Selected conference presentations

This is a selected list of presentations, for 2009, by IEE staff. Presentations (and publications) by each member of staff are also listed within their personal profiles.

2009 (in alphabetical order by IEE contributor)

Chambers B , Abrami P, Slavin R,and Madden N (December 2009), Pulling it all Together: A Technology-Supported, Three-Tier Model of Reading Instruction. Paper presented to the Teaching and Learning Conference of the International Association for Scientific Knowledge, Porto, Portugal.

Chambers B (November 2009), Getting all Children Ready for School. Keynote address presented at the Success for All-UK Early Years Conference, Birmingham, UK.

Chambers B (November 2009), Home Links for Curiosity Corner and KinderCorner. Workshop presented at the Success for All-UK Early Years Conference, Birmingham, UK.

Chambers B (November 2009), Can a Whole-School Reform Programme Narrow the Gap? Presentation to the Vice Chancellor’s Seminar on Inequalities, York, UK.

Chambers B (October 2009), Curiosity Corner: Getting All children Ready for School. Presented to the Preschool Curriculum Decision Making: Exploring Key Curriculum Models and Reviewing the Evidence-Base Conference. NIEER, Princeton, US.

Chambers B, Slavin RE, Madden NA, Abrami PC, Karanzalis M, & Gifford R (June, 2009), Small-Group Computer-Assisted Tutoring to Improve Reading Outcomes for Struggling First and Second Graders . Poster presented at the annual conference of the Institute for Education Science, Washington, DC.

Chambers B, Slavin RE, Madden NA , Abrami PC, Karanzalis M, & Gifford R (March 2009), The Effects of a Small-Group Computer-assisted Tutoring Program on Reading Outcomes for Struggling Readers Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Crystal City, US.

Hendry V and Ainsworth H (October 2009), Evaluating Three Models of School–University Partnership at the University of York. Higher Education Affiliates Network Meeting organised by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Hendry V (May 2009), A Systematic Review of Intervention Strategies to Promote Childhood Vaccination: Focus on Education. 9th Annual Campbell Collaboration (C2) Colloquium, Oslo, Norway.

Kiernan KE (March 2009), A Plenary Address on Parents, Parenting and Child Well-Being. The Parents Matter International Conference, London, UK.

Slavin R (December 2009), What Works for Struggling Readers? House of Commons Science and Technology Sub-Committee, London, UK.

Robert Slavin gave evidence to to the House of Commons Science and Technology Sub-Committee outlining the findings of Effective Programs for Struggling Readers: A Best Evidence Synthesis (November 2009).

Slavin R (October 2009), Evidence-based Policies for Education in the United Kingdom. 28th Vernon-Wall Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Education Section of The British Psychological Society.

Slavin R (October 2009), Evidence-based Policies for Education in the United Kingdom. The 28th Vernon-Wall Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Education Section of The British Psychological Society, Milton Keynes, UK. This lecture has now been published by the Society.

Slavin R, Lake C, & Davis S (March 2009), Meta-findings from the Best Evidence Encyclopedia. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Crystal City, VA.

Slavin RE, Lake C, Davis S & Madden N (March 2009), Effective Programs for Struggling Readers: A Best-evidence Synthesis. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Crystal City, VA, US.

Torgerson C (May 2009), Systematic Reviews from Campbell’s Disability Subgroup. 9th Annual Campbell Collaboration (C2) Colloquium, Oslo, Norway.

Torgerson C and Torgerson D (May 2009), How to Implement a Research Programme in Evidence-based Education. The Example of Assessment of an Intervention to Improve Mathematical Skills Among 6-7 Year Olds who have been Identified as being in the Bottom 5%. Presented to a closed meeting at the French Academy of Sciences on the theme ‘Vers une éducation fondée sur la preuve scientifique?’ (‘Towards an evidence-based education?’), Paris, France.

Tracey L, Hobson A, Malderez A, & Homer M (September 2009), Teachers’ Experiences of Initial Teacher Preparation, Induction and Early Professional Development in England: Key Findings from the Becoming a Teacher (BaT) Project. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, University of Manchester, UK.

Tracey L, Madden N, & Slavin RE (August 2009), Effects of Co-operative Learning on the Mathematics Achievement of Years 4 and 5 Pupils in Britain: A Randomised Control Trial. Paper presented at the EARLI conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Hobson AJ, Tracey L, Homer M, and Malderez A (February 2009), The Becoming a Teacher Project, Its Findings and Implications for Future Research. Invited paper presented at the Teacher Education Research Network (TERN), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

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