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New (and Old) Technologies for Learning: Innovation and Educational Growth (2016)
Book Chapter
Higgins, S. (2016). New (and Old) Technologies for Learning: Innovation and Educational Growth. In J. Castejón Costa (Ed.), Psicología y educación : presente y futuro (45-52). Asociación Científica de Psicología y Educación (ACIPE)

In this chapter I take a retrospective look at the use of technologies for learning, and learning in in schools in particular, through the technological developments of last century into the first two decades of the 21st Century. There are two main s... Read More about New (and Old) Technologies for Learning: Innovation and Educational Growth.

When English Meets Chinese in Tibetan Schools: Towards an Understanding of Multilingual Education in Tibet (2014)
Book Chapter
Xiao, Z., & Higgins, S. (2015). When English Meets Chinese in Tibetan Schools: Towards an Understanding of Multilingual Education in Tibet. In A. Feng, & B. Adamson (Eds.), Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges (117-140). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9352-0_6

By tracing the evolution of linguistic models for state education in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China, this chapter shows that bilingual education policies in the TAR oscillated between Chinese-led and Tibetan-led models since the 1950s. By... Read More about When English Meets Chinese in Tibetan Schools: Towards an Understanding of Multilingual Education in Tibet.

Evidence based? What constitutes valid evidence? (2004)
Book Chapter
Byrne, D. (2004). Evidence based? What constitutes valid evidence?. In A. Gray, & S. Harrison (Eds.), Governing medicine : theory and practice (81-92). Open University Press

Raising Achievement in Literacy through ICT. (2002)
Book Chapter
Higgins, S., & Moseley, D. (2002). Raising Achievement in Literacy through ICT. In M. Monteith (Ed.), Teaching Primary Literacy with ICT (30-45). Open University Press

On the Use of Random Effect Models for Radiation Biodosimetry (2017)
Book Chapter
Einbeck, J., Ainsbury, E., Barnard, S., Oliveira, M., Manning, G., Puig, P., & Badie, C. (2017). On the Use of Random Effect Models for Radiation Biodosimetry. In E. Ainsbury, M. Calle, E. Cardis, J. Einbeck, G. Gómez, & P. Puig (Eds.), Extended abstracts Fall 2015 : Biomedical Big Data ; Statistics for Low Dose Radiation Research (89-94). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55639-0_15

The application of random effect models to different radiation biomarkers, including cytogenetic, protein-based, and gene-expression based biomarkers, is discussed. Explicit case studies are provided for the latter two scenarios, in which random effe... Read More about On the Use of Random Effect Models for Radiation Biodosimetry.

War veterans, disability and post-colonial citizenship in Lusophone Africa (2007)
Book Chapter
Power, M. (2007). War veterans, disability and post-colonial citizenship in Lusophone Africa. In E. Gilbert, & E. Cowen (Eds.), War, Citizenship, Territory. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203938126

Introduction: Postcolonial Transformations As an imperial power, Portugal encountered numerous diculties in seeking to integrate its African colonial territories (Angola, Moçambique, GuineaBissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé, and Principé) into the empire a... Read More about War veterans, disability and post-colonial citizenship in Lusophone Africa.

Early Childhood Pediatric Sleep Concerns for Parents: Co-sleeping (2016)
Book Chapter
Sullivan, S., & Ball, H. (2017). Early Childhood Pediatric Sleep Concerns for Parents: Co-sleeping. In J. Stein (Ed.), Reference module in neuroscience and biobehavioral psychology. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.00880-4

Of all the sleep-related challenges in infancy and early childhood, none has generated the attention and controversy of co-sleeping. Rates of co-sleeping vary across countries and cultures. While in some studies co-sleeping has been associated with p... Read More about Early Childhood Pediatric Sleep Concerns for Parents: Co-sleeping.

The Prediction of Learning Progress in Young Children using Social-Ethnic Background or Baseline Assessment as Predictors. (2005)
Book Chapter
van der Hoeven-van Doornum, A., & Tymms, P. (2005). The Prediction of Learning Progress in Young Children using Social-Ethnic Background or Baseline Assessment as Predictors. In A. van der Hoeven-van Doornum (Ed.), Development on Scale, Instruction at Measure: OBis, a System of Value Added Indicators in Primary Education (101-111). ITs, Radboud Universiteit

Performance Indicators in Primary Schools. (2002)
Book Chapter
Tymms, P., & Albone, S. (2002). Performance Indicators in Primary Schools. In A. Visscher, & R. Coe (Eds.), School Improvement through Performance Feedback. Swets & Zeitlinger

Gene-Culture Coevolution (2015)
Book Chapter
Kendal, J. (2015). Gene-Culture Coevolution. In J. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (813-818). (2nd ed.). Elsevier

Gene-culture coevolution theory explicitly accounts for the inheritance of genetic and cultural traits whose fitness and evolutionary trajectory are nonindependent. After describing how a gene-culture coevolutionary account is constructed, the framew... Read More about Gene-Culture Coevolution.

What can Bayesian statistics do for archaeological predictive modelling? (2005)
Book Chapter
Millard, A. (2005). What can Bayesian statistics do for archaeological predictive modelling?. In P. van Leusen, & H. Kamermans (Eds.), Predictive modelling for archaeological heritage management : a research agenda (169-182). Rijkdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek

Two rivers: water and power in Ethiopia. (2012)
Book Chapter
Stevenson, E., & Mekonnen, J. (2012). Two rivers: water and power in Ethiopia. In E. Mendenhall, & A. Koon (Eds.), Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth. University of new Mexico Press

'Cold War'. (2005)
Book Chapter
Power, M. (2005). 'Cold War'. In T. Forsyth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of International Development (88-89). Routledge

Motor Skill Acquisition (2014)
Book Chapter
Kokotsaki, D., & Katsipataki, M. (2014). Motor Skill Acquisition. In W. Thompson (Ed.), Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia (713-714). SAGE Publications