Ready to Learn? The Experiment is a major piece of education research designed to investigate the impact of factors such as diet, sleep, and exercise on children's readiness to learn.
More than 78,000 children at 682 schools took part in what was the largest ever experiment of its kind in March 2008.
Read our research outcomes for a full report on the findings as well as summaries for students. Or try our ready to learn activities to give you a snapshot of a pupil's cognitive abilities. These have been reversioned to allow teachers to use them for their own action research in schools.
Research outcomes
Read about the research outcomes including the full final report from The Tavistock Clinic, summary versions, and related information about the academic research behind the experiment.
Ready to learn activities
Our ready to learn activities include the online activities which measure cognitive function for use in your own action research, science lesson plans and resources for key stages 1 to 4, and alternative paper-based activities.
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