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Found 24 results for query "journal article author information double major Microsoft faculty sponsor video games 2010-2017":

• Literature Review in Games and Learning

  This review provides a summary of the contemporary state of the computer and video gaming industry, market and culture and an overview of the main developments in research into gaming.
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• Author Q&A: Susanna Bailey

  Children’s author Susanna Bailey discusses the process of writing.
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• National Reference Test 2025: Information for Markers

  Please visit this page if you are considering applying to become a marker for the National Reference Test 2025.
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• Information about the reception baseline assessment

  The Reception Baseline Assessment is a statutory assessment that provides a snapshot of where pupils are when they arrive at school.
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• Video Samples

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• Information about NFER Online Assessments Trialling

  NFER is currently developing e-Assessment capability in the form of an online system for managing learners and on screen assessments.
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• The Double Club Evaluation

  DCSF commissioned NFER to undertake an evaluation of Double Club, an initiative aimed at improving the attainment, especially in literacy and numeracy, of underachieving pupils in Key Stage 3.
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• A closer focus: Locating information and understanding ideas

  NFER Research Manager Sarah Gibb discusses the tasks pupils can generally manage and the skills that become more challenging in KS2 reading tests.
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• Educational Research journal

  Educational Research, the journal of the NFER, was established in 1958. Drawing upon projects in universities and research centres worldwide, it is a leading forum for informed thinking on issues of contemporary concern in education.
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• Games in Education: Serious Games

  This report is a review of research around gaming environments for education; this includes games, serious games, virtual worlds and simulations.
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• What assessment information should I share with parents?

  In this ‘Ask the expert’, Liz Twist, Head of Assessment Research and Product Development at NFER and former teacher, answers some FAQs on sharing assessment information with parents.
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• Research Projects for Information

  From teacher surveys through to classroom trials, your participation in our research projects has the potential to lead to improved outcomes for children and young people.
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• An Anatomy of Games: A discussion paper

  This paper describes the components from which games are constructed.
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• Teaching with Games: Using commercial off-the-shelf computer games in formal education

  Teaching with Games was a project supported by Electronic Arts, Microsoft and Take-Two, and Interactive Software Federation of Europe, investigating the place of mainstream commercial computer games in the classroom.
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• Where have all the levels gone? The importance of a shared understanding of assessment at a time of major policy change

  This NFER Thinks paper argues that while it may not be desirable to preserve the language of ‘levelness’, the importance of a shared understanding of assessment should never be overlooked.
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• Information about NFER Assessments Performance Research

  NFER is currently undertaking research to understand different approaches to the production of standardised and age-standardised scores.
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• Games-based Experiences for Learning

  The report is based on a summary review of the available research literature on digital games-based learning and interviews with experts, including game developers, researchers in the field and teachers.
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• Computer Games and Learning Handbook

  This handbook aims to help educators develop practical approaches to the use of computer games as a medium for learning.
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• Information about the measures

  Further information about the measures in the dashboard.
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• Computer Games, Schools and Young People: a report for educators on using games for learning

  This report focuses on the use of games as resources to support the educational aims, objectives and planned outcomes of teachers who understand that games are an important medium.
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• Evaluation of Accelerate: Research Information Sheet

  The evaluation includes an overarching fund-level evaluation, and bespoke evaluations of each project that is funded as part of the programme. Each project includes a process (formative) and impact (summative) evaluation. The evaluation will be conducted between November 2017 and October 2021.
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• Request your free video sample

  See NFER Online Assessments in action with your own video sample.
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• Guide to Information Law

  This online resource is intended to provide a practical guide to information law and is specifically aimed at staff working in local authority children's services departments.
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• Insights into major initiatives aimed at improving the life chances of children and young people in adversity in the UK and Republic of Ireland

  This mapping study aims to provide an understanding of the major initiatives supporting children and young people in adversity in the UK nations and the Republic of Ireland.
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