Time for our annual update of "Open Research across disciplines". pdf: www.ukrn.org/disciplines/ K Reproducibility Network (UKRN) webpages: www.ukrn.org/disciplines/ Resources to add, please use (by 30/09/25): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @camillakgilmore.bsky.social @priyasilverstein.com

>> 2/ The ECMG has a thorough and developmentally appropriate ‘toolkit’ for developing spatial thinking from birth to 8, all **free** here: earlymaths.org/spatial-reas... Please explore!

Giving every child the best start is about the most age and developmentally appropriate start. There’s now a plethora of international research pointing to the importance of young children’s spatial awareness as more influential on later mathematical (and wider) success, over number. >>

Training children's spatial skills improves their maths performance, research shows – and here are 6 ways teachers can do that

No. It’s fine. The day was first class, with v open discussions over shared research and good to see such a wide range of folk there. Lots of action points to advance spatial reasoning across phases. 👏🏼

Exciting day today of maths education professionals meeting members of DfE and other key institutions providing material for schools, to relay the importance of spatial reasoning & how they’re going to take the research onboard. At the moment we have a number-heavy curriculum. It needs to change.

With thanks in abundance to @ekfarran.bsky.social and University of Surrey 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

How does training spatial abilities impact #mathematics? Join us on June 3rd for the Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research and Practice's summer lecture, with @ekfarran.bsky.social! Get your ticket now: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... @ioe.bsky.social

Our new paper is just out in Behavior Research Methods! tinyurl.com/54jutzvd - with Louise Ewing, @ekfarran.bsky.social, Michael Papasavva, Ines Mares & @marielsmith8.bsky.social . We present data from 607 children aged 5-12 completing the Cambridge Face Memory Test for Children... 1/3

How does training spatial abilities impact #mathematics? Join us on June 3rd for the Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research and Practice's summer lecture, with @ekfarran.bsky.social! Get your ticket now: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... @ioe.bsky.social

How does training spatial abilities impact #mathematics? Join us on June 3rd for the Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research and Practice's summer lecture, with @ekfarran.bsky.social! Get your ticket now: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... @ioe.bsky.social

Part 4 draws our superb series on #spatialreasoning to a close. Find age and stage ideas on composition and decomposition - fitting shapes together and taking them apart www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat... #Nurseryworld thanks to @ekfarran.bsky.social and the team

🚨 I'm hiring! 🚨 Passionate about motor learning in #dyspraxic and typically developing #children? Become a Research Assistant @modilab-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 12th Feb 🔄 Spread the word! jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #neurojobs

Very honoured to be awarded the Developmental Psychology Section Impact and Engagement Award by The British Psychological Society. The award is for my work on the importance of spatial reasoning for mathematics. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

With Catherine Gripton, Sue Gifford, Alison Borthwick and Andrea Lancaster, I've been working with Nursery World on a series of four articles on spatial reasoning. The first one is now out: www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat... For more on spatial reasoning: www.surrey.ac.uk/spatial-reas...

For everyone who is new, here’s the directory where you can find a list of starter packs and connect with people who have the same interests:

Spatial reasoning platform policy briefings #education #learning

**Coming soon** New website on early maths from earlymaths.org AND easy and appropriate research informed assessment indicators for spatial reasoning ChIPs. Take a look at our number and pattern ones👇🏼

Excited to write for The Conversation UK. I talk about the latest TIMSS findings, geometry, and the importance of spatial play. "English children lag behind in geometry – parents can help them learn through play" theconversation.com/english-chil... For more: www.surrey.ac.uk/spatial-reas...

It is with profound sadness that we share the devastating news that Eleanor Maguire passed away on January 4th. She was a phenomenally brilliant neuroscientist, with immense passion for her work and many remarkable accomplishments. We will miss her terribly. www.online-tribute.com/EleanorMaguire

Great to see the FREE Primary Spatial Reasoning SKTM Programmes advertised. These programmes feature our spatial reasoning toolkit: earlymaths.org/spatial-reas... For more on my thoughts on TIMSS and geometry: www.tes.com/magazine/tea... For more: www.surrey.ac.uk/spatial-reas...

We have just opened recruitment for the REF 2029 panels. There is no nomination process and we invite you to put yourself forward 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/ref-202...

‘Simply put, children with good spatial reasoning skills are better at maths’: @ekfarran.bsky.social says the latest Timss rankings should inspire a focus on spatial reasoning in English maths curricula

Had a wonderful week discussing navigation with the great & good of navigation research from across the world. Ernst Strungmann Forum: “Navigation Research; Mapping the Future” (esforum.de/forums/ESF38...). I Iearned a lot & met so many inspirational people. Thank you Nora Newcombe for inviting me.

Delighted to write for the Times Education Supplement. Timms: Could a focus on spatial reasoning improve maths scores? www.tes.com/magazine/tea... For more: www.surrey.ac.uk/spatial-reas...

