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Fife Peer Learning Project

Fife Peer Learning Project. Peter Tymms (Durham, Fife & Dundee). Outline. Why Peer Learning The Fife Peer Learning Project Why Scotland Confluence of Fife, Dundee and PIPS Peer Learning Overall plan Design Decisions at Authority Level Issues. Peer Learning.

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Fife Peer Learning Project

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  1. Fife Peer Learning Project Peter Tymms (Durham, Fife & Dundee)

  2. Outline • Why Peer Learning • The Fife Peer Learning Project • Why Scotland • Confluence of Fife, Dundee and PIPS • Peer Learning • Overall plan • Design • Decisions at Authority Level • Issues

  3. Peer Learning • Meta-analyses of pupil level RCTs generally positive • Effect Sizes of 0.4 to 0.8 • For mathematics and reading (and other attainment). • For social outcomes • For tutors and tutees • Across many ages groups

  4. Scotland • Well organised Authorities • No high stakes tests in primaries • No National Curriculum • Alignment with the aims of peer learning

  5. Fife • Next to Dundee’s Centre for Peer Learning • About 150 primary schools • Already doing PIPS in P1, P3, P5 and P7 • Enthusiastic Authority

  6. The Overall Plan • Run Peer Learning in schools for two years in reading and mathematics. • Use PIPS to check impact

  7. We know that .. Peer Learning is effective But • Can a whole Authority change together? • Which is best • Cross-age or Same-age? • Mix or separate subjects? • Intensive or light?

  8. Cross-age versus Same-age • Research suggests Cross-age works best But • It is hard to sustain and organise

  9. Mixing versus Separation • Learning skills in one context may help in another But • Research suggests that transfer is problematic

  10. Intensive or Light • Harder more intensive work might get better results But • Intense work can confuse and be onerous

  11. What data will we collect? • What Heads and Teachers say • What schools have done • Pupils’ • Progress • Attitudes • Home background, sex, age etc • Behaviour • From Fife primary schools and many others in Scotland

  12. Compare • Overall • Fife-in-the-future with Fife-in-the-past • Fife with other authorities • Specifically for reading and maths • Cross-age with same-age • Separate and mixed approaches • Intensive and light approaches

  13. Factorial Design • Cross age vs same age • Maths versus reading versus both • Intensive versus light

  14. Allocation for forms of peer learning • 120 schools agreed to be randomly assigned • A few more have since agreed • Details of procedure in paper.

  15. Strategic Authority Decisions • Commitment • Funding • Ethics • School Support • Parental support • Councillors • Timing

  16. So far • The project is running • A few schools have backed away from random allocation • Project is running enthusiastically • Exploratory data collected soon • Fingers crossed.

  17. Issues • Getting the project going • Idea to implementation took years • Coordination of three groups • Persuading schools • Leekage • Maintaining momentum • What are we evaluating?

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