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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter Tymms is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with particular emphasis on Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms

Selected recent publications by Peter Tymms include:

  • Learning loss and learning inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2022, Ensaio Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação
  • The use of cognitive instruments for research in early childhood education: constraints and possibilities in the Brazilian context, 2020, Pro-Posições
  • Standards in education: reforms, stagnation and the need to rethink, 2020, Oxford Review of Education
  • Absolute effects of schooling as a reference for the interpretation of educational intervention effects, 2020, Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • Cognitive Development and Non-Aerobic Physical Fitness in Preschoolers: a Longitudinal Study, 2021, Lecturas Educación Física y Deportes

They have frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Tiago Lisboa Bartholo
  • Mariane Campelo Koslinski
  • Christine Merrell
  • David Bolden
  • Hans Luyten

Their work has been published in multiple venues such as:

  • Ensaio Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação
  • Pro-Posições
  • Oxford Review of Education
  • Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • Lecturas Educación Física y Deportes

Peter Tymms has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Role models, school improvement and the ‘gender gap’—do men bring out the best in boys and women the best in girls?1

    Bruce Carrington;Peter Tymms;Christine Merrell

  • Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness: Their impact on academic achievement and progress

    C. Merrell;P. B. Tymms

  • The Effects of Student Composition on School Outcomes

    Richard Harker;Peter Tymms

  • The impact of drama on pupils' language, mathematics, and attitude in two primary schools

    Mike Fleming;Christine Merrell;Peter Tymms

  • Baseline Assessment and Monitoring in Primary Schools

    Peter Tymms

  • Effect sizes in multilevel models.

    P. Tymms

  • The First Year at School: A Quantitative Investigation of the Attainment and Progress of Pupils∗

    Peter Tymms;Christine Merrell;Brian Henderson

  • Are standards rising in English primary schools

    Peter Tymms

  • The Development of a School-Based Measure of Child Mental Health

    Jessica Deighton;Peter Tymms;Panos Vostanis;Jay Belsky

  • Homework and Attainment in Primary Schools

    Steve Farrow;Peter Tymms;Brian Henderson

  • Baseline assessment, value‐added and the prediction of reading

    Peter Tymms

  • The relationship of homework to A‐level results

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  • Baseline assessment and monitoring in primary schools : achievements, attitudes, and value-added indicators

    Peter Tymms

  • Dysfunctional Effects of League Tables: A Comparison Between English and Scottish Primary Schools

    Andy Wiggins;Peter Tymms

  • The Emergence of a Learning Progression in Middle School Chemistry

    Philip Johnson;Peter Tymms

  • Standards and quality in English primary schools over time: the national evidence

    Peter Tymms;Christine Merrell

  • A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation Into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School

    Peter Tymms

  • Impact of Early School-Based Screening and Intervention Programs for ADHD on Children's Outcomes and Access to Services Follow-up of a School-Based Trial at Age 10 Years

    Kapil Sayal;Victoria Owen;Kate White;Christine Merrell

  • Improving attainment across a whole district: school reform through peer tutoring in a randomized controlled trial

    Peter Tymms;Christine Merrell;Allen Thurston;John Andor

  • Technical and Ethical Issues in Indicator Systems.

    Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon;Peter Tymms

  • Baseline Assessment and Progress during the First Three Years at School

    Peter Tymms;Christine Merrell;Brian Henderson

  • Techniques for Monitoring the Comparability of Examination Standards

    Paul E. Newton;J. Baird;H. Goldstein;H. Patrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Miranda Wolpert
Miranda Wolpert University College London
Peter Fonagy
Peter Fonagy University College London
Panos Vostanis
Panos Vostanis University of Leicester
Julian G. Elliott
Julian G. Elliott Durham University
Sarah Curtis
Sarah Curtis Durham University
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Charles Hulme
Charles Hulme University of Oxford
Jessica Deighton
Jessica Deighton University College London
Neil Humphrey
Neil Humphrey University of Manchester
Keith Topping
Keith Topping University of Dundee

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