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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Evaluation of the STEM Pathfinder Programme

An evaluation, published in October 2009,  of the STEM Pathfinder programme was carried out by NFER on behalf of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT), and draws on evidence gathered from twenty-nine of the participating forty schools.

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What are we doing to ensure that the most able young people are stretched and encouraged to continue studying science?

This paper recommends that more in-depth analysis of existing data, of interventions and their impact, is necessary before it can reliably be concluded that further action is necessary to improve stretch and progression in science post-16. 

Key findings of the near misses 4+ A* -C GCSE Pilot

Published in 2007, this briefing paper highlights the main findings from the small pilot undertaken with just 14 schools in six LAs during 2005–06 which targeted underachievement in these schools and focused on various possible  strategies to tackle this issue.  
 

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...

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