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AIMS AND METHODS

Aims of the Evaluation

This study was designed to evaluate the educational and operational effectiveness of the London Challenge element of the Schools interactive Whiteboard Expansion project (SWE). The SWE funding stream was intended to fully equip at least one core subject department in each London secondary school with interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and became available for this purpose in 2003/4.

The objectives of the research were to assess the impact of interactive whiteboard use on:

• • Teaching and learning;
• • Teacher/pupil motivation, and pupil attendance and behaviour;
• • Standards in core subjects at KS3 and GCSE.

It also assessed the impact of SWE?s approach to teacher CPD and the effectiveness of the structures in place at LEA and school level to guide the project implementation in local settings. This study used a mixed methods research design. The main methods employed were:

• • Case studies;
• • Survey of departmental IWB availability and usage;
• • Statistical analysis of pupil performance data.