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Psychometric Evaluation of Aurora-a: An Augmented Assessment of Analytical, Practical, and Creative Abilities in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence (2024)
Journal Article
Hein, S., Tan, M., Ahmed, Y., Elliot, J. . G., Bolden, D. . S., Sternberg, R. . J., & Grigorenko, E. . L. (in press). Psychometric Evaluation of Aurora-a: An Augmented Assessment of Analytical, Practical, and Creative Abilities in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology,

The Theory of Successful Intelligence defines intelligence as the integrated set of abilities and competencies in specific domains needed to attain success in life. Informed by this theory, we examined the dimensionality, reliability, and validity of... Read More about Psychometric Evaluation of Aurora-a: An Augmented Assessment of Analytical, Practical, and Creative Abilities in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence.

Innovation and change within education (2023)
Book Chapter
Tymms, P., & Bolden, D. (in press). Innovation and change within education. In D. D. Preiss, M. Singer, & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Creativity, Innovation, and Change Across Cultures. (1). Palgrave Macmillan

‘The only constant in life is change’ (Heraclitus) and so it is with education. Children change due to maturation, culture, home and teaching. In addition, the education systems within which children find themselves also change; the systems evolve an... Read More about Innovation and change within education.

Going round in circles: Geometry in the early years (2023)
Journal Article
Oughton, R. H., Wheadon, D. M., Bolden, D. S., Nichols, K., Fearn, S., Darwin, S., …Townsend, A. (2023). Going round in circles: Geometry in the early years. Mathematics teaching, 286, 29-34

The research described here came from a collaboration between university-based mathematicians and early years (EY) educators. The project emerged naturally, driven by the felt need of the EY educators to develop a broader understanding and appreciati... Read More about Going round in circles: Geometry in the early years.

Developing ‘deep mathematical thinking’ in geometry with 3- and 4-year-olds: A collaborative study between early years teachers and University-based mathematicians (2022)
Journal Article
Oughton, R., Nichols, K., Bolden, D. S., Dixon-Jones, S., Fearn, S., Darwin, S., …Townsend, A. (2022). Developing ‘deep mathematical thinking’ in geometry with 3- and 4-year-olds: A collaborative study between early years teachers and University-based mathematicians. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, https://doi.org/10.1080/10986065.2022.2119497

Mathematics in early years settings is often restricted to learning to count and identifying simple shapes. This is partly due to the narrow scope of many early years curricula and insufficient teacher training for exploring deeper mathematical conce... Read More about Developing ‘deep mathematical thinking’ in geometry with 3- and 4-year-olds: A collaborative study between early years teachers and University-based mathematicians.

Reading to learn? The co‐development of mathematics and reading during primary school (2022)
Journal Article
Hübner, N., Merrell, C., Cramman, H., Little, J., Bolden, D., & Nagengast, B. (2022). Reading to learn? The co‐development of mathematics and reading during primary school. Child Development, 93(6), 1760-1776. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13817

Understanding how early reading and mathematics co-develop is important from both theoretical and pedagogical standpoints. Previous research has provided mixed results. This paper investigates the development of reading and mathematics in a longitudi... Read More about Reading to learn? The co‐development of mathematics and reading during primary school.

Exploring the links between household chores, learning, and mathematics performance in Zambia (2022)
Journal Article
Tan, M., Li, N., Pirozzolo, J. W., Bolden, D., Chamvu, F., Jere-Folotiya, J., …Yrigollen, C. (2023). Exploring the links between household chores, learning, and mathematics performance in Zambia. Current Psychology, 42, 20397–20408. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03077-z

In Zambia, as well as many other African and non-Western cultures, the extent and kind of children’s chores may contribute to their learning, yet often also conflict with their schooling. In the moderation analysis we present in this manuscript, we a... Read More about Exploring the links between household chores, learning, and mathematics performance in Zambia.

Standards in Education: Reforms, Stagnation and the Need to Rethink (2020)
Journal Article
Bolden, D., & Tymms, P. (2020). Standards in Education: Reforms, Stagnation and the Need to Rethink. Oxford Review of Education, 46(6), 717-733. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2020.1781608

Countries around the world are striving to improve their educational systems with a view to improving their economy and society. In this global competition, national and international test results are of considerable interest. In this paper, we show... Read More about Standards in Education: Reforms, Stagnation and the Need to Rethink.

Interdependent Cross-Age Peer Tutoring in Mathematics (2018)
Journal Article
Zeneli, M., Tymms, P., & Bolden, D. (2018). Interdependent Cross-Age Peer Tutoring in Mathematics. International journal of psychology and educational studies, 5(3), 33-50. https://doi.org/10.17220/ijpes.2018.03.004

Peer tutoring is a form of structured peer learning technique. This study develops and tests a new form of peer tutoring technique, ‘Interdependent Cross-Age Peer Tutoring’ (ICAT). The method is informed by the ‘what works literature’ within peer tut... Read More about Interdependent Cross-Age Peer Tutoring in Mathematics.

In which ways and to what extent do English and Shanghai Students Understand Linear Function' (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Barmby, P., & Bolden, D. (2017). In which ways and to what extent do English and Shanghai Students Understand Linear Function'. Research in Mathematics Education, 19(1), 66-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2017.1287001

This study investigates how students in England and Shanghai understand linear function. Understanding is defined theoretically in terms of five hierarchical levels: Dependent Relationship; Connecting Representations; Property Noticing; Object Analys... Read More about In which ways and to what extent do English and Shanghai Students Understand Linear Function'.