The following articles were published during 2021 and will be included within the Issue 5 Mailing.
McGarr, O., Gavaldon, G., and Saez de Adana, F. (2021). What can comics reveal about th life stories of pre-service childhood educators. Researching Education 2(2).
Pre-service educators can visually express their own life experiences through the medium of comics – how can this be helpful?
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4638954 [PDF]
Hartwig, M. and Rohrer, D. (2021) Interleaved Practice Improves Mathematics Learning. Researching Education, 2(2)
Students often zip through a set of practice problems but then struggle on cumulative exams. What went wrong? Here’s a helpful intervention – and why it may work.
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4676278 [PDF]
Televantou, I., Marsh, H., Dicke, T. & Nicolaides, C. (2021) Is attending a higher achieving school always beneficial for student learning? Researching Education 2(2).
Claims about how high-achieving schools promote stronger academic progress of individual pupils need to be questioned – matters of self-concept may be relevant
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4717472 [PDF]
Kolak, J. & Taylor, J. (2021) Choosing educational apps for pre-school children. Researching Education, 2(2)
What features to look for in a useful educational app – because often those features can be lacking
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4749220 [PDF]
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