All Outputs (3)

ADHD and academic attainment: is there an advantage in impulsivity? (2011)
Journal Article
Tymms, P., & Merrell, C. (2011). ADHD and academic attainment: is there an advantage in impulsivity?. Learning and Individual Differences, 21(6), 753-758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.014

Pupils diagnosed with ADHD and pupils with ADHD symptoms tend to do less well at school than their symptom-free peers. This has been found to be particularly true for predominantly inattentive pupils. This paper aimed to establish the relative import... Read More about ADHD and academic attainment: is there an advantage in impulsivity?.

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.

Changes in Children’s Cognitive Development at the Start of School in England 2001 – 2008 (2011)
Journal Article
Merrell, C., & Tymms, P. (2011). Changes in Children’s Cognitive Development at the Start of School in England 2001 – 2008. Oxford Review of Education, 37(3), 333-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2010.527731

Since 1997, England has seen massive changes in the Early Years including the introduction of an early childhood curriculum, free pre-school education for three-year-olds and local programmes for disadvantaged communities. Many of these initiatives t... Read More about Changes in Children’s Cognitive Development at the Start of School in England 2001 – 2008.