Key Publications

Journal articles

Threlfall, J., Pool, P., Homer, M. and Swinnerton, B. (in press) Implicit aspects of paper and pencil mathematics assessment that come to light through the use of the computer, Educational Studies in Mathematics.

Hargreaves, M., Homer, M. and Swinnerton, B. (in press) 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.

Threlfall, J. (2005) The formative use of assessment information in planning - the notion of contingent planning, British Journal of Educational Studies, 53, 1, 54-65.

Hargreaves, M. Shorrocks-Taylor, D. Swinnerton, B. Tait, K. and Threlfall, 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.

Diane Shorrocks Taylor, Janice Curry, Bronwen Swinnerton, Nick Nelson,(2003) National curriculum mathematics tests in England at Key Stage 2: weights and measures? Oxford Review of Education,29, 1, pp. 51-66.

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.

Sandra Daniels, Diane Shorrocks-Taylor, Edwin Redfern (2000), Can starting summer-born children earlier at infant school improve their national curriculum results?, Oxford Review of Education , 26 , 2 , June 2000, 207-220.

P.Pool (1999), The Way They Do Maths Around Here, Mathematics Teaching, 168 , Sept 1999.

Diane Shorrocks-Taylor, Melanie Hargreaves (1999), Making it clear: a review of language issues in testing with special reference to the National Curriculum mathematics tests at key stage 2, Educational Research, 41, 2, Summer 1999, 123-136.

Melanie Hargreaves, Diane Shorrocks-Taylor, John Threlfall (1998), Children's strategies with number patterns, Educational Studies, 24, 3, November 1998, 315-331.


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