National Action Enquiry Programme Reports (2018-19)

Published 06/08/2019.  Last updated 19/03/2025
sourceKnowledge and research schoolLanguages schoolNumeracy and Mathematics schoolHealth and Wellbeing (HWB) categoryScottish Attainment Challenge categoryInclusion Wellbeing and Equality

The action enquiry papers this year are researching. Some papers are relevant to more than one category.

Numeracy

The impact on attachment style of numeracy development (PDF)

Bridging the gaps in numeracy attainment (PDF)

Psychological factors in promoting numeracy (PDF)

Promoting numeracy pedagogy and parental engagement to improve numeracy skills in vulnerable learners (PDF)

Developing numeracy pedagogy to improve numeracy attainment for pupils with additional support needs (PDF)

Developing numeracy pedagogy to improve numeracy attainment and motivation for all (PDF)

Numeracy and metacognition (PDF)

Factors underpinning numeracy skills development (PDF)

Literacy

Focus of learner feedback: a small scale research study using teacher feedback approaches to further promote writing progression in two P4 classes (PDF)

Developing an alternative P1 literacy approach to support struggling early readers (PDF)

Health and wellbeing

Using an electronic wellbeing tool to increase young people's engagement and voice to inform more effective planning for their wellbeing (PDF)

The Family Wellbeing Scale: The development of a scale to measure family wellbeing (phase 2) (PDF)

Implementation of 'How Nurturing is Our School?' – a pilot study of an initiative designed by Fife Council EPS (PDF)

Use of support and development group approach to aid schools in implementing Restorative Approaches (PDF)

Early Years FAIAR for the future: an attachment based parenting programme for secondary schools (PDF)

Small scale study exploring school attendance within an identified ASD population (PDF)

Evaluating the impact of whole-school nurture principles training in a West Dunbartonshire Secondary School (PDF)

An evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of 'Elephant's Tea Party' in a local authority mainstream secondary school (PDF)

Using the Friends for Life CBT programme to target pupils vulnerable to secondary school transition (PDF)

A collaborative strength based intervention promoting resilience through solution oriented approaches (PDF)

Engaging parents

The Family Wellbeing Scale: The development of a scale to measure family wellbeing (phase 2) (718 KB)
East Renfrewshire

Evaluating parental engagement dimensions: the development of a Renfrewshire toolkit (372 KB)
Renfrewshire

Promoting numeracy pedagogy and parental engagement to improve numeracy skills in vulnerable learners (372 KB)
South Ayrshire

Children and young people's views

PDF file: 'Technology Talks?' Using an electronic wellbeing tool to increase young people's engagement and voice to inform more effective planning for their wellbeing (443 KB)
Aberdeen City

PDF file: Explorations of factors that mediate the poverty related attainment gap, pupil views (331KB)
Glasgow

PDF file: Factors underpinning numeracy skills development: a pupil voice project (370 KB)
West Lothian

Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative

Educational Psychology Services from Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative each researched an aspect on numeracy which was relevant to their local authority. A paper was then progressed which analysed common psychological factors identified.

Psychological factors in promoting numeracy (PDF)

What is the impact on attachment style of numeracy development? (PDF)

Bridging the gaps in numeracy attainment (PDF)

Numeracy and metacognition (PDF)

Factors underpinning numeracy skills development (PDF)

Some of the improvement questions asked in 2018 to 2019:

  1. Can a valid, reliable and robust scale be developed to measure wellbeing in families in Scotland?

  2. What psychological factors are present in the development of mathematics?

  3. Does the implementation and evaluation of the Numicon approach + numeracy language enrichment in 3 Challenge School improve numeracy attainment outcomes for children within SIMD 1 and 2?

  4. Will introducing a nurturing approach whole-school lead to more young people being included in mainstream school throughout their secondary education?

  5. How can teachers use metacognitive knowledge to enhance children’s ability to solve problems in numeracy during the First level of Curriculum for Excellence?

All of the researchers are educational psychologists working in local authority educational psychology services.

The literature reviews in each of the summary reports will provide useful reading materials and references for specific research papers which will assist you in your own research and teaching.

