Publications
Reports
Exploring the Community Response to Multiple Deaths of Young People by Suicide 2012 (By Trisha Forbes, Carol Sibbett, Sarah Miller and Lesley Emerson)
The Developmental Status of 2-3 Year Old Children Entering Group-Based Settings in Northern Ireland: Survey Findings Apr 2012 (by Carol McGuinness, Paul Connolly, Angela Eakin and Sarah Miller).
Evaluation of the Eager and Willing to Learn Programme for Two-Three Year Old Children
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Childhood Development Initiative’s Doodle Den Literacy Programme, Nov 2012 (by Andy Biggart, Karen Kerr, Liam O'Hare and Paul Connolly).
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Childhood Development Initiative’s Mate-Tricks Pro-Social Behaviour After-School Programme, Nov 2012 (by Liam O'Hare, Karen Kerr, Andy Biggart and Paul Connolly).
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A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of Booktime Northern Ireland: A Book Gifting Intervention for Children in Their First Year of Primary School, Jan 2012 (by Paul Connolly, Liam O’Hare & Denise Mitchell).
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Pupils' Emotional Health and Wellbeing: A Review of Audit Tools and a Survey of Practice in Northern Ireland Post-Primary Schools, May 2011 (by Paul Connolly, Caryl Sibbett, Jennifer Hanratty, Karen Kerr, Liam O'Hare and Karen Winter).
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Letterbox club in Improving Educational Outcomes among Children Aged 7-11 Years in Foster Care in Northern Ireland, April 2011 (by Karen Winter, Paul Connolly, Irene Bell and James Ferguson)
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A Follow-Up Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of the Effects of Business in the Community's Time to Read Mentoring Programme, January 2011 (by Sarah Miller, Paul Connolly and Lisa Maguire).
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A Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of Bookstart+: A Book Gifting Intervention for Two-Year Old Children, December 2010 (by Liam O'Hare and Paul Connolly).
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A Cluster Randomised Trial Evaluation of the Media Initiative for Children: Respecting Difference Programme, October 2010 (by Paul Connolly, Sarah Miller and Angela Eakin).
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A Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of Business in the Community's time to Read Pupil Mentoring Programme, May 2009 (by Sarah Miller, Paul Connolly, Oscar Odena and Ben Styles).
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Further publications will appear here shortly.
Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Books
Miller, S. & Connolly, P. (2013). A randomized controlled trial evaluation of time to read, a volunteer tutoring program for 8 to 9 year olds. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 35(1), 23-37.
Miller, S. , Connolly, P. & Maguire, L. (2012). 'The effects of a volunteer mentoring programme on reading outcomes among eight- to nine-year-old children: A follow up randomized controlled trial'. In : Journal of Early Childhood Research. 10, p. 134-144.
Miller, S., Maguire L. K. and Macdonald G. (2012) Home-based child development interventions for preschool children from socially disadvantaged families, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD008131. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008131.pub2.
McGuinness, C. & O'Hare, L. (2012). Introduction to the Special Issue:'New perspectives on developing and assessing thinking: Selected papers from ICOT2011' In : Thinking Skills and Creativity. 7, 2, p. 75-77.
Connolly, P. (2012). 'Statistical analysis tools'. In: Research Methods and Methodologies in Education. Arthur, J., Waring, M., Coe, R. & Hedges, L. (eds.). SAGE, p. 327-342.
Lloyd, K. (2012), Internet Use and Psychological Well-being among 10-year-old and 11-year-old Children. Child Care in Practice. 18, p. 5-22.
Lloyd, K. (2012) Happiness and well-Being of young carers: Extent, nature and correlates of caring among 10 and 11 year old school children. Journal of Happiness Studies, DOI 10.1007/s10902-011-9316-0
Connolly, P. , O'Hare, L. & Mitchell, D. (2012), 'A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of Booktime Northern Ireland: A Book Gifting Intervention for Reception-Aged Children' Unknown Publisher.
Miller, S. & Connolly, P. (2012), 'A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of Time to Read, a Volunteer Tutoring:program for 8 to 9 year olds'. In : Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
Kerr, K. & Murphy, C. (2012), 'Children’s attitudes to primary science'. In: Second International Handbook of Science Education. Fraser, B. J., Tobin, K. & McRobbie, C. (eds.). 2nd ed. Springer, Vol. 1, p. 627-650.
Conference Papers
A PUPIL BASELINE STUDY IN NORTHERN IRELAND: REPORTED WILLINGNESS TO CHALLENGE SECTARIAN BULLYING IN SCHOOL. Niens, U.,Kerr, K. & Connolly, P. British Educational Research Association, Annual Conference, Sep 2012 More>>
Evidence from a Baseline Study of Teachers and Young People in Northern Ireland: Implications for Peace Education. Kerr, K. , Niens, U. & Connolly, P. European Conference on Educational Research, Sep 2012 More >>
