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Andrew Tolmie is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including psychology, medicine, and neuroscience, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, statistics and probability, and education.

Their work extensively covers topics related to cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, neuroscience, education and cognitive function, child and animal learning development, Williams syndrome research, glioma diagnosis and treatment, cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, and reading and literacy development.

Andrew Tolmie has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including the following recent papers:

  • Influences on cognitive outcomes in adult patients with gliomas: A systematic review, published in 2022 in Frontiers in Oncology
  • Associations between Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Physical Activity, Executive Function, and Academic Achievement: Longitudinal Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, published in 2024 in Brain Sciences
  • The Relationship between Working Memory and Arithmetic in Primary School Children: A Meta-Analysis, published in 2022 in Brain Sciences
  • The developmental trajectories of spatial skills in middle childhood, published in 2021 in British Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • A systematic review of cognitive interventions for adult patients with brain tumours, published in 2023 in Cancer Medicine

Their frequent coauthors include Michael S. C. Thomas, Rebecca Gordon, Emily K. Farran, Jo Van Herwegen, and Matthew A. Kirkman.

Andrew Tolmie's work has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Brain Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Mind Brain and Education
  • Frontiers in Oncology

Best Publications

  • Motivating Children to Learn Effectively: Exploring the Value of Intrinsic Integration in Educational Games

    M. P. Jacob Habgood;Shaaron E. Ainsworth

  • Factors influencing the success of computer mediated communication (CMC) environments in university teaching: a review and case study

    Andrew Tolmie;James Boyle

  • Social effects of collaborative learning in primary schools

    Andrew Kenneth Tolmie;Keith J. Topping;Donald Christie;Caroline Donaldson

  • The acquisition of conceptual knowledge in science by primary school children : group interaction and the understanding of motion down an incline

    Christine Howe;Andrew Tolmie;Catherine Rodgers

  • Group work in elementary science: Towards organisational principles for supporting pupil learning

    Christine Howe;Andrew Kenneth Tolmie;Allen Thurston;Keith J Topping

  • Hypothesis testing in science: group consensus and the acquisition of conceptual and procedural knowledge

    Christine Howe;Andy Tolmie;Val Duchak-Tanner;Catherine Rattray

  • Physics in the primary school: Peer interaction and the understanding of floating and sinking

    Christine Howe;Andrew Tolmie;Catherine Rodgers

  • Influence of Virtual Reality Training on the Roadside Crossing Judgments of Child Pedestrians.

    James A. Thomson;Andrew K. Tolmie;Hugh C. Foot;Kirstie M. Whelan

  • Child development and the aims of road safety education

    J. Thomson;Andrew Tolmie;H.C. Foot;B. McLaren

  • Task design as an influence on dialogue and learning: primary school group work with object flotation

    Andrew Tolmie;Christine Howe;Mhairi Mackenzie;Karen Greer

  • Group work in primary school science: discussion, consensus and guidance from experts

    Christine Howe;Andrew Tolmie

  • Peer Collaboration and Conceptual Growth in Physics: Task Influences on Children's Understanding of Heating and Cooling

    Christine Howe;Andy Tolmie;Karen Greer;Mhairi Mackenzie

  • Conceptual knowledge in physics: The role of group interaction in computer-supported teaching

    Christine Howe;Andrew Tolmie;Anthony Anderson;Mhairi Mackenzie

  • Computer-mediated communication as a learning resource

    Erica McAteer;Andrew Tolmie;Celia Duffy;John Corbett

  • Productive interaction in the context of computer-supported collaborative learning in science

    Christine Howe;Andrew Tolmie

  • Spatial cognition and science achievement: The contribution of intrinsic and extrinsic spatial skills from 7 to 11 years

    Alex Hodgkiss;Katie A. Gilligan;Andrew K. Tolmie;Michael S. C. Thomas

  • Examining learning in relation to the contexts of use of ICT

    Andrew Tolmie

  • A Multidimensional Analysis of Parent–Child Interactions During Academic Tasks and Their Relationships With Children's Self-Regulated Learning

    Deborah Pino-Pasternak;David Whitebread;Andrew Tolmie

  • Cooperative Learning in Science: Follow-up from primary to high school

    Allen Thurston;Keith J. Topping;Andrew Tolmie;Donald Christie

  • The effects of adult guidance and peer discussion on the development of children's representations: evidence from the training of pedestrian skills.

    Andrew Tolmie;James A. Thomson;Hugh C. Foot;Kirstie Whelan

  • Gender and Dialogue in Secondary School Physics.

    Andrew Tolmie;Christine Howe

  • Supporting group work in Scottish primary classrooms: improving the quality of collaborative dialogue

    Donald Christie;Andrew Kenneth Tolmie;Allen Thurston;Christine Howe

  • Drivers' perceptions of cyclists

    James Thomson;L. Basford;S. Reid;A. Tolmie

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Howe
Christine Howe University of Cambridge
Michael S.C. Thomas
Michael S.C. Thomas Birkbeck, University of London
Denis Mareschal
Denis Mareschal Birkbeck, University of London
Rory C. O'Connor
Rory C. O'Connor University of Glasgow
Yulia Kovas
Yulia Kovas Goldsmiths University of London
R. Peter Hobson
R. Peter Hobson University College London
Elisabeth L. Hill
Elisabeth L. Hill Goldsmiths University of London

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