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The BPS Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference 2007



Last updated: 8th September 2008

Conference programme

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Friday 9 November

17.00 - 18.30 Registration (Hotel reception area)
18.30 - 19.30 Opening address:
Room: Bentley

Professor Gert Rijlaarsdam & Dr. Martine Braaksma
Amsterdam University

Writing processes and the teaching of writing
(Powerpoint Presentation, 890 KB)
19.30 Dinner (JW's)

Saturday 10 November

08:00 - 09:00 Registration (Hotel reception area)
09:00 - 10:45 Parallel sessions
Room: Bentley Room: Earl of Granville
SYMPOSIUM

Chair: Susan Hallam
Institute of Education, London
Discussant: Andrea Creech
Institute of Education, London
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Karl Wall
Institute of Education, London
Musical Literacies Writing
Tiija Rinta
Institute of Education, London
Mark Torrance
Staffordshire University
An exploration of children’s understanding of different types of music Strategy-focussed writing instruction: it works, but why?
Sue Bishop
Institute of Education, London
David Galbraith
Staffordshire University
How do experienced orchestral musicians learn challenging rhythms? Constructing knowledge objects in writing
Su Ching Hsieh & Susan Hallam
Institute of Education, London
Elicia Cooke, Mark Torrance & David Galbraith
Staffordshire University
The relationships between sight-reading, memorisation and improvisation in those with expertise in different musical genres
Students' reviewing and editing practices
Elinor Tolfree and Susan Hallam
Institute of Education, London
Christian Weinzierl*, Joachim Grabowski* & Cornelia Glaser+

*Heidelberg University of Education; +Justus-Liebig University, Giessen
Young people's uses of and responses to music in their everyday lives Using keystroke logging in school research: From mere typing to text revision
10:45 - 11:15 Morning coffee (JW's)
11:15 - 13:00 Parallel sessions
Room: Bentley Room: Earl of Granville
SYMPOSIUM

Chair: Richard Jolley
Staffordshire University
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Mark Torrance
Staffordshire University
Understanding and evaluating children’s art and artistic experience from different educational perspectives and methodologies Writing
Richard Jolley*, Sarah Rose* & Esther Burkitt^
*Staffordshire University, ^Open University
James Hartley
Keele University
A survey of children, teachers and parents on children’s drawing experience and behaviour at home and school Alistair Cooke, Jeremy Clarkson and Alan Bennett: Voices, genres and new technology
Sarah Rose & Richard Jolley
Staffordshire University
Carole Sedgwick
Roehampton University
The development of children’s representational and expressive drawing in Steiner, Montessori and National Curriculum schools Writing in context: a European study of comparative academic literacy practices
Jenny Hallam, Mani das Gupta & Helen Lee
Staffordshire University
Margarida Alves Martins, Cristina Silva, Miguel Mata Pereira
ISPA - Higher Institute of Applied Psychology, Lisbon
The evaluation of child art from differing perspectives Can writing activities in kindergarten promote children's literacy skills?
Discussant: Mani das Gupta
Staffordshire University
Peter Sutherland
University of Stirling
  How can feedback to students aid their literacy?
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Restaurant) and Posters (JW's)
14:00 - 15:45 Parallel sessions
Room: Bentley Room: Earl of Granville
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Susan Atkinson
Leeds Metropolitan University
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Karl Wall
Institute of Education, London
Cultural literacy Teaching reading
Jane Hutchinson*, Debbie Pope*, Susan Atkinson^
University of Central Lancashire, ^Leeds Metropolitan University
Marianne Jacquin
University of Geneva
Depictions of literacy on UK mainstream television How is reading in a foreign language (FL) taught and acquired? The example of German as a foreign language for French speaking students in Switzerland
Ana Paula Barbosa Riserio Cortez
University of Mogi das Cruzes-VL
Marion Long
Institute of Education, London
Multiple worlds, various literacies: resources to change social realities Investigating reading comprehension
Joachim Grabowski*, Markus Shmitt*, Edward Kiel^, Swantje Heidecke*
*Heidelberg University of Education, ^University of Munich
Sue Ellis
Strathclyde University
What quiz show knowledge reveals about cultural literacy: Sex differences, cross cultural differences and identity Reading the context: synthetic phonics in England and Scotland
Vasily Tseptsov
Institute of Psychology RAS, Moscow
Carol Callinan & Emile van der Zee
University of Lincoln
Literacy in political ideas: the impact of multimedia vs. text The first evaluation of two teaching methods in reading
15:45 - 16:15 Tea (JW's)
16:15 - 17:35 Parallel sessions
Room: Bentley Room: Earl of Granville
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Penny Munn
University of Strathclyde
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Susan Hallam
Institute of Education, London
Individual differences Reading and spelling processes
Laurel Evans & Marc Buehner
Cardiff University
Rhona Stainthorp*, Morag Stuart*, Daisy Powell+, Philip Quinlan^, Holly Garwood~
*University of Reading, +Roehampton University, ^University of York, ~Birkbeck College
Thinking dispositions and the accuracy / efficiency trade-off Reading and rapid automatised naming: A complex relationship
Susan Atkinson
Leeds Metropolitan University
Jo Egan* & Marie-Josephe Tainturier^
*Derby Educational Psychology Services, ^Bangor University
Children's problem-solving strategies: An exploratory study Why do dyslexic children have difficulties spelling the -ed verb ending?
Ged Lombard
The Independent Psychological Service
Marie-Josephe Tainturier^ & Jo Egan*
^ Bangor University, *Derby Educational Psychology Services
SMART Literacy and NEET The acquisition of past-tense spelling in English: Rules or rote?
18:00 - 18:30 Annual General Meeting (Room: Earl of Granville)
18:30 - 19:00 Drinks reception and Posters (JW's)
19:00 - 20:00 Vernon-Wall lecture:
Room: Bentley

