All Outputs (12)
Can teaching assistants improve attainment and attitudes of low performing pupils in numeracy? Evidence from a large-scale randomised controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article
The use of teaching assistants (TAs) is widespread in many education systems, but the ways that TAs can support learning effectively are poorly understood. Much evidence indicates that most TA support has no, or negative, effects on pupil attainment.... Read More about Can teaching assistants improve attainment and attitudes of low performing pupils in numeracy? Evidence from a large-scale randomised controlled trial.
PISA: Engagement, Attainment and interest in Science (PEAS) (2021)
Report
The way in which science is taught can influence how interested, engaged and informed students are. Teachers are responsible for the delivery of curriculum content as well as shaping views towards, beliefs about and ‘trust’ in science. Different inst... Read More about PISA: Engagement, Attainment and interest in Science (PEAS).
“Hot-headed” students? Scientific literacy, perceptions and awareness of climate change in 15-year olds across 54 countries (2020)
Journal Article
The growth in global climate protests by students challenge the status quo of policy makers and political leaders in mitigating the effects of climate change. These events suggest that young people are increasingly well-informed and aware of environm... Read More about “Hot-headed” students? Scientific literacy, perceptions and awareness of climate change in 15-year olds across 54 countries.
Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers: A study of social care workers’ attitudes towards boarding schools to care for and educate children in need (2020)
Journal Article
It has been proposed that boarding schools in England can be used to provide a stable education and care environment for vulnerable children in need and the government is expanding their use. However, for vulnerable children to be placed in boarding... Read More about Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers: A study of social care workers’ attitudes towards boarding schools to care for and educate children in need.
The mathematical backgrounds of undergraduates from England (2018)
Journal Article
Participation in any kind of mathematical study during upper secondary education in England is significantly lower than in other educational systems. As a result, many English students enter university at age 18 or 19 having not studied mathematics f... Read More about The mathematical backgrounds of undergraduates from England.
Do advanced mathematics skills predict success in biology and chemistry degrees? (2017)
Journal Article
The mathematical preparedness of science undergraduates has been a subject of debate for some time. This paper investigates the relationship between school mathematics attainment and degree outcomes in biology and chemistry across England, a much lar... Read More about Do advanced mathematics skills predict success in biology and chemistry degrees?.
Studying advanced mathematics in England: findings from a survey of student choices and attitudes (2016)
Journal Article
The UK Government has set a goal that the ‘vast majority’ of students in England will be studying mathematics to 18 by the end of the decade. The policy levers for achieving this goal include new Core Maths qualifications, designed for over 200,000... Read More about Studying advanced mathematics in England: findings from a survey of student choices and attitudes.
The impact of research on policy: a case of qualifications reform (2016)
Journal Article
The relationship between research and policymaking has been discussed repeatedly. However, the debate tends to be in general, abstract terms or from a macro-economic perspective with any examples described in a fairly cursory way. Despite the inhere... Read More about The impact of research on policy: a case of qualifications reform.
Reassessing the economic value of advanced level mathematics (2016)
Journal Article
In the late 1990s, the economic return to Advanced level (A-level) mathematics was examined. The analysis was based upon a series of log-linear models of earnings in the 1958 National Child Development Survey (NCDS) and the National Survey of 1980 Gr... Read More about Reassessing the economic value of advanced level mathematics.
Reconsidering the rise in A-Level Mathematics participation (2016)
Journal Article
There is growing support for making the study of mathematics to age 18 compulsory for all young people in England. This paper aims to inform this debate through new insights into historic A-level Mathematics participation trends. We analyse full-ye... Read More about Reconsidering the rise in A-Level Mathematics participation.