Sutton Trust sister charity, The Education Endowment Foundation, have released findings from ten of their projects. The reports generated interest from the media including The Mirror, TES and Press Association.

The Mirror reported:

Playing computer games in maths lessons can help to boost pupils’ numeracy skills, research suggests.

Giving youngsters a series of games designed to engage them in the subject improves their abilities by three months, according to a new study.

Separate research concluded that nine and 10-year-olds find science more interesting and get better scores if they are asked creative questions, such as “how do we know the earth is a sphere?” or “how do we know the person next to us is alive?”.

The first project, which aimed to improve the numeracy and literacy skills of six and seven-year-olds, involved a 10 to 12 week programme of lessons, with teachers using specific lessons plans and materials, including the computer games.

The results showed that the maths part of the project had a positive impact on pupils’ numeracy skills, with their achievement improving by three months, but there was no evidence that the literacy section had an impact on children’s abilities in the subject.

Read the full article here.

View the ten completed projects and their reports here.

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