Colin Foster

@colinfoster77.bsky.social

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Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University, UK

www.foster77.co.uk

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 3d

Evaluating the evaluation of psychology in UK universities…

@lizstokoe.bsky.social @mjinglis.bsky.social @colinfoster77.bsky.social @hugolf.bsky.social @profvicsimms.bsky.social share tales from the Research Excellence Framework.

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Evaluating the evaluation of psychology in UK universities | BPS

Elizabeth Stokoe, Matthew Inglis, Colin Foster, Hugo Lortie-Forgues and Victoria Simms share tales from the Research Excellence Framework.

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Colin Foster @colinfoster77.bsky.social · 5d

** NEW ** Open Access article with Eletta Rainsford in
@springernature.com found that students' confidence in their answers did not become better calibrated when they received feedback over the course of 9 questions. We found interesting gender effects: doi.org/10.1007/s107...

Confidence Assessment, Calibration, and Gender - International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

This study considers the utility of repeated confidence assessments for improving students’ calibration and investigates whether there are any associations between calibration and gender. Calibration ...

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 14d

For anyone interested in #psychology, #research assessment and evaluation, how the expert panel rated research submitted to #REF2021 - and especially the fate of #qualitative research - our article in Cogent Psychology is #OpenAccess (link in next post).

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Psychology and research assessment in the United Kingdom
Matthew Inglis,Colin Foster,Hugues Lortie-Forgues,Victoria Simms & Elizabeth Stokoe
Abstract
What can we learn about psychology research in the UK, and its perceived quality, from examining manuscripts submitted to the psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience subpanel of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021)? Using a latent Dirichlet allocation topic modelling approach, we identified 33 topics which collectively summarised the content of the journal articles returned to the subpanel. We found that the composition of submissions to the subpanel, in terms of these topics, explained a large proportion of the variance in the quality assessments they received from the expert peer review subpanel. Our model identified topics which were typically associated with receiving higher and lower unit-level quality assessments. In our discussion we pay particular attention to the fate of qualitative research, and discuss possible accounts for why units who returned a large amount of qualitative work tended to receive lower quality assessments than those who did not.

Colin Foster @colinfoster77.bsky.social · Oct 6

** NEW ** Open Access article with Aidan Stannard in @ssma1901.bsky.social
found that mathematics teachers who practised predicting students' responses to diagnostic questions diagnosticquestions.com improved dramatically in a short time period. doi.org/10.1111/ssm....

Diagnostic Questions

Better results, more confidence, less time

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Colin Foster @colinfoster77.bsky.social · Sep 5

** NEW ** Open Access article with Jacob Strauss and Tim Jay in the Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education on using the Cover-Copy-Compare technique to develop secondary school students’ mathematical procedural fluency with straight-line graphs. doi.org/10.1007/s423...

The Effectiveness of a Cover-Copy-Compare App for Developing Secondary School Students’ Mathematical Procedural Fluency with Straight-Line Graphs - Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technol...

Cover-copy-compare (CCC) is a simple, self-managed process that enables students to develop fluency in important facts and procedures through modelling, practice and corrective feedback. CCC has been ...

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Jenny Cains @jennycains.bsky.social · Apr 11

In #mathstoday, inspired by @colinfoster77.bsky.social’s Mathematical Etudes, we’ve been combining mathematical thinking and fluency practice 😁 lots of rich conversations all round. Not bad for the last day of a very long term! 😴

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Jan 31

Great paper by @colinfoster77.bsky.social and colleagues on applying principles of cognitive science in mathematics curriculum design. Not surprised to read that "Research-based design principles derived from sanitised experimental situations can be difficult to implement in specific real instances"

The Curriculum Journal | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library

There are increasingly frequent calls for school mathematics curricula to be informed by robust research evidence. One approach to achieving this is designing evidence-informed learning and teaching ...

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Beth Woollacott @bethwoollacott.bsky.social · Jan 27

"Effective research communication in education: Early years practitioners' views of research summaries"

In my newest paper, I discuss the importance of understanding how early years practitioners engage with research & what I learnt from speaking to them.💡

Free access here: doi.org/10.1002/rev3...

Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

For educational research findings to impact educational practice, effective communication is essential. One communication device is a summary that consolidates research literature and presents it in ...

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Loughborough University Department of Mathematics Education, UK @lborodme.bsky.social · Jan 20

Free open access article published today @tandfresearch.bsky.social about the challenges faced by Ukrainian refugee students learning mathematics in UK schools: doi.org/10.1080/0305... @colinfoster77.bsky.social

Challenges faced by Ukrainian students learning mathematics in UK schools

Previous research on how UK schools can meet the needs of refugee students has not focused on Ukrainian refugee students’ learning of mathematics. This group faces specific challenges, simultaneous...

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Colin Foster @colinfoster77.bsky.social · Nov 27

** NEW ** Open Access article in Asian Journal for Mathematics Education on how school students’ mathematical confidence develops across a sequence of low-stakes formative assessments: doi.org/10.1177/2752...

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