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Publications

Books
Epstein, D, Elwood, J, Hey, V and Maw, J (1998) (eds) Failing Boys? Issues in Gender and Achievement, Buckingham: Open University Press.

Book Chapters

Elwood, J (2010 in press) Impact of assessment on learner groups: boys and girls, in James at al (2010) (Eds) International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition.

Elwood J (2009 in press) Exploring girls' relationship to and with achievement: linking assessment, learning mind and gender, in Jackson, C, Paechter C, and Renold E (2009) (Eds) Girls and education 3-16: continuing concerns, new agendas, London: Open University Press

Elwood J (2008) Gender Issues in Testing and Assessment, in Murphy P and Hall K (2998) (Eds) Learning and Practice: Agency and Identities, London: SAGE/Open University, pp. 87-101. (Reprint of chapter Elwood J (2006) in Skelton et al (2006) (see below)).

Elwood J (2006) Gender Issues in Testing and Assessment, in Skelton C, Francis, B and Smulyan L (2006) (Eds) Handbook of Gender and Education, London: Sage, pp. 262-278.

Elwood, J (2001) Examination techniques: issues of validity and effects on performance, in Scott, D (ed.) Curriculum and Assessment, Westport, CA: Ablex Publishers, pp 84.103.

Murphy, P and Elwood, J (1998) Gendered learning inside and outside school: influences on achievement in Epstein, D, Elwood, J, Hey, V and Maw, J (1998) (eds) Failing Boys? Issues in Gender and Achievement, Buckingham: Open University Press, pp. 162 – 181.

Epstein, D, Elwood, J, Hey, V and Maw, J (1998) Schoolboy frictions: feminism and ‘failing’ boys in Epstein, D, Elwood, J, Hey, V and Maw, J (1998) (eds) Failing Boys? Issues in Gender and Achievement, Buckingham: Open University Press, pp. 3 – 18.

Journal Articles

Elwood J (2009) The English National Curriculum Assessment system: a commentary from Northern Ireland, Educational Research, 51(2), pp. 251-254.

Elwood, J (2006) Formative Assessment: possibilities, boundaries and limitations, Assessment in Education, 13(2), pp. 215-232.

Elwood J (2005) Gender and Achievement: what have exams got to do with it?, Oxford Review of Education, 31(3) pp. 373-393.

Elwood, J and Klenowski V (2002) Creating communities of shared practice: assessment use in learning and teaching, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 27(3), 243-256.

Elwood J and Murphy P (2002) Tests, Tiers and Achievement: Gender and Performance at 16 and 14 in England, European Journal of Education, 37(4), 395-416.

Gallagher T and Elwood J (2002) Gender Patterns in School Performance: Comparative Evidence, with special reference to Northern Ireland, Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, 22 Spring/Summer 2002, pp. 179-195.

Elwood J (1999a) Issues in performance assessment: the contribution of teacher-assessed coursework to differential performance in examinations in the UK, Educational Research and Evaluation, 5(4), pp. 321-344.

Elwood, J (1999b) Gender, achievement and the ‘Gold Standard’: differential performance in the GCE A level examination, The Curriculum Journal, 10(2), pp. 189 – 208.

Elwood J (1998a) Gender, assessment and achievement: considering the interactions and what we can learn about the underachievement of boys and girls, Leading Edge, 2(3), pp 158 - 166.

Elwood J (1998a) The use of context in examination and assessment items: a source of inequality in assessment outcomes, British Journal of Curriculum and Assessment, 8(3), pp. 31 - 32, 38.

Elwood J (1995) Undermining gender stereotypes: examination and coursework performance in the UK at 16, Assessment in Education, 2(3), pp. 283-303.

Elwood, J and Comber C (1996) Gender differences in A level examinations: new complexities or old stereotypes? British Journal of Curriculum and Assessment, pp. 24-29.

Comber C and Elwood, J (1994) Gender differences in A level physics and English literature: is the future male or female?  All-In Success, 7(2), pp. 21-22.

Murphy P and Elwood J (1998) Gendered experiences, choices and achievement – exploring the links, The International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2(2), pp. 95 – 118.

Stobart G, Elwood, J and Quinlan, M (1992) Gender bias in examinations: how equal are the opportunities?, in British Educational Research Journal, 18(3), pp. 261-276.

Selected Funded Research Reports

Clough, P, Connolly P, Elwood, J, Gallagher, A M and Lundy L (2006) Mainstreaming Equality Objectives in Schools in Northern Ireland, Belfast: Equality Commission.

Elwood, J, McKeown, P, Gallagher T, Kilpatrick, R, Murphy C and Carlisle, K (2004) Equality Awareness in Teacher Education in Northern Ireland: Summary of Final Report, Belfast: Equality Commission.

Elwood J  and Carlisle, K (2003) Differential Performance by gender and achievement in the Certificate Examination Results 2000/2001: Final Report, Dublin: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Elwood, J and Gipps, C (1999) Review of recent research on the achievement of girls in single-sex schools, London: Institute of Education, University of London for The Association of Maintained Girls’ Schools.

Elwood J and Comber C (1996) Gender Differences in Examinations at 18+: Final Report, London: Institute of Education for The Nuffield Foundation.

Stobart G, White J, Elwood, J, Hayden, M and Mason K (1992) Differential Performance in Examinations at 16+: English and mathematics, London SEAC for The Schools Examination and Assessment Council.

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