Joanne O’Keeffe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6691493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanne O’Keeffe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanne |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Keeffe |
| SIGNATURE | O’KEEFFE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Development of a Train-the-Trainer Approach in Reciprocal Reading Instruction in England’s Primary Schools
There is good evidence that targeted reciprocal reading instruction for struggling readers can lead to attainment gains in reading for children aged 9–12 years in England using the FFT Reciprocal Reading instruction programme when training is delivered by the programme developer. However, for programme scale-up, a train-the-trainer delivery approach is required. This study reports the development of a train-the-trainer delivery approach during a …
Promoting High Achievement for Disadvantaged Students
Equity of education outcomes for all children continues to be a shared goal amongst education leaders, post-pandemic. In England, issues of underachievement are of particular concern in socio-economically disadvantaged regions. Nevertheless, a minority of schools demonstrate high achievement for students from high-poverty backgrounds. This paper reports on the process of co-designing a school self-evaluation tool aligned to seven key indicators w…
Results from a Phase 3 definitive trial of reciprocal reading in English high schools
Phase 3 definitive randomized controlled trial in high schools in England. • The intervention aims to improve overall reading and comprehension. • The intervention is a teacher/teaching assistant instruction program for reading comprehension instruction to targeted students. • The magnitude of the observed change in the treatment group was in line with previous findings. • No significant differences in gains were found between control and treatme…
A Phase 3 randomized controlled trial of a vocabulary program in elementary schools in England
Vocabulary development is important for successful reading comprehension. Given the global challenges facing children's reading standards, there is an urgency to enable school children to improve their reading including their vocabulary. This protocol presents a randomized controlled trial to test a vocabulary program in English elementary schools. The trial will establish whether the positive findings from a smaller trial undertaken in England a…
The challenges of teaching maths in Irish in Irish-medium education
Despite the growth and popularity of Irish-medium Education (IME) in Northern Ireland, the sector has not received the same levels of state support and funding as has heritage language education in the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Educating children in an immersive language setting, particularly in a minority or endangered language, is still regarded as disadvantageous to the learner, and that bilingual language education will hind…
The routes to intellectual authority in a prior colonial empire
Two problematics are exposed and explored within this paper which currently undermine the United Kingdom’s international commitments to address racial inequality and injustice: (1) the routes to national, regional, and international intellectual authority via the academic profession, particularly the assigned leadership position of full professor or ‘chair’; and (2) the effects of dysconscious data literacy, which is out of step with internationa…
Data snapshots of the access and participation of ‘women’ academics in UK universities
Replete with espoused discourses of equality, diversity and inclusion within public bodies, is the UK, wherein lauded initiatives reward its universities’ commitments to increasing the access and positioning of ‘women’ in higher education. This paper contributes a critical quantitative analysis of the state of representation and participation of academic staff within these universities generally, and the majority‐female discipline of education pa…
A phase 3 definitive RCT of reciprocal reading in high schools in England
A Phase 2 exploratory trial of Paired Reading in Spanish language in Colombia
An Exploratory, Cluster Randomised Control Trial of the PAX Good Behaviour Game
This article presents the findings of an exploratory randomised controlled trial of the PAX Good Behaviour Game (PAX GBG) in Northern Ireland. The PAX GBG is an evidence‐based universal prevention programme designed to improve mental health by increasing self‐regulation, academic engagement, and decreasing disruptive behaviour in children. The study was designed in line with the Medical Research Council guidance on the development of complex inte…
A Phase 2 Exploratory Trial of a Vocabulary Intervention in High Poverty Elementary Education Settings
This article reports results of a phase 2 exploratory trial of a vocabulary program delivered in elementary schools to improve student’s reading ability, including their comprehension. The intervention was tested as a targeted intervention in classrooms with children aged 7–10 across 20 weeks during one school year, with eligible students learning in small groups of four. Teachers and support staff received training in this cooperative learning a…
