Santiago de Compostella, Spain 3-5 October, 2017 7th Partner Meeting Santiago de Compostella, Spain 3-5 October, 2017

Pilot Country Update - Croatia

Pilot implementation Since April 2016 30 primary schools (students age 10 – 14) 61 experimental teachers 60 control teachers 2298 experimental and control students

Students’ tests Final Initial December 2016-January 2017 120 groups of students Schedulling and coordination Distribution of accounts 78% response rate Scoring (February-March 2017) May-June 2017 Almost the same response rate Scoring (July 2017)

Student testing Extreme situations: - 2 schools with 4+4 classes (14 groups) - student testing on Saturday(s) - testing 2 students on the island - testing during earthquake

Teacher questionnaire Initial Final January 2017 97/120 June 2017 95/120

QE – 2 case studies Primary school Brezovica (visited during Zagreb meeting) English language (grade 7d, 24 students) Biology (same class) Primary school Retfala (Osijek) Mathematics (grade 6a, 21 students)

Piloting: Challenges Technical: Pedagogical: Low total number of computers in school Usually one computer classroom per school Internet connectivity in school No technical support for teachers Pedagogical: Skill development - not included in any school subject in Hr Formative assessment - not a known concept or practice Autonomous learning - much needed but difficult to grasp

Best practice presentation Zagreb, September 22, 2017 Attended by the Assistant Minister of Science and Education of Croatia! 9 piloting teachers presenting Variety of tools and applications Ideas

English language 7th grade Mistery person in the class (over Skype) Student presentations in Classroom Notebook

Croatian language 5th & 8th grade Story telling in Yammer Keeping a diary in Students pages Writing letters in Students pages

Geography & English 6th grade Search for facts about London Publish in Weebly Women who changed the world Publish in PosterMyWorld

Croatian language 5th grade A dictionary of a dialect in Power Point