1. MAKING 3 LEVELS PROGRESS WITH STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVED A LEVEL 3 AT KS2.
Tom Rainbow

2. Advantages of Non-Accredited Research
No requirement to fulfil criteria – less time pressure. Freedom.
Team approach more likely.
More likely to ‘have a go’.
Focus is on the teaching and learning rather than on the write-up.

3. The Current Situation at Ivybridge Community College:
KS2 Level 3 ≥ 3 Levels Progress College National LA (%) KS2 Level 4 ≥ 3 Levels Progress (%) KS2 Level 5 ≥ 3 Levels Progress College National LA (%)

4. Initial meeting with all schools participating
Initial meeting with all schools participating. Four projects running concurrently – SEAL, Involving Parents, Functional Maths and Three Level Progress.
Questionnaire designed by each member of the team. Collated into one general questionnaire.
Questionnaire
Questionnaires given to students. Second meeting to decide on next steps

5. Analysis of students’ approaches to calculation: Formal Methods
Jottings
Questions
Examples of jottings
Results of jottings work
Discussions with students (video clip)

6. Conclusions:
Consider changes to SoW. Change of emphasis for students entering college with L3.
Build jotting strategies and techniques into SoW for Level 3 and low Level 4 students.
Focus on non-commutative operations and proportional reasoning.
Provide opportunities for students to discuss possible misconceptions and explore inconsistencies in their reasoning.