Some indicative examples of current and recently completed research projects of members of the PELS research group are the following:
Measurement of learning gains in higher education across disciplines (2016-2018 Jan Vermunt Anna Vignoles & Sonia Ilie ). Funding Body: Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Multilingualism and cognition: implications for motivation health and well-being (2016-2020 Wendy Bennett Bak Jenny Gibson Napoleon Katsos. Funding body: Arts & Humanities Research Council.
Flourishing despite disadvantage: understanding resilience in children growing up in poverty (2017-2021 Duncan Astle Michelle Ellefson Claire Hughes & Mark Woolrich. Funding Body: The Templeton Foundation.
Evaluation of the Chief Residents’ Leadership and Management Programme in Medicine (2016-2017 Riikka Hofmann Jan Vermunt ). Funding Body: Cambridge University Health Partners.
The Educated Brain: From the Neuroscience to the Practice of Lifelong Learning (2015-2018 Sara Baker Michelle Ellefson Zoe Kourtzi). Funding Body: Economic & Social Research Council UK-Research Seminars Competition.
Wellbeing of Secondary Schools: Large multi-phased study to examine constructs of wellbeing in adolescence (2015-2017 Ros McLellan Liz Winter) Funding Bodies: Newton-Al-Farabi Partnership Programme www.britishcouncil.kz/newton-al-farabi and coordinated by the JSC Science Fund and the British Council.
Teacher learning and Lesson Study in mathematics higher order teaching and learning (2014-2016 Jan Vermunt Neil Mercer Paul Warwick & Maria Vrikki ). Funding body: London Schools Excellence Fund / London Borough of Camden.
Using genetic and environmental risks to understand variation in social emotional and educational outcomes in individuals with language impairments (2017-2019 Umar Toseeb Jenny Gibson & Diane Newbury). Funding body: ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative.
App-based Language Assessment for use by Parents and Professionals (2016-2017 Napoleon Katsos & Jenny Gibson). Funding body: ESRC Impact Acceleration Award.
Instruction methods for critical thinking (2014-2016 Sara Baker). Funding Body: Macat International.
Assessing individual participation in group tasks (2016-2018 Ayesha Ahmed ). Funding body: AQA Education.
PEDAL projects
Hi-tech Observation of Children’s Playground Social Communication Trajectories (2016-2017 Jenny Gibson Steve Hailes & David Skuse). Funding Body: ESRC Transformative Research Grant.
Understanding Children's Relationships with Peers through Play (2015-2018 Jenny Gibson & Elian Fink ). Funding Body: LEGO Foundation Research Grant.
Is there a role for play in school? (2015-2018 Sara Baker & Audrey Kittredge ). Funding Body: LEGO Foundation Research Grant.
Play learning and narrative skills (2015-2018 Marisol Basilio & David Whitebread ). Funding Body: LEGO Foundation Research Grant.