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The blog of Paul Connolly, Professor of Education at Queen's University Belfast.

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  • Do younger pupils really ‘mimic the habits of obese children in older classes’? Answer - probably not!
  • Further analysis of GCSE results in England by DCSF. Good or bad news? Depends who’s reporting. ... And the news might not be news at all.
  • Sneak preview of the contents page of the next issue of Effective Education (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2009)
  • Research shows that using blogs, texting and social networking sites improves children’s literacy skills - or does it?
  • Governments, evidence and politics – some reflections on the UK Govt’s sacking of its chief scientific drugs adviser
  • Walden University’s College of Education produces teachers who are more effective in improving pupils’ reading fluency. Really?
  • Why does the UK Government, with £6m at its disposal, also find it so difficult to do a simple evaluation?
  • Why do some educational researchers find it so difficult to do a simple evaluation?
  • CEE team win national prize for poster presentation
  • CEE researchers to present five papers at BERA
  • First issue of new international journal, Effective Education, published
  • Working paper published illustrating values underpinning the Una initiative

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Recent Posts

  • Do younger pupils really ‘mimic the habits of obese children in older classes’? Answer - probably not!
  • Further analysis of GCSE results in England by DCSF. Good or bad news? Depends who’s reporting. ... And the news might not be news at all.
  • Sneak preview of the contents page of the next issue of Effective Education (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2009)
  • Research shows that using blogs, texting and social networking sites improves children’s literacy skills - or does it?
  • Governments, evidence and politics – some reflections on the UK Govt’s sacking of its chief scientific drugs adviser
  • Walden University’s College of Education produces teachers who are more effective in improving pupils’ reading fluency. Really?
  • Why does the UK Government, with £6m at its disposal, also find it so difficult to do a simple evaluation?
  • Why do some educational researchers find it so difficult to do a simple evaluation?
  • CEE team win national prize for poster presentation
  • CEE researchers to present five papers at BERA
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