An efficacy randomized controlled trial of Reciprocal Reading in secondary schools
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An efficacy randomized controlled trial of Reciprocal Reading in secondary schools
A phase 3 definitive RCT of reciprocal reading in high schools in England
A Phase 2 exploratory trial of Paired Reading in Spanish language in Colombia
An Exploratory, Cluster Randomised Control Trial of the PAX Good Behaviour Game
This article presents the findings of an exploratory randomised controlled trial of the PAX Good Behaviour Game (PAX GBG) in Northern Ireland. The PAX GBG is an evidence‐based universal prevention programme designed to improve mental health by increasing self‐regulation, academic engagement, and decreasing disruptive behaviour in children. The study was designed in line with the Medical Research Council guidance on the development of complex inte…
A Phase 2 Exploratory Trial of a Vocabulary Intervention in High Poverty Elementary Education Settings
This article reports results of a phase 2 exploratory trial of a vocabulary program delivered in elementary schools to improve student’s reading ability, including their comprehension. The intervention was tested as a targeted intervention in classrooms with children aged 7–10 across 20 weeks during one school year, with eligible students learning in small groups of four. Teachers and support staff received training in this cooperative learning a…
A Phase 3 randomized controlled trial of a vocabulary program in elementary schools in England
Vocabulary development is important for successful reading comprehension. Given the global challenges facing children's reading standards, there is an urgency to enable school children to improve their reading including their vocabulary. This protocol presents a randomized controlled trial to test a vocabulary program in English elementary schools. The trial will establish whether the positive findings from a smaller trial undertaken in England a…
The challenges of teaching maths in Irish in Irish-medium education
Despite the growth and popularity of Irish-medium Education (IME) in Northern Ireland, the sector has not received the same levels of state support and funding as has heritage language education in the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Educating children in an immersive language setting, particularly in a minority or endangered language, is still regarded as disadvantageous to the learner, and that bilingual language education will hind…
The routes to intellectual authority in a prior colonial empire
Two problematics are exposed and explored within this paper which currently undermine the United Kingdom’s international commitments to address racial inequality and injustice: (1) the routes to national, regional, and international intellectual authority via the academic profession, particularly the assigned leadership position of full professor or ‘chair’; and (2) the effects of dysconscious data literacy, which is out of step with internationa…
Data snapshots of the access and participation of ‘women’ academics in UK universities
Replete with espoused discourses of equality, diversity and inclusion within public bodies, is the UK, wherein lauded initiatives reward its universities’ commitments to increasing the access and positioning of ‘women’ in higher education. This paper contributes a critical quantitative analysis of the state of representation and participation of academic staff within these universities generally, and the majority‐female discipline of education pa…
The Development of a Train-the-Trainer Approach in Reciprocal Reading Instruction in England’s Primary Schools
There is good evidence that targeted reciprocal reading instruction for struggling readers can lead to attainment gains in reading for children aged 9–12 years in England using the FFT Reciprocal Reading instruction programme when training is delivered by the programme developer. However, for programme scale-up, a train-the-trainer delivery approach is required. This study reports the development of a train-the-trainer delivery approach during a …
Promoting High Achievement for Disadvantaged Students
Equity of education outcomes for all children continues to be a shared goal amongst education leaders, post-pandemic. In England, issues of underachievement are of particular concern in socio-economically disadvantaged regions. Nevertheless, a minority of schools demonstrate high achievement for students from high-poverty backgrounds. This paper reports on the process of co-designing a school self-evaluation tool aligned to seven key indicators w…
Results from a Phase 3 definitive trial of reciprocal reading in English high schools
Phase 3 definitive randomized controlled trial in high schools in England. • The intervention aims to improve overall reading and comprehension. • The intervention is a teacher/teaching assistant instruction program for reading comprehension instruction to targeted students. • The magnitude of the observed change in the treatment group was in line with previous findings. • No significant differences in gains were found between control and treatme…
Psychology (10 works) · Mathematics education (8 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (4 works) · Medical education (4 works)