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Professor Steven Higgins' Outputs (7)

Application of Bayesian posterior probabilistic inference in educational trials (2020)
Journal Article
Uwimpuhwe, G., Singh, A., Higgins, S., & Kasim, A. (2021). Application of Bayesian posterior probabilistic inference in educational trials. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 44(5), 533-554. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2020.1856067

Educational researchers advocate the use of an effect size and its confidence interval to assess the effectiveness of interventions instead of relying on a p-value, which has been blamed for lack of reproducibility of research findings and the misuse... Read More about Application of Bayesian posterior probabilistic inference in educational trials.

Using working memory performance to predict mathematics performance 2 years on (2020)
Journal Article
Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Using working memory performance to predict mathematics performance 2 years on. Psychological Research, 85(5), 1986-1996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01382-5

A number of previous studies have used working memory components to predict mathematical performance in a variety of ways; however, there is no consideration of the contributions of the subcomponents of visuospatial working memory to this prediction.... Read More about Using working memory performance to predict mathematics performance 2 years on.

Latent Class Evaluation in Educational Trials: What Percentage of Children Benefits from an Intervention? (2020)
Journal Article
Uwimpuhwe, G., Singh, A., Higgins, S., Coux, M., Xiao, Z., Shkedy, Z., & Kasim, A. (2022). Latent Class Evaluation in Educational Trials: What Percentage of Children Benefits from an Intervention?. The Journal of Experimental Education, 90(2), 404-418. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2020.1767021

Educational stakeholders are keen to know the magnitude and importance of different interventions. However, the way evidence is communicated to support understanding of the effectiveness of an intervention is controversial. Typically studies in educa... Read More about Latent Class Evaluation in Educational Trials: What Percentage of Children Benefits from an Intervention?.

Children and young people’s concerns and needs relating to their use of health technology to self-manage long-term conditions: a scoping review (2020)
Journal Article
Blower, S., Swallow, V., Maturana, C., Stones, S., Phillips, R., Dimitri, P., Marshman, Z., Knapp, P., Dean, A., Higgins, S., Kellar, I., Curtis, P., Mills, N., & Martin-Kerry, J. (2020). Children and young people’s concerns and needs relating to their use of health technology to self-manage long-term conditions: a scoping review. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(11), 1093-1104. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319103

Background: The use of patient-facing health technologies to manage long-term conditions is increasing; however, children and young people may have particular concerns or needs before deciding to use different health technologies. Aims: To identify c... Read More about Children and young people’s concerns and needs relating to their use of health technology to self-manage long-term conditions: a scoping review.

Translating laboratory evidence into classroom practice with teacher-led randomised controlled trials - a perspective and meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Churches, R., Dommett, E., Devonshire, I., Hall, R., Higgins, S., & Korin, A. (2020). Translating laboratory evidence into classroom practice with teacher-led randomised controlled trials - a perspective and meta-analysis. Mind, Brain, and Education, 14(3), 292-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12243

We initiated and structured a single program that supervised teachers, some with neuroscience or psychology degrees, to collaborate and explore the effects of science of learning‐translated pedagogy. This article reports on the 34 findings from teach... Read More about Translating laboratory evidence into classroom practice with teacher-led randomised controlled trials - a perspective and meta-analysis.

Working memory predictors of mathematics across the middle primary school years (2020)
Journal Article
Allen, K., Giofrè, D., Higgins, S., & Adams, J. (2020). Working memory predictors of mathematics across the middle primary school years. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(3), 848-869. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12339

Background: Work surrounding the relationship between visuospatial working memory (WM) and mathematics performance is gaining significant traction as a result of a focus on improving academic attainment. Aims: This study examined the relative contrib... Read More about Working memory predictors of mathematics across the middle primary school years.