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Psychometric Evaluation of Aurora-a: An Augmented Assessment of Analytical, Practical, and Creative Abilities in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence (2024)
Journal Article
Hein, S., Tan, M., Ahmed, Y., Elliot, J. . G., Bolden, D. . S., Sternberg, R. . J., & Grigorenko, E. . L. (in press). Psychometric Evaluation of Aurora-a: An Augmented Assessment of Analytical, Practical, and Creative Abilities in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology,

The Theory of Successful Intelligence defines intelligence as the integrated set of abilities and competencies in specific domains needed to attain success in life. Informed by this theory, we examined the dimensionality, reliability, and validity of... Read More about Psychometric Evaluation of Aurora-a: An Augmented Assessment of Analytical, Practical, and Creative Abilities in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence.

Learning, instruction and assessment in the workplace: applying and augmenting Communities of Practice theory (2024)
Journal Article
Tummons, J. (online). Learning, instruction and assessment in the workplace: applying and augmenting Communities of Practice theory. Studies in Continuing Education, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037x.2024.2372490

Derived from an ethnography of workplace cultures and practices, this article rests on a critical application and augmentation of Communities of Practice theory in order to account for the ways in which the assessment of complex and heterogeneous wor... Read More about Learning, instruction and assessment in the workplace: applying and augmenting Communities of Practice theory.

Transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling: a phenomenological lifeworlds study of Patient Voices participant experiences (2024)
Journal Article
Mazzoli Smith, L., Hardy, P., Thompson, K., & Lucinda, W. (online). Transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling: a phenomenological lifeworlds study of Patient Voices participant experiences. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2024.2368767

Background: References to transformative and therapeutic bene-fits of digital storytelling are often made, yet this remains an under-explored area, which we foreground in this study.

Methods: A phenomenological research design was adopted to expl... Read More about Transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling: a phenomenological lifeworlds study of Patient Voices participant experiences.

Paraphrase or plagiarism? Exploring EAP students’ use of source material in a transnational university context (2024)
Journal Article
Roe, J., O'Sullivan, D., Arumynathan, P., & Kappen, B. (2024). Paraphrase or plagiarism? Exploring EAP students’ use of source material in a transnational university context. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 7(2), 232-245. https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2024.7.2.11

The relationship between paraphrase and plagiarism is complex and has been the subject of multiple research studies. However, recent advances in Generative AI (GenAI) have disrupted the standard practices of academic writing and established a renewed... Read More about Paraphrase or plagiarism? Exploring EAP students’ use of source material in a transnational university context.

Rethinking International Scholarships as Peace Interventions in the Palestinian Context of Conflict (2024)
Journal Article
Almassri, A. N. (2024). Rethinking International Scholarships as Peace Interventions in the Palestinian Context of Conflict. Social Sciences, 13(7), Article 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13070336

International education scholarships can be significant interventions at times of conflict and peace. Extant research in International Relations and in International Education begins to demonstrate this significance but predominantly in neo-liberal t... Read More about Rethinking International Scholarships as Peace Interventions in the Palestinian Context of Conflict.

“What’s he writing in there?” Reciprocal field relations and relational curiosity in ethnographies of education (2024)
Journal Article
Tummons, J. (2024). “What’s he writing in there?” Reciprocal field relations and relational curiosity in ethnographies of education. Ethnography and Education, 19(4), 319-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2024.2368032

The notion of the ethnographer as participant observer, as an active agent rather than passive observer within the research field, is well established within conversations about method and methodology. Less well explored is the extent to which the in... Read More about “What’s he writing in there?” Reciprocal field relations and relational curiosity in ethnographies of education.

‘The Ripple Effect?’: Exploring the Potential Effects of Extrinsic Dysregulation on Youth Mental Health (2024)
Digital Artefact
Antony, E. (2024). ‘The Ripple Effect?’: Exploring the Potential Effects of Extrinsic Dysregulation on Youth Mental Health. [Blog post - Cambridge Wellbeing & Inclusion SIG]

Prior research has suggested that emotional dysregulation is a key characteristic of youth psychopathological issues, including ADHD, depression and anxiety. Emotional dysregulation can be understood as “emotional expressions and experiences that are... Read More about ‘The Ripple Effect?’: Exploring the Potential Effects of Extrinsic Dysregulation on Youth Mental Health.

Dyslexia in the twenty-first century: a commentary on the IDA definition of dyslexia. (2024)
Journal Article
Elliott, J. G., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2024). Dyslexia in the twenty-first century: a commentary on the IDA definition of dyslexia. Annals of Dyslexia, 74, 363–377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-024-00311-0

In offering a commentary upon the IDA definition, we address its main components in turn. While each is technically accurate, we argue that, when taken together, the definition, or more accurately, the use to which it is often put, becomes problemati... Read More about Dyslexia in the twenty-first century: a commentary on the IDA definition of dyslexia..

