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Overview

Robyn M. Gillies is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has a research focus within the social sciences, particularly psychology and education. Their work covers various aspects of education, developmental and educational psychology, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Online and Blended Learning
  • Education and Technology Integration
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function

Gillies has contributed to several publication venues, most notably:

  • Education Sciences
  • Interactive Learning Environments
  • Frontiers in Education
  • Current Psychology
  • Human Resources for Health

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Robyn M. Gillies include:

  • "Dialogic Teaching during Cooperative Inquiry-Based Science: A Case Study of a Year 6 Classroom" (2020) published in Education Sciences
  • "Using Cooperative Learning to Enhance Students' Learning and Engagement during Inquiry-Based Science" (2023) published in Education Sciences
  • "Barriers and facilitators to online medical and nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from international students from low- and middle-income countries and their teaching staff" (2021) published in Human Resources for Health
  • "Teachers and the Teaching of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL): The Emergence of an Integrative, Ecological Model of SRL-in-Context" (2020) published in Education Sciences
  • "Advantages and Challenges of Cooperative Learning in Two Different Cultures" (2021) published in Education Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Wen Li
  • Mohammad Reza Keramati
  • Aik Lim Tan
  • Azilawati Jamaludin
  • Asaduzzaman Khan

Best Publications

  • Cooperative Learning: Review of Research and Practice.

    Robyn M Gillies

  • Cooperative Learning: Integrating Theory and Practice

    Robyn M. Gillies

  • Teachers' reflections on cooperative learning: Issues of implementation

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  • The effects of cooperative learning on junior high school students during small group learning

    Robyn M Gillies

  • Structuring cooperative group work in classrooms

    Robyn M. Gillies

  • Teachers' and students' verbal behaviours during cooperative and small-group learning.

    Robyn M. Gillies

  • Cooperative Learning: The Social and Intellectual Outcomes of Learning in Groups

    Adrian F. Ashman;Robyn M. Gillies

  • The behaviors, interactions, and perceptions of junior high school students during small-group learning

    Robyn M. Gillies

  • The Effects of Cooperative Learning on Students with Learning Difficulties in the Lower Elementary School

    Robyn M. Gillies;Adrian F. Ashman

  • Behavior and interactions of children in cooperative groups in lower and middle elementary grades.

    Robyn M. Gillies;Adrian F. Ashman

  • The teacher's role in implementing cooperative learning in the classroom

    Robyn M. Gillies;Adrian F. Ashman;Jan Terwel

  • Teaching collaborative skills to primary school children in classroom-based work groups

    Robyn M. Gillies;Adrian F. Ashman

  • The effects of communication training on teachers’ and students’ verbal behaviours during cooperative learning

    Robyn M. Gillies

  • Cooperative Learning: Developments in Research

    Robyn M. Gillies

  • The Effects of Cooperative Learning on Junior High School Students' Behaviours, Discourse and Learning During a Science-Based Learning Activity

    Robyn M. Gillies

  • Promoting reasoned argumentation, problem-solving and learning during small-group work

    Robyn M. Gillies;Asaduzzaman Khan

  • Barriers and facilitators to online medical and nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from international students from low- and middle-income countries and their teaching staff.

    Wen Li;Robyn Gillies;Mingyu He;Changhao Wu

  • How to Support Primary Teachers' Implementation of Inquiry: Teachers' Reflections on Teaching Cooperative Inquiry-Based Science

    Robyn M. Gillies;Kim Nichols

  • Teachers’ discourse during cooperative learning and their perceptions of this pedagogical practice

    Robyn M. Gillies;Michael Boyle

  • The Residual Effects of Cooperative-Learning Experiences: A Two-Year Follow-Up

    Robyn M. Gillies

  • Increasing explanatory behaviour, problem-solving, and reasoning within classes using cooperative group work

    Robyn M. Gillies;Michele Haynes

Frequent Co-Authors

Annemaree Carroll
Annemaree Carroll University of Queensland
Catherine Manathunga
Catherine Manathunga University of the Sunshine Coast
Paula M. Barrett
Paula M. Barrett Edith Cowan University
Ross Cunnington
Ross Cunnington University of Queensland
Clayton R. Cook
Clayton R. Cook University of Minnesota
Wendy K. Silverman
Wendy K. Silverman Yale University
Peter Renshaw
Peter Renshaw University of Queensland
Peter A. Newcombe
Peter A. Newcombe University of Queensland
John Hattie
John Hattie University of Melbourne

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