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Callicott, Katie; Towers, Katherine; Limniotis, Marina – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2020
Dynamic assessment (DA) is appealing to educational psychologists (EPs) due to: its flexibility, allowing EPs to adjust materials and processes to fit the assessment context; its usefulness, revealing ideas about how the next steps for learning might be achieved; and its focus on strengths. In Feuerstein's words, "it is the instances of…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Reflection
Hussain, Sobia; Woods, Kevin – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2019
Dynamic assessment (DA) is an interactive assessment that encompasses planned mediational teaching and assessment of the effects of that teaching on subsequent performance. DA has been motivated by the inadequacy of conventional static tests to provide accurate information about the individual's learning ability, deficient functions, change…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Green, Rachael; Birch, Susan – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2019
Dynamic Assessment (DA) is an interactive form of cognitive assessment used by some educational psychologists (EPs) to assess the learning potential of children and young people, through a focus on cognitive and affective aspects of learning. In terms of UK EP practice, this approach has the potential to complement the focus on 'person-centred…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Cognitive Measurement, Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Bozic, Nick; Lawthom, Rebecca; Murray, Janice – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
Since the 1990s many strength-based assessments (for example, inventories, checklists, interview schedules) have been developed for use with children and young people, but these have offered a limited appraisal of the contexts in which strengths are present. In this study a new form of contextualised strength-based assessment was used within the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Interviews, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
Bourke, Roseanna; Dharan, Vijaya – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2015
Psychologists working in education in Aotearoa/New Zealand work in diverse educational environments making day-to-day decisions informed by evidence-based practice. As a relatively small professional group with a complex work programme, they contribute to the assessments and decision-making processes of children and young people across multiple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Evaluation Methods
Lowther, Cath – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2013
Evaluation is a central feature of educational psychologists' (EPs) work. Different evaluation tools have been used in the published literature but a consistent approach is yet to emerge. Informed by Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, this research asks what information EPs find meaningful when they evaluate their work. Six EPs working in a…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Evaluation Methods, Phenomenology
Osborne, Cara; Alfano, Julia – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2011
The aim of the study was to examine whether consultation sessions provided by educational psychologists (EPs) offer a useful way of supporting foster and adoptive parents. Feedback was collected from 101 EPs and 78 foster and adoptive parents through the use of a short questionnaire at the end of each session. As might be expected, educational…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Adoption, Foster Care
Burton, Debbie; Smith, Margaret; Woods, Kevin – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2010
Enabling children and young people to act as researchers is increasingly viewed as useful in supporting their increased "participation" within settings where they live, work or receive services. This paper reports upon a project conducted by two educational psychologists (EPs) with two primary school class groups, in which the children…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Research Methodology, Psychologists, Young Adults
Monsen, Jeremy J.; Brown, Emma; Akthar, Zobiah; Khan, Sehra Y. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2009
Two cohorts of psychology graduates with Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) with the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a range of relevant work experience (teaching, youth and social work) were employed by the Kent Educational Psychology Service (EPS) over a two-year period as assistant educational psychologists (Assistant EPs). This…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Professional Training, Work Experience
Butterfield, Jill – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2009
This paper describes a small-scale, qualitative research project that critically reflects on the process and impact of using both grounded and action research to enhance attainment and enjoyment of reading, in such a way as to raise awareness at an individual and whole school level. The purpose of the project was to ascertain if the selected…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Research Design, Qualitative Research
Bond, C.; Cole, M.; Crook, H.; Fletcher, J.; Lucanz, J.; Noble, J. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
This article is an initial evaluation of a motor skills assessment for primary aged children. The Manchester Motor Skills Assessment (MMSA) is designed to be quick and easy for teaching assistants to complete, with the dual purposes of informing group programme planning and demonstrating an individual child's progress following a period of…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Interrater Reliability, Intervention, Teaching Assistants
Cameron, R. J. (Sean); Monsen, Jeremy J. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2005
The main aim of this paper is to describe a working protocol which can offer practising educational psychologists a rational framework within which to investigate and understand the complex problems of children and young people in school and to provide appropriate advice to teachers, parents/carers and LEA decision makers on how they can best…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Educational Needs, Young Adults, School Districts