Presentation to the SERA 09 conference on GLOW and raising attainment

1. GLOW – Did the lights stay on ? A quantitative and qualitative 2 year study into raising attainment using ICT SERA 09

5. (The significant p values are indicated * in the table) Teacher differences on topic 3 (April 2008) .805766 .003558* .001750* 4 .805766 .056739 .034660* 3 .003558* .056739 .998774 2 .001750* .034660* .998774 1 81.20000 76.34722 62.01471 61.6667 (Mean) 4 3 2 1 Class

6. Continuation to May 2009 ( p-Values in red are statistically significant) 0.223 0.000 0.000 4 0.223 0.007 0.000 3 0.000 0.007 0.004 2 0.000 0.000 0.004 1 71.22 66.50 59.24 51.78 Mean 4 3 2 1 Class

8. Amount of Time Spent On Task (TOT) and Time Spent Off Task (TOffT) Table 9 Time On Task (TOT) and Time Off Task (TOffT) * With a p-value of 0.006 (p<0.05), we can state that there is a significant difference in the amount of TOT between Non Glow and Glow lessons. 4.0 (2.4-4.8) 38.4 (17.0-45.7) 29 (20.4-55.0) Median (Range) 0.004* 0.006* 0.867 3.8 (1.0) 33.5 (11.2) 33.8 (11.8) Mean (SD) TOffT 86.9 (85.5-94.0) 55.5 (41.4-65.0) 58 (30.0-63.3) Median (Range) 0.004* 0.006* 0.397 88.3 (3.9) 55.2 (8.3) 52.8 (12.1) Mean (SD) TOT 2 vs. 3 p 1 vs. 3 p 1 vs. 2 p TI Glow NTI Non Glow TI Non Glow 3 2 1

9. With a p-value of 0.012 (p<0.05), we can state that there is a significant difference in the amount of P-P TR between TI Non Glow and TI Glow lessons 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 0.0 (0.0-30.0) 0.0 (0.0-5.3) Median (Range) 0.570 0.527 1.000 0.0 (0.0) 4.4 (10.5) 1.3 (2.3) Mean (SD) T-P NTR 66.2 (44.4-84.2) 41.7 (5.0-58.8) 36.8 (20.8-63.6) Median (Range) 0.368 0.164 0.955 65.3 (19.8) 38.1 (18.1) 37.1 (14.4) Mean (SD) T-P TR 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 0.0 (0.0-4.4) 0.0 (0.0-1.3) Median (Range) 0.570 0.788 0.694 0.0 (0.0) 0.9 (1.7) 0.2 (0.5) Mean (SD) P-T NTR 3.5 (2.9-7.4) 12.8 (0.0-31.7) 13.5 (3.2-20.0) Median (Range) 0.283 0.109 1.000 4.3 (2.1) 13.2 (10.8) 12.5 (6.3) Mean (SD) P-T TR 3.4 (1.3-4.9) 15.7 (0.0-43.0) 14.0 (4.0-29.1) Median (Range) 0.154 0.024* 0.955 3.2 (1.6) 19 (15.6) 16.7 (8.7) Mean (SD) P-P NTR 19.3 (12.4-22.7) 1.5 (0.0-8.0) 0.0 (0.0-20.0) Median (Range) 0.004* 0.012* 0.955 18.4 (4.5) 3.1 (3.6) 5.0 (7.7) Mean (SD) P-P TR p p p TI Glow NTI Non-Glow TI Non Glow 2 vs. 3 1 vs. 3 1 vs. 2 3 2 1

14. (adapted from Prof. Stephen Heppell 2006 conference presentation http://rubble.heppell.net/creativeJISC/default.html)

16. From http://olliebray.typepad.com/olliebraycom/2009/08/21st-century-teaching-tools-south-lanarkshire.html

18. “ Stop talking, cut the spin and hype and start some serious evaluation”

19. A culture of secrecy has existed around GLOW development

20. GLOW Learn has been ill thought out and is too impersonal. “ Teaching by machines” went out with behaviourism