thinking skills action research

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1、ThinkingSkillsActionResearchThinkingSkillsActionResearch.“AnInvestigationintotheImpactofThinkingSkillsonSelf-EsteemandAttitudeToLearningofATargetedGroupofYearThreeChildren.”ByMaureenBlakeyandAnneJacklin,MowbrayFirstSchool,Northumberland.MB/AJMowbray2006/2

2、007ThinkingSkillsActionResearchAimsoftheProject.Ouraimistodevelopchildren,whoexperiencedifficultieswithlearning,intomoreindependentlearnerswithskillstocopewhentheyfindlessonsdifficult.1.Bygivingthemthechancetoachieveinanenjoyable,secureenvironment,thereby

3、raisingself-esteem.2.Buildingonincreasedconfidencetoalterattitudestotheirownlearning.ResearchFocus.TheResearchProjectinvolved10childreninYear3whowerechosenbecauseoftheirinabilitytomakeadequateprogressorengageinclasslessonsattheexpectednationallevel.Otherf

4、actorstakenintoaccountwerelackofself-esteem,behaviourandattitudetotheirownlearning.Thegroupincludessomechildrenwhoarecurrentlyontheschool’sspecialneedsregister.SummaryofFindings.oTheChildrenfoundalltheactivitiesveryenjoyableandwereexcitedabouttheregularTh

5、inkingSkillssessions.oTheChildrenweremotivatedandspokeconfidentlyabouttheirexperiencesandfavouriteactivities.oThemajorityoftheChildrendisplayedgreaterself-confidenceandshowedthecapabilitytobecomeindependentlifelonglearners.oTherewasapositiveeffectontheira

6、ttitudetolearning.DescriptionoftheSchool“MowbrayFirstschoolisaslightlylargerthanaveragefirstschool.Economicallyandsociallytheareasuffersfromslightdisadvantageandchildren’sattainmentonentryisbelowaverage.Thereareveryfewminorityethnicpupilsandaboutaveragenu

7、mberswithlearningdifficultiesand/ordisabilities.OnehundredandthirteenchildrenareintheFoundationStage,mostofthemaretaughtintheattachedunit.Thepopulationoftheareaisgrowingandnumbersonrollarerising.ThishasresultedinasmallgroupofReceptionagedchildrenbeingtaug

8、htinamixedageclasswithYear1pupils.”OFSTEDreportMarch2006.SchoolEthosCommentsfromOfstedsayMowbrayisagoodschoolgivinggoodvalueformoneyandithasimprovedsignificantlyinrecentyearswithagoodcapacitytokeepimproving.Parentsf