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Predicting children's word-reading accuracy for common English words: The effect of word transparency and complexity (2010)
Journal Article
Spencer, K. (2010). Predicting children's word-reading accuracy for common English words: The effect of word transparency and complexity. British Journal of Psychology, 101(3), 519-543. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712609x470752

The effects of printed word frequency and transparency measures on single word reading accuracy were examined in 105 six-year-old children. The results indicated that it may be necessary to re-appraise notions of orthography-to-phonology corresponden... Read More about Predicting children's word-reading accuracy for common English words: The effect of word transparency and complexity.

Predicting intercultural competence in educational settings: the validity, reliability and utility of two instruments (2010)
Journal Article
Martin, S. (2010). Predicting intercultural competence in educational settings: the validity, reliability and utility of two instruments. Evaluation and Research in Education, 23(4), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500790.2010.495984

Determining individual potential for performance within multicultural environments is important in the increasingly globalised workplace. The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) and the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SEQ) aim to measure such... Read More about Predicting intercultural competence in educational settings: the validity, reliability and utility of two instruments.

The politics of educating children ‘with' ADHD (2010)
Book Chapter
Adams, P. D. (2010). The politics of educating children ‘with' ADHD. In L. J. Graham (Ed.), (De)Constructing ADHD: Critical guidance for teachers and teacher educators (77-98). Peter Lang

Conceptualising teachers' professional learning with Web 2.0 (2010)
Journal Article
Burden, K. J. (2010). Conceptualising teachers' professional learning with Web 2.0. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 27(3), 148-161. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741011054456

Purpose – This paper seeks to identify and develop an exploratory framework for conceptualising how teachers might use the affordances of Web 2.0 technologies to support their own professional learning. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws o... Read More about Conceptualising teachers' professional learning with Web 2.0.

Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment (2010)
Book Chapter
Loke, J. C., Colquhoun, D., Lee, K. W., & Yeo, A. T. (2010). Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment. Distance education (1-32). Nova Science Publishers

Information on student online learning experiences from a student perspective is considered by many educational researchers as invaluable indicators of the effectiveness of online modules or programmes. Methods to gather the information are commonly... Read More about Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment.

Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance (2010)
Journal Article
Filippakou, O., Salter, B., & Tapper, T. (2010). Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance. Higher Education, 60(5), 543-557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-010-9314-x

Formally the new public management model of governance was introduced into British higher education with the passage of the 1988 Education Reform Act, which abolished the existing University Grants Committee (UGC) and instigated the funding councils.... Read More about Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance.

Feedforward,-backward, and neutral transparency measures for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Greek readers (2010)
Journal Article
Spencer, K. A., Loizidou, N., & Masterson, J. (2010). Feedforward,-backward, and neutral transparency measures for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Greek readers. Behavior research methods, 42(1), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.3758/brm.42.1.96

In the present study, orthographic metrics for Greek children's Grade 1 and Grade 2 reading materials were presented. Data for five transparency metrics--three of which being neither feedforward nor feedbackward--were presented and offered for use in... Read More about Feedforward,-backward, and neutral transparency measures for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Greek readers.