The findings and recommendations from the research and development project are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Education Scotland.
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National Action Enquiry Programme Reports (2018-19)

Published 06/08/2019.  Last updated 19/03/2025
sourceKnowledge and research schoolLanguages schoolNumeracy and Mathematics schoolHealth and Wellbeing (HWB) categoryScottish Attainment Challenge categoryInclusion Wellbeing and Equality

The action enquiry papers this year are researching. Some papers are relevant to more than one category.

Numeracy

The impact on attachment style of numeracy development (PDF)

Bridging the gaps in numeracy attainment (PDF)

Psychological factors in promoting numeracy (PDF)

Promoting numeracy pedagogy and parental engagement to improve numeracy skills in vulnerable learners (PDF)

Developing numeracy pedagogy to improve numeracy attainment for pupils with additional support needs (PDF)

Developing numeracy pedagogy to improve numeracy attainment and motivation for all (PDF)

Numeracy and metacognition (PDF)

Factors underpinning numeracy skills development (PDF)

Literacy

Focus of learner feedback: a small scale research study using teacher feedback approaches to further promote writing progression in two P4 classes (PDF)

Developing an alternative P1 literacy approach to support struggling early readers (PDF)

Health and wellbeing

Using an electronic wellbeing tool to increase young people's engagement and voice to inform more effective planning for their wellbeing (PDF)

The Family Wellbeing Scale: The development of a scale to measure family wellbeing (phase 2) (PDF)

Implementation of 'How Nurturing is Our School?' – a pilot study of an initiative designed by Fife Council EPS (PDF)

Use of support and development group approach to aid schools in implementing Restorative Approaches (PDF)

Early Years FAIAR for the future: an attachment based parenting programme for secondary schools (PDF)

Small scale study exploring school attendance within an identified ASD population (PDF)

Evaluating the impact of whole-school nurture principles training in a West Dunbartonshire Secondary School (PDF)

An evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of 'Elephant's Tea Party' in a local authority mainstream secondary school (PDF)

Using the Friends for Life CBT programme to target pupils vulnerable to secondary school transition (PDF)

A collaborative strength based intervention promoting resilience through solution oriented approaches (PDF)

Engaging parents

The Family Wellbeing Scale: The development of a scale to measure family wellbeing (phase 2) (718 KB)
East Renfrewshire

Evaluating parental engagement dimensions: the development of a Renfrewshire toolkit (372 KB)
Renfrewshire

Promoting numeracy pedagogy and parental engagement to improve numeracy skills in vulnerable learners (372 KB)
South Ayrshire

Children and young people's views

PDF file: 'Technology Talks?' Using an electronic wellbeing tool to increase young people's engagement and voice to inform more effective planning for their wellbeing (443 KB)
Aberdeen City

PDF file: Explorations of factors that mediate the poverty related attainment gap, pupil views (331KB)
Glasgow

PDF file: Factors underpinning numeracy skills development: a pupil voice project (370 KB)
West Lothian

Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative

Educational Psychology Services from Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative each researched an aspect on numeracy which was relevant to their local authority. A paper was then progressed which analysed common psychological factors identified.

Psychological factors in promoting numeracy (PDF)

What is the impact on attachment style of numeracy development? (PDF)

Bridging the gaps in numeracy attainment (PDF)

Numeracy and metacognition (PDF)

Factors underpinning numeracy skills development (PDF)

Some of the improvement questions asked in 2018 to 2019:

  1. Can a valid, reliable and robust scale be developed to measure wellbeing in families in Scotland?

  2. What psychological factors are present in the development of mathematics?

  3. Does the implementation and evaluation of the Numicon approach + numeracy language enrichment in 3 Challenge School improve numeracy attainment outcomes for children within SIMD 1 and 2?

  4. Will introducing a nurturing approach whole-school lead to more young people being included in mainstream school throughout their secondary education?

  5. How can teachers use metacognitive knowledge to enhance children’s ability to solve problems in numeracy during the First level of Curriculum for Excellence?

All of the researchers are educational psychologists working in local authority educational psychology services.

The literature reviews in each of the summary reports will provide useful reading materials and references for specific research papers which will assist you in your own research and teaching.

The findings and recommendations from the research and development project are those of the authors and not necessarily those of Education Scotland.
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