All Outputs (3)

Improving attainment across a whole district: school reform through peer tutoring in a randomized controlled trial (2011)
Journal Article
Tymms, P., Merrell, C., Thurston, A., Andor, J., Topping, K., & Miller, D. (2011). Improving attainment across a whole district: school reform through peer tutoring in a randomized controlled trial. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 22(3), 265-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2011.589859

Districts are an important unit for administrative purposes, but they vary little in their impact on students' attainment, at least in the UK. Further, government attempts to raise attainment are often disappointing. The project described in this art... Read More about Improving attainment across a whole district: school reform through peer tutoring in a randomized controlled trial.

Peer tutoring in reading Scotland: Thinking big (2011)
Journal Article
Topping, K., Miller, D., Thurston, A., Mcgavock, K., & Conlin, N. (2011). Peer tutoring in reading Scotland: Thinking big. Literacy, 45(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-4369.2011.00577.x

A large-scale randomised-controlled trial of reading tutoring in 80 schools in Scotland used the Paired Reading (PR) technique. On long-term evaluation, cross-age PR was significantly better than regular teaching, but same-age was not. On short-term... Read More about Peer tutoring in reading Scotland: Thinking big.

Cooperative learning in science: Intervention in the secondary school (2011)
Journal Article
Topping, K., Thurston, A., Tolmie, A., Christie, D., Murray, P., & Karagiannidou, E. (2011). Cooperative learning in science: Intervention in the secondary school. Research in Science and Technological Education, 29(1), 91-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2010.539972

The use of cooperative learning in secondary school is reported – an area of considerable concern given attempts to make secondary schools more interactive and gain higher recruitment to university science courses. In this study the intervention grou... Read More about Cooperative learning in science: Intervention in the secondary school.