Laura Lee

Laura Lee
  • BA Applied Psychology
  • PhD Student at University College Cork

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Introduction
I completed my undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology in 2010, earning a First Class Honours. Since 2012, I have been pursuing a PhD. My research explores primary school children's reading development. Specifically, my work aims to determine the cognitive skills that contribute towards fluent reading. I am also interested in exploring the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve reading fluency, specifically computerised and paired reading interventions.
Current institution
University College Cork
Current position
  • PhD Student
Additional affiliations
September 2011 - April 2014
University College Cork
Position
  • Research Assistant
Description
  • - Marking of research practicals and statistical exercises. - Providing students with feedback and support - Occasional teaching - Administrative work
Education
April 2012 - April 2015
September 2007 - May 2010
University College Cork
Field of study
  • Applied Psychology

Publications

Publications (4)
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Personalised learning embraces the elements of mutual ownership by learners and teachers, flexible content, tools and learning environments, targeted support, and data-driven reflection and decision making. The current study utilises a mix of instrumental case study (Stake, 1995) and deductive thematic analysis (Braun, Clarke & Terry, 2015; Terry e...
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A key challenge for teacher education globally is to ‘equip all teachers for effective learning in the 21st century’ (OECD 2011). In Higher Education, as well as schooling, the ground is shifting, ‘quietly but steadily’, away from a teacher-centred to a learner centred approach, through which educators increasingly ‘adapt their teaching in accordan...
Article
Objective: Low well-being during pregnancy can have significant adverse outcomes for mother and child. The effects of mindfulness interventions on prenatal maternal well-being are increasingly examined but outcomes have yet to be systematically evaluated. The aims of the current paper are to systematically evaluate intervention effects and current...

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