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The Surprising Persistence of Biglan's Classification Scheme (2015)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (2015). The Surprising Persistence of Biglan's Classification Scheme. Studies in Higher Education, 1520-1531. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2015.1111323

Within higher education systems, different institutions deliver different patterns of disciplines. A simple analysis of the structure of that pattern of disciplines across institutions in one higher education system uncovers a surprising relationship... Read More about The Surprising Persistence of Biglan's Classification Scheme.

The Anatomy of a Mathematical Proof: Implications for Analyses with Toulmin's Scheme (2015)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (2015). The Anatomy of a Mathematical Proof: Implications for Analyses with Toulmin's Scheme. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 90(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-015-9616-0

A model solution to a proof question on an examination is explored and subjected to a detailed analysis in terms of Toulmin’s scheme of argumentation. In doing so, the ways in which the scheme has been variously used in the mathematics education and... Read More about The Anatomy of a Mathematical Proof: Implications for Analyses with Toulmin's Scheme.

Assessment and its outcomes: the influence of disciplines and institutions (2015)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (2016). Assessment and its outcomes: the influence of disciplines and institutions. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 41(6), 917-937. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2015.1052369

Existing research provides evidence at the module level of systematic differences in patterns of assessment, marks achieved and distributions of marks between different disciplines. This paper examines those issues at the degree course level, and sug... Read More about Assessment and its outcomes: the influence of disciplines and institutions.