Professor Steven Higgins' Outputs (13)

The power of noise and the art of prediction (2017)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., & Higgins, S. (2018). The power of noise and the art of prediction. International Journal of Educational Research, 87, 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2017.10.006

Data analysis usually aims to identify a particular signal, such as an intervention effect. Conventional analyses often assume a specific data generation process, which implies a theoretical model that best fits the data. Machine learning techniques... Read More about The power of noise and the art of prediction.

An Empirical Unravelling of Lord’s Paradox (2017)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., Higgins, S., & Kasim, A. (2019). An Empirical Unravelling of Lord’s Paradox. The Journal of Experimental Education, 87(1), 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2017.1380591

Lord's Paradox occurs when a continuous covariate is statistically controlled for and the relationship between a continuous outcome and group status indicator changes in both magnitude and direction. This phenomenon poses a challenge to the notion of... Read More about An Empirical Unravelling of Lord’s Paradox.

The potential of teacher-led randomised controlled trials in education research (2017)
Book Chapter
Churches, R., Hall, R., & Higgins, S. (2017). The potential of teacher-led randomised controlled trials in education research. In A. Childs, & I. Menter (Eds.), Mobilising teacher researchers : challenging educational inequality. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2017.0176

Room in the Toolbox? The place of randomised controlled trials in educational research (2017)
Book Chapter
Higgins, S. (2017). Room in the Toolbox? The place of randomised controlled trials in educational research. In A. Childs, & I. Menter (Eds.), Mobilising teacher researchers : challenging educational inequality (97-112). Routledge

What does learning look like? Using cartoon story boards to investigate student perceptions (from 4 to 15) of learning something new (2017)
Book Chapter
Wall, K., Higgins, S., Hall, E., & Gascoine, L. (2017). What does learning look like? Using cartoon story boards to investigate student perceptions (from 4 to 15) of learning something new. In M. Emme, & A. Kirova (Eds.), Good question : arts-based approaches to collaborative research with children and youth (211-227). The Canadian Society for Education through Art

Evidence-informed teaching: an evaluation of progress in England. Research report July 2017 (DFE- RR696) (2017)
Report
Coldwell, M., Greany, T., Higgins, S., Brown, C., Maxwell, B., Stiell, B., …Burns, H. (2017). Evidence-informed teaching: an evaluation of progress in England. Research report July 2017 (DFE- RR696). [No known commissioning body]

Evidence-informed teaching : an evaluation of progress in England. Appendices. July 2017 (DFE- RR696a) (2017)
Report
Coldwell, M., Greany, T., Higgins, S., Brown, C., Maxwell, B., Stiell, B., …Burns, H. (2017). Evidence-informed teaching : an evaluation of progress in England. Appendices. July 2017 (DFE- RR696a). [No known commissioning body]

Developing and evaluating multimedia information resources to improve engagement of children, adolescents and their parents with trials (TRECA study): Study Protocol for a series of linked randomised controlled trials (2017)
Journal Article
Martin-Kerry, J., Bower, P., Young, B., Graffy, J., Sheridan, R., Watt, I., …Knapp, P. (2017). Developing and evaluating multimedia information resources to improve engagement of children, adolescents and their parents with trials (TRECA study): Study Protocol for a series of linked randomised controlled trials. Trials, 18, Article 265. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1962-z

Background: Randomised controlled trials are widely established as the best method for testing health interventions whilst minimising bias. However, recruitment and subsequent retention of children and adolescents in healthcare trials is challenging.... Read More about Developing and evaluating multimedia information resources to improve engagement of children, adolescents and their parents with trials (TRECA study): Study Protocol for a series of linked randomised controlled trials.

Online instructional videos as a complimentary method of teaching practical rehabilitation skills for groups and individuals (2017)
Journal Article
Cooper, D., Higgins, S., & Beckmann, N. (2017). Online instructional videos as a complimentary method of teaching practical rehabilitation skills for groups and individuals. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 45(4), 546-560. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047239516669104

Online instructional videos are becoming increasingly common within education. This study adopts a quasi-experimental 2 × 2 crossover design (control and experimental groups) to evaluate the efficacy of instructional videos to teach practical rehabil... Read More about Online instructional videos as a complimentary method of teaching practical rehabilitation skills for groups and individuals.

Impact evaluation: a case study of the introduction of interactive whiteboards in schools in the UK (2017)
Book Chapter
Higgins, S. (2017). Impact evaluation: a case study of the introduction of interactive whiteboards in schools in the UK. In R. Coe, M. Waring, L. Hedges, & J. Arthur (Eds.), Education research : methods and methodologies (145-152). (2nd). SAGE Publications

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.

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.

Improving Literacy In Key Stage 2 : Guidance Report (2017)
Report
Higgins, S., Martell, T., Waugh, D., Henderson, P., & Sharples, J. (2017). Improving Literacy In Key Stage 2 : Guidance Report. [No known commissioning body]