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Professor Joe Elliott's Outputs (4)

Goal orientations in Russian university students: from mastery to performance? (2008)
Journal Article
Remedios, R., Kiseleva, Z., & Elliott, J. (2008). Goal orientations in Russian university students: from mastery to performance?. Educational Psychology, 28(6), 677-691. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410802200257

Research in the UK has shown that students start their university career with the goal of mastering their subject, but this focus shifts as they progress through their degree program. Studies have suggested that unlike students in the UK, Russian stu... Read More about Goal orientations in Russian university students: from mastery to performance?.

Does dyslexia exist? (2008)
Journal Article
Elliott, J., & Gibbs, S. (2008). Does dyslexia exist?. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 42(3-4), 475-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.2008.00653.x

In this paper we argue that attempts to distinguish between categories of ‘dyslexia’ and ‘poor reader’ or ‘reading disabled’ are scientifically unsupportable, arbitrary and thus potentially discriminatory. We do not seek to veto scientific curiosity... Read More about Does dyslexia exist?.