§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Minister of Education what projects have been supported financially from his research fund since its inception.
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§ Sir E. BoyleSince its inception in 1962–63 the following grants have been
Institution Project Approximate Cost Estimated duration of project £ Department of Education, Sheffield … Programmed learning (0 level mathematics) and teaching machines. 13,000 3 years Department of Sociology, Manchester Effects of home life on school performance. 10,000 4 years Department of Education, Leicester … Experiments by serving teachers with programmed learning in primary schools. 1,000 3 years Department of Industrial Administration, Manchester College of Science and Technology. Observation of mathematics teaching in secondary modern schools. 1,500 1 years Institute of Education, Nottingham … Education of the deaf … … 2,500* 2 years Department of Education, Swansea … Teaching of educationally sub-normal children. 5,000 3 years Institute of Education, London … New methods of marking examination papers in English. 1,000 1 years Department of Education, Birmingham (in association with Department of English, Leeds). Oral English tests in the Certificate of Secondary Education. 6,000 3 years Brunel College of Technology … … Learning of intellectually complex material 20,000 5 years Educational Foundation for Visual Aids Contribution to audio-visual aids experimental development unit. 15,000 3 years National Foundation for Educational Research. Merits of block and day release … 20,000 4 years National Foundation for Educational Research. Effects of streaming in primary schools. 58,000 5 years Institute of Christian Education … Religious attitudes in sixth forms of grammar schools. 400 1 years Department of Chemistry, Sheffield … Evaluation of programmes in A level chemistry. 150 2 years Institute of Education, London … Contribution to experiments with Initial Teaching Alphabet. 4,300 1 years Department of Education, Manchester Sixth form curricula … … 25,000 4 years Department of Education, Birmingham Methods of programming … 8,000 2 years Department of Education, Swansea … Analysis of data on co-education in secondary schools. 500 1 years School of Education, Manchester … Careers of teaching training students 12,500 5 years Department of Education, Leicester … Effects of streaming in secondary schools. 225 2 years Department of Audiology, Manchester Social adjustment of deaf children 5,000† 3 years Moor House Special School … … Analysis of data on speech defects 2,000 2 years * Together with £2,500 from the Dulverton Trust. † Together with contributions from the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Royal National Institute for the Deaf.