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#Studytalk in marketised higher education: Student influencers as emerging support providers (2024)
Journal Article
Raaper, R., Hardey, M., & Aad, S. (in press). #Studytalk in marketised higher education: Student influencers as emerging support providers. Studies in Higher Education,

Within the marketised higher education context, where traditional support systems are strained, student influencers on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube have emerged as unexpected providers of academic and emotional support for their peer... Read More about #Studytalk in marketised higher education: Student influencers as emerging support providers.

Epistemic injustice and neo-racism: How Zhihu users portray ‘Chinese doctoral supervisors’ working in Western academia (2024)
Journal Article
Xu, C. L. (online). Epistemic injustice and neo-racism: How Zhihu users portray ‘Chinese doctoral supervisors’ working in Western academia. Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01272-4

The image of Chinese doctoral supervisors working in Western academia is riddled with stereotypes in urban myths but little research to date has been conducted on these portrayals of Chinese supervisors. Drawing on postcolonial theories, including no... Read More about Epistemic injustice and neo-racism: How Zhihu users portray ‘Chinese doctoral supervisors’ working in Western academia.

International higher education scholarships: a pathway for Palestinians’ academic recovery (2024)
Journal Article
Almassri, A. N. (online). International higher education scholarships: a pathway for Palestinians’ academic recovery. Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01271-5

Scholarships offer one significant pathway for higher education recovery and development in Global South contexts. Although some research exists to illustrate this significance, the case of Palestine remains virtually unresearched. This article is a... Read More about International higher education scholarships: a pathway for Palestinians’ academic recovery.

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.

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

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.

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.

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, 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, 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, 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..

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, 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.

An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research (2024)
Book
Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (Eds.). (2024). An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066

This edited volume illustrates the idea of a successful research capacity model, critically addressing preconceived notions of early career research projects’ impact and drawing together insights and implications around the encouragement of newer res... Read More about An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research.

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. London: Routledge

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.

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.

Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Zhao, J. (2024). Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China. 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/10.4324/9781003455066-20

This chapter presents a tension between the surge in the number of postgraduate examinations and the slow growth of the number of postgraduate admissions in China. It presents a comparison of the background information between a postgraduate and a no... Read More about Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China.