The original aims of my research were as follows:-

To investigate factors that influence attitude towards and achievement in ICT in a YR class (e.g. gender, home access to computers etc.).

To investigate the impact of a range of interventions/approaches in raising the level of achievement of any low achieving groups that have been identified.

To investigate if the further application of such interventions/approaches can act to decrease the range of attainment in ICT within the class by raising the standards of low achievers.

I planned to use an Action Research Cycle for this research and, indeed, a personal aim was to improve my understanding of how to carry out Action Research.

This research built on a piece of whole school research carried out the previous year which found that our KS2 girls self-assessed themselves as poorer at ICT than the boys did, even though no actual difference in achievement levels could be found, and that girls expressed less enthusiasm about using ICT.