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Professor Joe Elliott's Outputs (14)

The diagnostic utility of behavioral checklists in identifying children with ADHD and children with working memory deficits. (2009)
Journal Article
Alloway, T., Gathercole, S., Holmes, J., Place, M., Elliott, J., & Hilton, K. (2009). The diagnostic utility of behavioral checklists in identifying children with ADHD and children with working memory deficits. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 40(3), 353-366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-009-0131-3

The present study investigated whether children with ADHD and those with working memory impairments have a common behavioral profile in the classroom. Three teacher checklists were used: the Conners’ teacher rating scale (CTRS), the behavior rating i... Read More about The diagnostic utility of behavioral checklists in identifying children with ADHD and children with working memory deficits..

Reasoning in children and adolescents. (2009)
Journal Article
Resing, W., Elliott, J., & Higgins, S. (2009). Reasoning in children and adolescents. Educational and Child Psychology, 26(3),

Western influences upon post-Soviet Education. (2009)
Book Chapter
Elliott, J. (2009). Western influences upon post-Soviet Education. In M. Fleer, M. Hedegaard, & J. Tudge (Eds.), The World Yearbook of Education 2009: Childhood Studies and the Impact of Globalization: Policies and Practices at Global and Local Levels. Routledge

The nature of teacher authority and teacher expertise (2009)
Journal Article
Elliott, J. (2009). The nature of teacher authority and teacher expertise. Support for Learning, 24(4), 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9604.2009.01429.x

The so-called 'soft skills' utilised by teachers – including relationship building, awareness of the pupil's context and background and the demonstration of authority – to develop an appropriate learning culture in their classrooms have long been rec... Read More about The nature of teacher authority and teacher expertise.

The Working Memory Rating Scale: A classroom-based behavioural assessment of working memory (2009)
Journal Article
Alloway, T., Gathercole, S., Kirkwood, H., & Elliott, J. (2009). The Working Memory Rating Scale: A classroom-based behavioural assessment of working memory. Learning and Individual Differences, 19(2), 242-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2008.10.003

The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential of the Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS), an observer-based rating scale that reflects behavioral difficulties of children with poor working memory. The findings indicate good internal re... Read More about The Working Memory Rating Scale: A classroom-based behavioural assessment of working memory.

Self-confidence and performance goal orientation interactively predict performance in a reasoning test with accuracy feedback (2009)
Journal Article
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., & Elliott, J. (2009). Self-confidence and performance goal orientation interactively predict performance in a reasoning test with accuracy feedback. Learning and Individual Differences, 19(2), 277-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2008.09.008

This study takes an individual differences' perspective on performance feedback effects in psychometric testing. A total of 105 students in a mainstream secondary school in North East England undertook a cognitive ability test on two occasions. In on... Read More about Self-confidence and performance goal orientation interactively predict performance in a reasoning test with accuracy feedback.

Does dyslexia exist? (2009)
Book Chapter
Elliott, J., & Gibbs, S. (2009). Does dyslexia exist?. In R. Cigman, & R. Davis (Eds.), New Philosophies of Learning (115-130). Blackwell

The cognitive and behavioural characteristics of children with low working memory (2009)
Journal Article
Alloway, T., Gathercole, S., Kirkwood, H., & Elliott, J. (2009). The cognitive and behavioural characteristics of children with low working memory. Child Development, 80(2), 606-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01282.x

This study explored the cognitive and behavioral profiles of children with working memory impairments. In an initial screening of 3,189 five- to eleven-year-olds, 308 were identified as having very low working memory scores. Cognitive skills (IQ, voc... Read More about The cognitive and behavioural characteristics of children with low working memory.

Neocolonialism in education: Cooperative learning, Western pedagogy in an Asian Context (2009)
Journal Article
Nguyen, M., Elliott, J., Terlouw, C., & Pilot, A. (2009). Neocolonialism in education: Cooperative learning, Western pedagogy in an Asian Context. Comparative Education, 45(1), 109-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050060802661428

This article is concerned with the influence of western educational approaches in non-western countries and societies. This influence is frequently referred to as educational neocolonialism in the sense that western paradigms tend to shape and influe... Read More about Neocolonialism in education: Cooperative learning, Western pedagogy in an Asian Context.

Cooperative learning that features a culturally appropriate pedagogy (2009)
Journal Article
Nguyen, P., Terlouw, C., Pilot, A., & Elliott, J. (2009). Cooperative learning that features a culturally appropriate pedagogy. British Educational Research Journal, 35(6), 857-873. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920802688762

Many recent intercultural studies have shown that people cooperate with each other differently across cultures. We argue that cooperative learning (CL), an educational method originating in the USA and with fundamental psychological assumptions based... Read More about Cooperative learning that features a culturally appropriate pedagogy.