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Young people?s community engagement: what does research-based and other literature tell us about young people?s perspectives and the impact of schools? contributions? (2013)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., Davies, I., Calhoun, J., Bramley, G., Tsouroufli, M., Sundaram, V., …Jeffes, J. (2013). Young people?s community engagement: what does research-based and other literature tell us about young people?s perspectives and the impact of schools? contributions?. British Journal of Educational Studies, 61, 327--343. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2013.808316

This narrative synthesis based on a literature review undertaken for the project ?Creating Citizenship Communities? (funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation) includes discussion, principally, about what research evidence tells us about young people?... Read More about Young people?s community engagement: what does research-based and other literature tell us about young people?s perspectives and the impact of schools? contributions?.

Citizenship Education. (2013)
Book Chapter
Byram, M. (2013). Citizenship Education. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), Wiley Online encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley

Self regulation and learning: evidence from meta-analysis and from classrooms (2013)
Book Chapter
Higgins, S. (2013). Self regulation and learning: evidence from meta-analysis and from classrooms. In D. Whitebread, N. Mercer, C. Howe, & A. Tolmie (Eds.), Self-regulation and dialogue in primary classrooms (111-126). The British Psychological Society

Background. Research indicates that supporting self-regulation and metacognition in learners improves their attainment and wider learning capabilities. However, using this knowledge effectively is challenging. Aims. This paper has two main aims. The... Read More about Self regulation and learning: evidence from meta-analysis and from classrooms.

University Futures (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2013). University Futures. In R. Smith (Ed.), Education Policy: Philosophical Critique (147-160). Wiley

A Randomised Controlled Trial (or ‘Fair Test’): Evaluating an Educational Innovation. (2013)
Digital Artefact
Gorard, S., See, B., & Siddiqui, N. (2013). A Randomised Controlled Trial (or ‘Fair Test’): Evaluating an Educational Innovation. [[Media unknown]]

This case describes a current evaluation of an educational intervention to help disadvantaged children catch up in literacy at around the time they transfer to their senior school. The evaluation is based on a randomised controlled trial design, whic... Read More about A Randomised Controlled Trial (or ‘Fair Test’): Evaluating an Educational Innovation..

Developing quantitative research skills and conceptualising an integrated approach to teaching research methods to education students (2013)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., & Sundaram, V. (2013). Developing quantitative research skills and conceptualising an integrated approach to teaching research methods to education students. AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 5, 901--924

Increasingly, research methods in a core component of many undergraduate social science programmes. Education is no exception. Engaging students and developing their research skills, particularly in the area of quantitative methods, is challenging. T... Read More about Developing quantitative research skills and conceptualising an integrated approach to teaching research methods to education students.

Family policy, family structure, and children's educational achievement (2013)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G. (2013). Family policy, family structure, and children's educational achievement. Social Science Research, 42, 804--817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.01.005

This study explored the interface between policy, the family, and educational outcomes. More specifically, this research examined how the association between single motherhood and children?s literacy achievement is affected by a country?s family poli... Read More about Family policy, family structure, and children's educational achievement.