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Professor Steven Higgins' Outputs (4)

User testing digital, multimedia information to inform children, adolescents and their parents about healthcare trials (2018)
Journal Article
Sheridan, R., Martin-Kerry, J., Watt, I., Higgins, S., Stones, S., Horton-Taylor, D., & Knapp, P. (2019). User testing digital, multimedia information to inform children, adolescents and their parents about healthcare trials. Journal of Child Health Care, 23(3), 468-482. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493518807325

Digital, multimedia information resources (MMIs) containing text, video, animation and pictures are a promising alternative to written participant information materials designed to inform children, adolescents and parents about healthcare trials, but... Read More about User testing digital, multimedia information to inform children, adolescents and their parents about healthcare trials.

What is educational technology and how is it being used to support teaching and learning in the early years? (2018)
Journal Article
Jack, C., & Higgins, S. (2019). What is educational technology and how is it being used to support teaching and learning in the early years?. International Journal of Early Years Education, 27(3), 222-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2018.1504754

There are many digital technologies available to support teaching and learning. Historically the focus has tended to be on computers, but this has extended to include interactive whiteboards and tablets. As well as these technologies, which were orig... Read More about What is educational technology and how is it being used to support teaching and learning in the early years?.

Phonics: reading policy and the evidence of effectiveness from a systematic ‘tertiary’ review (2018)
Journal Article
Torgerson, C., Brooks, G., Gascoine, L., & Higgins, S. (2019). Phonics: reading policy and the evidence of effectiveness from a systematic ‘tertiary’ review. Research Papers in Education, 34(2), 208-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2017.1420816

Ten years after publication of two reviews of the evidence on phonics, a number of British policy initiatives have firmly embedded phonics in the curriculum for early reading development. However, uncertainty about the most effective approaches to te... Read More about Phonics: reading policy and the evidence of effectiveness from a systematic ‘tertiary’ review.