Comparing child word associations to adult associative norms: Evidence for child-specific associations with a strong priming effect in 3-year-olds. (2024)
Journal Article
Fitzpatrick, N., & Floccia, C. (2024). Comparing child word associations to adult associative norms: Evidence for child-specific associations with a strong priming effect in 3-year-olds. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 7168–7218. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02414-3

Investigating how infants first establish relationships between words is a necessary step towards understanding how an interconnected network of semantic relationships develops in the adult lexical-semantic system. Stimuli selection for these child s... Read More about Comparing child word associations to adult associative norms: Evidence for child-specific associations with a strong priming effect in 3-year-olds..

Exploring the intersection of religious festivals and tourism approaches: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Roe, J., Thirumaran, K., Wong, C., & Mohammadi, Z. (2024). Exploring the intersection of religious festivals and tourism approaches: a scoping review. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 9(3), 237-260. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTA.2024.138917

Religious festivals have become significant in the context of global tourism interactions. Recognising their potential, governments are increasingly promoting religious festivals as key tourist events within annual calendars. This study critically re... Read More about Exploring the intersection of religious festivals and tourism approaches: a scoping review.

A Novel Approach to Measuring an Old Construct: Aligning the Conceptualisation and Operationalisation of Cognitive Flexibility (2024)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. F., Birney, D. P., & Sternberg, R. J. (2024). A Novel Approach to Measuring an Old Construct: Aligning the Conceptualisation and Operationalisation of Cognitive Flexibility. Journal of Intelligence, 12(6), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12060061

A successful adjustment to dynamic changes in one's environment requires contingent adaptive behaviour. Such behaviour is underpinned by cognitive flexibility, which conceptually is part of fluid intelligence. We argue, however, that conventional app... Read More about A Novel Approach to Measuring an Old Construct: Aligning the Conceptualisation and Operationalisation of Cognitive Flexibility.

Brokering knowledge from laboratory experiments in evidence‐based education: The case of interleaving (2024)
Journal Article
Rowlandson, P., & Simpson, A. (2024). Brokering knowledge from laboratory experiments in evidence‐based education: The case of interleaving. British Educational Research Journal, 50(5), 2461-2479. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4037

The turn to ‘evidence‐based education’ in the past three decades favours one type of evidence: experiment. Knowledge brokers ground recommendations for classroom practice on reports of experimental research. This paper distinguishes field and laborat... Read More about Brokering knowledge from laboratory experiments in evidence‐based education: The case of interleaving.

The second annual report for the national evaluation of A Better Start (2024)
Report
McKaskill, M., Phillips, N., Bessant, C., Wadsworth, K., Benny, L., Duysak, E., Schei, T., Boddy, J., Hampden-Thompson, G., Lacey, A., Young, B., O'Reilly, H., Hoffman, M., Geraghty, T., & Bowyer, S. (2024). The second annual report for the national evaluation of A Better Start. The National Lottery Community Fund

A Better Start (ABS) is the ten-year (2015-2025), £215 million programme set-up by The National Lottery Community Fund (The Fund), the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Five ABS partnerships based in Blackpool, Bradford, Lambeth, Nottin... Read More about The second annual report for the national evaluation of A Better Start.

Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes (2024)
Book Chapter
Dong, L., Cairns, J., Huat See, B., & Gorard, S. (2024). Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-12

One obvious factor affecting children's learning in school is their ability to read and write, but this can be hampered if they cannot see properly. Yet many children in the UK have eye conditions that have gone undetected. Even amongst those who do... Read More about Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes.

Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties (2024)
Book Chapter
Daniel, J., & Barth, A. (2024). Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research (27-37). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-5

Reading comprehension is a complex cognitive task that involves the interaction of various subskills. This chapter starts by describing the theoretical framework that underpins reading comprehension and examines the key components associated with thi... Read More about Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties.

Building research capacity through a pipeline (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., & Gorard, S. (2024). Building research capacity through a pipeline. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066

This book is unusual in having two related objectives. The overarching concern is about assisting the trajectories of researchers at every stage of their career, from conducting an MA thesis to promoted academic posts. And this is the explicit focus... Read More about Building research capacity through a pipeline.

What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning? (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., Dixon, P., See, B., Bulsari, S., Saeed, S., …Pandya, K. (2024). What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning?. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-4

This study addresses the impact of early childhood education in Pakistan and India. This is a natural experiment design where children of comparable age and household socioeconomic characteristics are in both groups of attending school and not attend... Read More about What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning?.