Dr Melanie Hargreaves
Research Fellow
Tel: +44 (0)113 3434547
Room: BT 2.07
Email: m.hargreaves@education.leeds.ac.uk
Research Fellow
Member of AEU.
Interests
I have worked part-time for the AEU for the past 10 years. My main interests lie with children's cognition, particularly children's strategy use in mathematics. During my time with the AEU I have being involved in research in the readability of assessment materials and issues in computer based assessment. More recently my involvement has been with gifted and talented children's strategy use and gender differences in mathematics assesments.
Selected Publications
PAPERS
Hargreaves, M., Homer, M. & Swinnerton, B. (2008). "A comparison of performance and attitudes in mathematics amongst the 'gifted'. Are boys better at mathematics or do they just think they are?". Assessment in Education, 15(1), 19-38.
Threlfall, J. and Hargreaves, M. (2008). "The problem-solving methods of mathematically gifted and older average-attaining students". High Ability Studies, 19(1), 83-98.
Hargreaves, M., Shorrocks-Taylor, D., Swinnerton, B., Tait, K. and Threllfall, J. (2004). "Computer or paper? That is the question: does the medium in which assessment questions are presented affect children's performance in mathematics?". Educational Research, 46 (1), 29-42.
Shorrocks-Taylor, D. and Hargreaves, M. (2000). "Measuring the language demands of mathematics tests: the case of the statutory tests for 11-year olds in England and Wales". Assessment in Education: Principles, policy and practice, 7 (1), 39-60.
BOOKS
Shorrocks-Taylor, D., Jenkins, E., Curry, J., Swinnerton, B., Laws, P., Hargreaves, M. and Nelson, N. (1998). "An Investigation of the Performance of English Pupils in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)". Leeds: Leeds University Press.
Extended list of publications.
This page last updated by Melanie Hargreaves on 2nd June 2008