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The contribution of schooling to learning gains of pupils in Years 1 to 6 (2017)
Journal Article
Luyten, H., Merrell, C., & Tymms, P. (2017). The contribution of schooling to learning gains of pupils in Years 1 to 6. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 28(3), 374-405. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2017.1297312

By means of a regression-discontinuity approach with multiple cut-off points, the effects of age and schooling on learning gains in English primary schools are estimated. The analyses relate to over 3,500 pupils in 20, predominantly independently fun... Read More about The contribution of schooling to learning gains of pupils in Years 1 to 6.

‘I’m not being offensive but…’: intersecting discourses of discrimination towards Muslim children in school (2017)
Journal Article
Welply, O. (2018). ‘I’m not being offensive but…’: intersecting discourses of discrimination towards Muslim children in school. Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(3), 370-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2017.1294569

This article examines forms of implicit discrimination towards Muslim children in children’s discourses of Otherness. Findings in this paper draw on qualitative data exploring the discourses of 17 children from a Year 6 class in a culturally diverse... Read More about ‘I’m not being offensive but…’: intersecting discourses of discrimination towards Muslim children in school.

With a little help …: On the role of guidance in the acquisition and utilisation of knowledge in the control of complex, dynamic systems (2017)
Journal Article
Goode, N., & Beckmann, J. (2017). With a little help …: On the role of guidance in the acquisition and utilisation of knowledge in the control of complex, dynamic systems. Journal of dynamic decision making, 2, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.11588/jddm.2016.1.33346

Many situations require people to acquire knowledge about, and learn how to control, complex dynamic systems of inter-connected variables. Numerous studies have found that most problem solvers are unable to acquire complete knowledge of the underlyin... Read More about With a little help …: On the role of guidance in the acquisition and utilisation of knowledge in the control of complex, dynamic systems.

Mobile phone use in two secondary schools in Tanzania (2017)
Journal Article
Joyce-Gibbons, A., Galloway, D., Mollel, A., Mgoma, S., Pima, M., & Deogratias, E. (2018). Mobile phone use in two secondary schools in Tanzania. Education and Information Technologies, 23(1), 73-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-017-9586-1

Mobile phone technology in Tanzania has grown rapidly but there is insufficient data on its application in schools. This paper aims to show how students in the first and third year (F1 and F3) teachers in two rural secondary schools perceived its use... Read More about Mobile phone use in two secondary schools in Tanzania.

Mapping and Predicting Literacy and Reasoning Skills from Early to Later Primary School (2017)
Journal Article
Demetriou, A., Merrell, C., & Tymms, P. (2017). Mapping and Predicting Literacy and Reasoning Skills from Early to Later Primary School. Learning and Individual Differences, 54, 217-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2017.01.023

This study explored the relations between early indicators of literacy, numeracy and reasoning with later school performance in these abilities. In pursuit of this aim, appropriate tests were administered to 1073 children at the start of school in En... Read More about Mapping and Predicting Literacy and Reasoning Skills from Early to Later Primary School.

Using technology to accomplish comparability of provision in distributed medical education in Canada: an actor–network theory ethnography (2017)
Journal Article
Tummons, J., Fournier, C., Kits, O., & Macleod, A. (2018). Using technology to accomplish comparability of provision in distributed medical education in Canada: an actor–network theory ethnography. Studies in Higher Education, 43(11), 1912-1922. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1290063

This article is derived from a three-year ethnography of distributed medical education at one Canadian University across two Canadian provinces. It explores the ways in which students and staff work inside the technologically rich teaching environmen... Read More about Using technology to accomplish comparability of provision in distributed medical education in Canada: an actor–network theory ethnography.

Achievement Emotions and Academic Performance: Longitudinal Models of Reciprocal Effects (2017)
Journal Article
Pekrun, R., Lichtenfeld, S., Marsh, H., Murayama, K., & Goetz, T. (2017). Achievement Emotions and Academic Performance: Longitudinal Models of Reciprocal Effects. Child Development, 88(5), 1653-1670. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12704

A reciprocal effects model linking emotion and achievement over time is proposed. The model was tested using five annual waves of the Project for the Analysis of Learning and Achievement in Mathematics (PALMA) longitudinal study, which investigated a... Read More about Achievement Emotions and Academic Performance: Longitudinal Models of Reciprocal Effects.

Chicken tumours and fishy revenge: Evidence for emotional content bias in the cumulative recall of urban legends (2017)
Journal Article
Stubbersfield, J., Tehrani, J., & Flynn, E. (2017). Chicken tumours and fishy revenge: Evidence for emotional content bias in the cumulative recall of urban legends. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 17(1-2), 12-26. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12342189

This study used urban legends to examine the effects of a cognitive bias for content which evokes higher levels of emotion on cumulative recall. As with previous research into content biases, a linear transmission chain design was used. One-hundred a... Read More about Chicken tumours and fishy revenge: Evidence for emotional content bias in the cumulative recall of urban legends.

