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Sullivan, Alice; Parsons, Samantha; Green, Francis; Wiggins, Richard D.; Ploubidis, George – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
This article assesses the chances of entering the top 5% of earners for a British cohort currently in their 40s. We assess the difference made by a university degree from an elite (Russell Group) or non-elite university, and from different undergraduate fields of study. Our study uses rich longitudinal data from the 1970 British Cohort Study…
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Selective Admission, Gender Differences, Salary Wage Differentials
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Hare, Dougal J.; Wood, Christopher; Wastell, Sarah; Skirrow, Paul – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Anxiety is a major problem for many people with Asperger's syndrome who may have qualitatively different fears from a non-Asperger's syndrome population. Research has relied on measures developed for non-Asperger's syndrome populations that require reporting past experiences of anxiety, which may confound assessment in people with Asperger's…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Asperger Syndrome, Qualitative Research, Adults
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Clarke, Paula J.; Paul, Shirley-Anne S.; Smith, Glynnis; Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2017
This study evaluated two 20-week reading interventions for pupils entering secondary school with reading difficulties. The interventions were delivered by trained teaching assistants (three 35-min sessions per week). 287 pupils (ages 11-13) from 27 schools were randomly allocated to three groups: reading intervention (targeting word recognition…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Reading Instruction, Secondary School Students, Intervention
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Tobin, Michael; Hill, Eileen; Hill, John – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2010
Experienced teachers have long asserted that children blind from retinoblastoma (Rb), a rare cancer of the eye, are of above average intelligence. To test this hypothesis, standardized verbal intelligence tests were administered to a sample of 85 children and adults, all diagnosed with the early infancy form of this condition. For 42 of the Rb…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Visual Impairments, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Quotient
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Khan, Misbah Mahmood; Reed, Jonathan – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2011
Games Based Learning needs to be linked to good learning theory to become an important educational intervention. This study examines the effectiveness of a collection of computer games called Neurogames®. Neurogames are a group of computer games aimed at improving reading and basic maths and are designed using neuropsychological theory. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Games, Computer Games, Numeracy