by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Classroom-based Research into Raising Standards
This study was a one year intervention that compared the impact of Optima Writing and the NLS on children’s writing and spelling. The results indicated that the Optima Writing programme had a significant impact on all measures of children’s creative writing and...
by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Classroom-based Research into Raising Standards
This study ran for a single academic year in six secondary schools (three experimental and three comparison) when students were in Year 7. The experimental group were taught three times a day for 15 minutes by classroom assistants who had been trained through a series...
by Optima | Sep 23, 2019 | Classroom-based Research into Raising Standards
This study took place over three academic years in five schools (two experimental and three comparison) and compared Optima Maths with the National Numeracy Strategy (NNS). The results indicated that children made significantly better progress in a number of...
