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ReflectED Evaluation Report (2022)
Report
Gascoine, L., Tracey, L., Fairhurst, C., Robinson-Smith, L., Torgerson, D., Torgerson, C., & Bell, K. (2022). ReflectED Evaluation Report. Education Endowment Foundation

Dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review of interventions used to promote learning (2020)
Journal Article
Dobson Waters, S., & Torgerson, C. J. (2021). Dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review of interventions used to promote learning. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 45(2), 226-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2020.1744545

This systematic review assessed the effectiveness of published inventions, of an experimental design, used to promote learning for learners with dyslexia on HE programmes. Historical observations suggest that a notable number of learners with dyslexi... Read More about Dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review of interventions used to promote learning.

EasyPeasy: Learning through play. Evaluation Report (2019)
Report
Robinson-Smith, L., Menzies, V., Cramman, H., Wang, Y. (., Fairhurst, C., Hallett, S., …Siddiqui, N. (2019). EasyPeasy: Learning through play. Evaluation Report. [No known commissioning body]

Patterns and predictors of e-cigarette, cigarette and dual use uptake in UK adolescents: Evidence from a 24-month Prospective Study (2019)
Journal Article
Conner, M., Grogan, S., Simms-Ellis, R., Scholtens, K., Sykes-Muskett, B., Cowap, L., …Siddiqi, K. (2019). Patterns and predictors of e-cigarette, cigarette and dual use uptake in UK adolescents: Evidence from a 24-month Prospective Study. Addiction, 114(11), 2048-2055. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14723

Background and Aims: To assess prevalence and predictors of e‐cigarettes/cigarettes patterns of use in adolescents in England. Design: Prospective study with 24‐month follow‐up of e‐cigarette/cigarette ever/regular use with data from an intervention... Read More about Patterns and predictors of e-cigarette, cigarette and dual use uptake in UK adolescents: Evidence from a 24-month Prospective Study.

Evidence that an intervention weakens the relationship between adolescent electronic cigarette use and tobacco smoking: a 24-month prospective study (2019)
Journal Article
Conner, M., Grogan, S., Simms-Ellis, R., Flett, K., Sykes-Muskett1, B., Cowap, L., …Siddiqi, K. (2020). Evidence that an intervention weakens the relationship between adolescent electronic cigarette use and tobacco smoking: a 24-month prospective study. Tobacco Control, 29(4), 425-431. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054905

Background: The electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use to subsequent smoking relationship in adolescents has received much attention. Whether an intervention to reduce smoking initiation attenuated this relationship was assessed. Method: Data were fr... Read More about Evidence that an intervention weakens the relationship between adolescent electronic cigarette use and tobacco smoking: a 24-month prospective study.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of repeated implementation intention formation on adolescent smoking initiation: A cluster randomized controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Conner, M., Grogan, S., West, R., Simms-Ellis, R., Scholtens, K., Sykes-Muskett, B., …Siddiqi, K. (2019). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of repeated implementation intention formation on adolescent smoking initiation: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(5), 422-432. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000387

Objective: Forming implementation intentions (if–then plans) about how to refuse cigarette offers plus antismoking messages was tested for reducing adolescent smoking. Method: Cluster randomized controlled trial with schools randomized (1:1) to recei... Read More about Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of repeated implementation intention formation on adolescent smoking initiation: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in education research –methodological debates, questions, challenges (2018)
Journal Article
Styles, B., & Torgerson, C. (2018). Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in education research –methodological debates, questions, challenges. Educational Research, 60(3), 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2018.1500194

This Special Issue of Educational Research shines a spotlight on a key research design in the 21st Century in the field of education research: the randomised controlled trial (RCT) or ‘true’ experiment. The six papers included here explore the histor... Read More about Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in education research –methodological debates, questions, challenges.

A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions and strategies for widening participation in higher education (2018)
Journal Article
Younger, K., Gascoine, L., Menzies, V., & Torgerson, C. (2019). A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions and strategies for widening participation in higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43(6), 742-773. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2017.1404558

Widening participation (WP) in higher education (HE) is an increasingly important policy issue, with interventions to increase participation from minority ethnic, low-income and other under-represented groups undertaken in HE sectors in many countrie... Read More about A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions and strategies for widening participation in higher education.

Phonics: reading policy and the evidence of effectiveness from a systematic ‘tertiary’ review (2018)
Journal Article
Torgerson, C., Brooks, G., Gascoine, L., & Higgins, S. (2019). Phonics: reading policy and the evidence of effectiveness from a systematic ‘tertiary’ review. Research Papers in Education, 34(2), 208-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2017.1420816

Ten years after publication of two reviews of the evidence on phonics, a number of British policy initiatives have firmly embedded phonics in the curriculum for early reading development. However, uncertainty about the most effective approaches to te... Read More about Phonics: reading policy and the evidence of effectiveness from a systematic ‘tertiary’ review.

True experimental designs (2017)
Book Chapter
Torgerson, C., & Torgerson, D. (2017). True experimental designs. In D. Wyse, N. Selwyn, E. Smith, & L. Suter (Eds.), The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research. SAGE Publications

Experimental trials and ‘what works?’ in education: The case of grammar for writing (2017)
Journal Article
Wyse, D., & Torgerson, C. (2017). Experimental trials and ‘what works?’ in education: The case of grammar for writing. British Educational Research Journal, 43(6), 1019-1047. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3315

The place of evidence to inform educational effectiveness has received increasing attention internationally in the last two decades. An important contribution to evidence-informed policy has been greater attention to experimental trials including ran... Read More about Experimental trials and ‘what works?’ in education: The case of grammar for writing.

Do Electronic Cigarettes Increase Cigarette Smoking in UK Adolescents? Evidence from a 12-month Prospective Study (2017)
Journal Article
Conner, M., Grogan, S., Simms-Ellis, R., Flett, K., Sykes-Muskett, B., Cowap, L., …Siddiqi, K. (2018). Do Electronic Cigarettes Increase Cigarette Smoking in UK Adolescents? Evidence from a 12-month Prospective Study. Tobacco Control, 27(4), 365-372. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053539

Background In cross-sectional surveys, increasing numbers of adolescents report using both electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and cigarettes. This study assessed whether adolescent e-cigarette use was associated prospectively with initiation or esc... Read More about Do Electronic Cigarettes Increase Cigarette Smoking in UK Adolescents? Evidence from a 12-month Prospective Study.

Are we failing young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs)? A systematic review and meta-analysis of re-engagement interventions (2017)
Journal Article
Mawn, L., Oliver, E. J., Akhtar, N., Bambra, C., Torgerson, C., Bridle, C., & Stain, H. J. (2017). Are we failing young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs)? A systematic review and meta-analysis of re-engagement interventions. Systematic Reviews, 6, Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0394-2

Background: Youth comprise 40% of the world’s unemployed, a status associated with adverse wellbeing and social, health, and economic costs. This systematic review and meta-analysis review synthesises the literature on the effectiveness of interventi... Read More about Are we failing young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs)? A systematic review and meta-analysis of re-engagement interventions.

A systematic review of the effective continuing professional development training of welfare professionals (2017)
Report
Torgerson, C., Nielsen, C., Gascoine, L., Filges, T., Moore, I., Nielsen, B., & Jørgensen, F. (2017). A systematic review of the effective continuing professional development training of welfare professionals. [No known commissioning body]

The quality of the professional development of education and welfare professionals working with children and young people (for example, pre-school teachers or ‘pedagogues’, school teachers, teaching assistants, social workers, psychologists, police o... Read More about A systematic review of the effective continuing professional development training of welfare professionals.