Professor Peter Bryant
Oxford Brookes University

Spelling rules exist, but do people use them?
20:00 Conference dinner (JW's)

Sunday 11 November

09:00 - 10:45 Parallel sessions
Room: Bentley Room: Earl of Granville
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Jane Hutchinson
University of Central Lancashire

INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Lynne Rogers
Institute of Education, London
Emotional literacy

Special Needs
Helen Whiteley* & Pamela Qualter^
*Edgehill University, ^University of Central Lancashire
Jenny Wainscot, Paul Naylor, Paul Sutcliffe, Digby Tanta and Jenna Williams
University of Sheffield
Developing emotional literacy skills to help young people excluded from school to re-engage with education Social experiences during a mainstream secondary school day of pupils with Asperger Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism (AS/HFA): A case-control study
Pamela Qualter*, Helen Whiteley^, Janet Read*, Caroline Gater*, Louisa Zioui*, Matthew Horton*, Mem Mazzone* & Jamin Xu*
*University of Central Lancashire, ^Edgehill University
Anne Emerson & Andy Grayson
Nottingham Trent University
UThink: A computer package to teach Emotional Intelligence skills to high school pupils Eye-tracking, autism, and 'surprising' levels of literacy
Debbie Pope, Pamela Qualter & Jane Hutchinson
University of Central Lancashire
Colette Gray
Queen's University Belfast
The influence of emotional intelligence on academic performance in undergraduate university students Inclusive education for the child with a visual impairment: Smooth transition or rocky road
Poppy Nash
University of York
Pamela Baylis & Margaret Snowling
University of York
Promoting emotional literacy and resilience in vulnerable learners A longitudinal study of the reading skills of children with Down Syndrome attending mainstream schools
10:45 - 11:05 Coffee (JW's)
11:05 - 11:55 Parallel sessions
Room: Bentley Room: Earl of Granville
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Peter Sutherland
Stirling University
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

Chair: Pamela Qualter
University of Central Lancashire
Maths anxiety
Methodology
Tom Hunt, David Sheffield, David Clark-Carter, Sheila Ford
Staffordshire University
Dave Putwain
Edge Hill University
Cognitive intrusions during mathematical problem solving: The relationship with maths anxiety The development of a scale to measure teachers' use of fear appeals in the classroom
David Sheffield*, Sheila Ford*, Tim Hobbs^
Staffordshire University, ^Dartington Social Research Unit
Jill McManus
Institute of Education, London
Does a brief cognitive-behavioural intervention reduce mathematics anxiety and improve performance in primary school children? The perpetuation of early disadvantage through the use of KS2 data to group pupils by ability
12:00 - 13:00 Plenary debate
Room: Bentley

Chair: Susan Hallam
Institute of Education, London

Opening paper: Mark Tarrant
Keele University

Participants' responses to research questionnaires: Lessons from social psychology
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Restaurant)

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