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Questionnaires (2021)
Book Chapter
Tymms, P. (in press). Questionnaires. In R. Coe, M. Waring, L. V. Hedges, & J. Arthur (Eds.), Research Methods and Methodologies in Education (277-288). (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications

Absolute effects of schooling as a reference for the interpretation of educational intervention effects (2020)
Journal Article
Luyten, J., Merrell, C., & Tymms, P. (2020). Absolute effects of schooling as a reference for the interpretation of educational intervention effects. Studies in Educational Evaluation, Article 100939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2020.100939

Knowledge of the absolute effects of schooling provides a useful reference for the interpretation of the effectiveness of educational interventions. We use discontinuities in test scores between the oldest pupils in one birth cohort and the youngest... Read More about Absolute effects of schooling as a reference for the interpretation of educational intervention effects.

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.

Sex differences in variability across nations in Reading, Mathematics and Science: A Meta-Analytic extension of Baye and Monseur (2016) (2019)
Journal Article
Gray, H., Lyth, A., McKenna, C., Stothard, S., Tymms, P., & Copping, L. (2019). Sex differences in variability across nations in Reading, Mathematics and Science: A Meta-Analytic extension of Baye and Monseur (2016). Large-scale Assessments in Education, 7, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-019-0070-9

A recent study by Baye and Monseur (Large Scale Assess Educ 4:1–16, 2016) using large, international educational data sets suggest that the “greater male variation hypothesis” is well supported. Males are often over-represented at the tails of the ab... Read More about Sex differences in variability across nations in Reading, Mathematics and Science: A Meta-Analytic extension of Baye and Monseur (2016).

Ensuring standards in English A levels (2018)
Book Chapter
Tymms, P. (2018). Ensuring standards in English A levels. In J. Baird, T. Isaacs, D. Opposs, & L. Gray (Eds.), Examination Standards: How measures and meanings differ around the world (359). IOE Press

Number Identification: A Unique Developmental Pathway in Mathematics? (2018)
Journal Article
Cramman, H., Gott, S., Little, J., Merrell, C., Tymms, P., & Copping, L. (2020). Number Identification: A Unique Developmental Pathway in Mathematics?. Research Papers in Education, 35(2), 117-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2018.1536890

We make a prima facie case for identifying a single pathway in the learning of Hindu-Arabic numerical symbols and discuss why this ability may be a critical gateway concept in developing mathematical competencies. A representative sample of English a... Read More about Number Identification: A Unique Developmental Pathway in Mathematics?.

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.

Ensuring standards in English A levels (2018)
Book Chapter
Tymms, P. (2018). Ensuring standards in English A levels. In J. Baird, T. Isaacs, D. Opposs, & L. Gray (Eds.), How measures and meanings differ around the world. UCL IOE Press