Professor Steven Higgins' Outputs (3)

Working Memory Predictors of Written Mathematics in 7-8 Year Old Children (2019)
Journal Article
Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Working Memory Predictors of Written Mathematics in 7-8 Year Old Children. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(2), 239-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021819871243

There is extensive evidence for the involvement of working memory in mathematical attainment. This study aims to identify the relative contributions of verbal, spatial-simultaneous, and spatial-sequential working memory measures in written mathematic... Read More about Working Memory Predictors of Written Mathematics in 7-8 Year Old Children.

Embedding educational technologies in early years education (2019)
Journal Article
Jack, C., & Higgins, S. (2019). Embedding educational technologies in early years education. Research in Learning Technology, 27, Article 2033. https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v27.2033

This survey of 335 practitioners builds on research which challenged the view that educational technologies are rarely used in early years settings. Previous research tends to focus on individual devices. This research looks at the range of devices b... Read More about Embedding educational technologies in early years education.

Supporting children and young people when making decisions about joining clinical trials: qualitative study to inform multimedia website development (2019)
Journal Article
Martin-Kerry, J. M., Knapp, P., Atkin, K., Bower, P., Watt, I., Stones, C., Higgins, S., Sheridan, R., Preston, J., Horton Taylor, D., Baines, P., & Young, B. (2019). Supporting children and young people when making decisions about joining clinical trials: qualitative study to inform multimedia website development. BMJ Open, 9(1), bmjopen-2018-023984. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023984

Objectives: To understand stakeholders’ views regarding the content and design of paediatric clinical trial multimedia websites. To describe how this knowledge informed the development of the multimedia websites. Design: Qualitative study comprising... Read More about Supporting children and young people when making decisions about joining clinical trials: qualitative study to inform multimedia website development.