon piloting the Wizard-Of-Oz functionalities and getting feedback from the students about the platform overall. In…
The iTalk2Learn project is benefiting from the expertise that Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) has in educational psychology and experimental research methods. RUB is responsible for developing a theoretical intervention model, as well as planning and organising formative and summative evaluation of the iTalk2Learn project. In this blog post, you will find out more about RUB’s…