Cramlington Community High School, Northumberland
Year 10 Science

Year 10 science students at Cramlington are currently benefiting from their teachers' knowledge of Accelerated Learning methods in a module on Electricity. The work has been designed to engage with each of the intelligences and so allow every student access to learning.

Using Alistair Smith's Accelerated Learning Cycle and current research on Multiple Intelligences, the Cramlington science department has planned lessons and complementary homework to facilitate each learner's individual needs. The lessons incorporate a range of activities designed to access each of the intelligences.

The students were given a questionnaire at the start of the module that revealed each one's intelligence profile and how this related to their learning. They were then able to use this information about themselves to access the learning through their dominant intelligence. Due to the variety of activities they were also given the opportunity to learn in other ways as well, allowing them to develop a 'portfolio of intelligences'.

The success of the project will be measured by comparing the results of this module to others in the year and to other Electricity modules in previous years. Progress of students towards target grades will also be taken into account, as will qualitative data from teachers and students. INSET days and videos of lessons will be used for evaluation and future training.