Our group after a week long Strüngmann Forum in Frankfurt! Group 1 rocks!! @russellepstein.bsky.social @andrejbicanski.bsky.social @lukaskunz.bsky.social @flaviodonato82.bsky.social @ekfarran.bsky.social and others I can’t find yet on Bluesky

stories.surrey.ac.uk/YoungMindsFo... Spatial reasoning is the ability to understand the spatial properties of objects such as their size and location, and to visualise objects and problems in the mind. Training children to think and work spatially leads to improvement in mathematics.

The 5th edition of Open Research across disciplines is out. We list case studies of Open Research and resources per discipline: doi.org/10.31219/osf... Now also as UKRN webpages: www.ukrn.org/2024/11/27/u... @surreypsychology.bsky.social with @camillakgilmore.bsky.social & @priyasilverstein.com

Hello, can anyone point me to a list of countries that fit "WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic)" criteria? Thanks.

New blogpost: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

The Curriculum and Assessment Review will be evidence informed. My response: 1. Include more explicit reference to spatial reasoning in the maths curriculum. 2. Geometry curriculum should reflect current spatial reasoning research. 3. Use physical manipulatives. www.surrey.ac.uk/news/puzzles...

We now have fewer providers of ECF - with Best Practice Network, which was highly regarded by many who used it, not selected for the next contract. Interesting to see how its share of the market is distributed. Exclusive from @johngroberts.bsky.social and @jasminenorden.bsky.social

I was interviewed by Learning Disability Today about our Shape Research, Change Lives project: www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/resear... To download our report: www.surrey.ac.uk/research-pro...

For a whole bunch of resources across disciplines, theres’s also this led by @ekfarran.bsky.social : osf.io/preprints/os...

Interested in applying for a SEDarc Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2024 in my lab? Get in touch. Lab: www.surrey.ac.uk/cognition-ge... Fellowship info: sedarc.ac.uk Deadline for EOI: 25 March 2024. Must have completed your PhD at a UK research organisation in last 12 months.

Come and work on Neurodiversity and Mathematical Learning with Gaia Scerif, Jo Van Herwegen and I for a new ESRC project. Oxford/Surrey/UCL dream team. Postdoctoral Researcher: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFZ944/p... Recruitment Officer (part-time): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFZ951/p...

Lab coordinator post bac positions at Temple Psychology & Neuroscience— two on memory development w @ingridsbrain.bsky.social and one on navigation development— please circulate!

Open Research across disciplines webpages now updated: ukrn.org/disciplines/

Tomorrow (hybrid event): University of Surrey Open Research Culture event 31st January, 2024. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-univer...

Once again, with correct sp.! Now in its fourth year, annual update of "Open Research across disciplines" PDF: osf.io/3r8hb/ Webpage (updates to follow): ukrn.org/disciplines/ 👉Now includes Sport and Exercise Science👈 with @camillakgilmore.bsky.social @priyasilverstein.com

Now in its forth year, annual update of "Open Research across disciplines" is out. Pdf: osf.io/3r8hb/ Webpage (updates to follow): ukrn.org/disciplines/ Now includes Sport and Exercise Science @ukrepro @CamillaKGilmore @priyasilverst

We are offering International Fellowships to enable early career researchers from around the world to come to the UK for two years to undertake original research in the humanities or social sciences. Please spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

Pssst! Submissions for the Year of Open Science Culminating Conference are closing soon. And - in an exciting development - free registration is now open! Learn more and register to attend at the conference website: www.cos.io/yos-conference

I am writing a paper on the benefits of preregistration. In one section I will address what most people find the strongest criticisms on preregistration. So, which points do you feel I should discuss?

University of Surrey Open Research Culture event 31st January, 2024. Highlights include Keynotes from Steven Hill, Chair of the REF 2029 Steering Group and Marcus Munafò, Head of the UK Reproducibility Network. All welcome. Hybrid event. Registration: shorturl.at/gkPU3

University of Surrey Open Research Culture event 31st January, 2024. Highlights include Keynotes from Steven Hill, Chair of the REF 2029 Steering Group and Marcus Munafò, Head of the UK Reproducibility Network. All welcome. Hybrid event. Registration: shorturl.at/gkPU3

Enjoyed presenting to sellstem.eu on importance of working with practitioners to translate research from the lab to the classroom. See our video on the importance of Spatial Reasoning: vimeo.com/882570233 For our work on Spatial Reasoning: www.surrey.ac.uk/spatial-reas...

I have made some additions to my preprint "When and How to Deviate from a Preregistration" osf.io/preprints/ps... and submitted it to Collabra: Psychology. If you are reporting a preregistered study, and you find yourself in need to report a deviation, I hope it offers some guidance.

A reason for the peer review crisis. Articles published grew by 50% since 2016, "which has outpaced the limited growth, if any, in the number of practising scientists. Thus, publication workload per scientist (writing, reviewing, editing) has increased dramatically." arxiv.org/abs/2309.15884

I am hiring a postdoc to start this summer in my lab at Indiana University, on an NSF-funded project on preschoolers’ flexible attention to magnitudes (intersection of numerical cognition and executive function). Apps can be submitted here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/22188. Please share!