Beyond the Intellect: Complexity and learning trajectories in Raven’s Progressive Matrices depend on self-regulatory processes and conative dispositions (2017)
Journal Article
Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Beckmann, N., & Double, K. (2017). Beyond the Intellect: Complexity and learning trajectories in Raven’s Progressive Matrices depend on self-regulatory processes and conative dispositions. Intelligence, 61, 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2017.01.005

The Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) test entails a 40-min contextualized interaction with a set of progressively difficult cognitive activities. Item-to-item experiences accumulate to total scores determined by, and reflective of, cognitive abilit... Read More about Beyond the Intellect: Complexity and learning trajectories in Raven’s Progressive Matrices depend on self-regulatory processes and conative dispositions.

Assessing Liminality: The Use of Ipsative Formative Assessment During a Postgraduate Taught Induction Programme to Support the Development of Criticality (2017)
Book Chapter
Rattray, J. (2017). Assessing Liminality: The Use of Ipsative Formative Assessment During a Postgraduate Taught Induction Programme to Support the Development of Criticality. In G. Hughes (Ed.), Ipsative Assessment and Learning Gain: International Case Studies (149-171). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56502-0_8

Threshold concepts represent the most troublesome and transformative knowledge within a discipline and they have been afforded increasing amounts of attention over the past decade. The chapter argues that critical thinking represents a threshold conc... Read More about Assessing Liminality: The Use of Ipsative Formative Assessment During a Postgraduate Taught Induction Programme to Support the Development of Criticality.

An analysis of school-based contextual indicators for possible use in widening participation (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper
Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & Boliver, V. (2017). An analysis of school-based contextual indicators for possible use in widening participation

This paper looks at the National Pupil Database for England in terms of variables that could be used by universities to help them assess undergraduate applications. Where a young person is obviously disadvantaged, this can be taken into account in co... Read More about An analysis of school-based contextual indicators for possible use in widening participation.

Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE? (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper
Gorard, S., Boliver, V., Siddiqui, N., Banerjee, P., & Morris, R. (2017). Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE?

UK universities are increasingly making decisions about undergraduate admissions with reference to various contextual indicators which are intended to identify whether or not an applicant comes from a disadvantaged family, neighbourhood or school env... Read More about Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE?.

Comparing government and private schools in Pakistan: the way forward for universal education (2017)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, N., & Gorard, S. (2017). Comparing government and private schools in Pakistan: the way forward for universal education. International Journal of Educational Research, 82, 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2017.01.007

This paper presents an analysis of children’s proficiency in English, reading and maths on the basis of a citizen-led household survey run by the Annual Statistics of Education Report (ASER) in Pakistan in 2014. Our main analysis involves a sub-group... Read More about Comparing government and private schools in Pakistan: the way forward for universal education.

Judging Research Papers for Research Excellence (2017)
Journal Article
Tymms, P., & Higgins, S. (2018). Judging Research Papers for Research Excellence. Studies in Higher Education, 43(9), 1548-1560. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1266609

The UK’s Research Excellence Framework of 2014 was an expensive high stakes evaluation which had a range of impacts on higher education institutions across the country. One component was an assessment of the quality of research outputs where a major... Read More about Judging Research Papers for Research Excellence.

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.

An evaluation of the AdOPt parenting programme (2017)
Report
Harold, G., Hampden-Thompson, G., Bjedov, M. R., & Sellers, R. (2017). An evaluation of the AdOPt parenting programme. Department For Education

This report provides findings from an evaluation of the AdOpt parenting programme and its effectiveness in improving parenting capabilities among participating parents.

Understanding technology use and constructivist strategies when addressing Saudi primary students' mathematics difficulties (2017)
Journal Article
Alabdulaziz, M., & Higgins, S. (2017). Understanding technology use and constructivist strategies when addressing Saudi primary students' mathematics difficulties. International journal of innovative research in science, engineering and technology, 6(1), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.15680/ijirset.2017.0601105

This paper will investigate the relationship between technology use and the use of constructivist strategies when addressing Saudi primary students' mathematics difficulties. Semi-structured interviews and observations were used for the purpose of th... Read More about Understanding technology use and constructivist strategies when addressing Saudi primary students' mathematics difficulties.

The misdirection of public policy: comparing and combining standardised effect sizes (2017)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (2017). The misdirection of public policy: comparing and combining standardised effect sizes. Journal of Education Policy, 32(4), 450-466. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2017.1280183

Increased attention on ‘what works’ in education has led to an emphasis on developing policy from evidence based on comparing and combining a particular statistical summary of intervention studies: the standardised effect size. It is assumed that thi... Read More about The misdirection of public policy: comparing and combining standardised effect sizes.