Information
| Research | Qualifications |
|---|---|
| Psychological factors that influence and which in turn are influenced by learning and achievement, particularly fear-of-failure, motivation, competence beliefs and the classroom environment | BSc (Hons) Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University PGCE, Greenwhich University M.Sc. Applied Psychology, University of Manchester Ph.D. University of Manchester PGCert. Edge Hill University |
| Teaching | Contact |
| Programme Leader: BSc (Hons) Educational Psychology PSY2116 Research methods and data analysis EDP3102 Psychological predictors of learning and achievement PSY3135 Dissertation Projects |
Dr Dave Putwain Department of Psychology Edge Hill University Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP Phone: 01695 584498 Email: Dave Putwain Office: SPS120 |
Publications
Putwain, D.W., Larkin, D., & Sander, P. (in press) Using the 2×2 framework of achievement goals to predict achievement emotions and academic performance. Learning and Individual Differences, 25(1), 80-84.doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.01.006
Putwain, D. W., & Best, N. (2013). Do highly test anxious pupils respond differentially to fear appeals made prior to a test? Research in Education, 87(2), 1-10. doi: 10.7227/RIE.88.1.1
Putwain, D. W., Sander, P., & Larkin, D. (in press). Academic self-efficacy and confidence in study-related skills and behaviours: relations with learning-related emotions and academic success. British Journal of Educational Psychology,
Nicholson, L.J., Putwain, D.W., Connors, L., & Hornby-Atkinson, P. (2013) The key to successful achievement as an undergraduate student: confidence and realistic expectations? Studies in Higher Education, 38(2), 272-284. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2011.585710
Putwain, D. W., Connors, E., Woods, K. A., & Nicholson, L. J. (2012). Stress and anxiety surrounding the Key Stage 2 Standard Assessment Tests in English schoolchildren. Pastoral Care in Education, 30(4), 189-302. doi: 10.1080/02643944.2012.688063
Putwain, D. W., & Roberts, C. M. (2012). Fear and efficacy appeals in the classroom: the secondary teachers’ perspective. Educational Psychology, 32(3), 355-372. doi: 10.1080/01443410.2012.659845
Putwain, D. W., & Symes, W. (2012). Are low competence beliefs always associated with high test anxiety? The mediating role of achievement goals. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 82(2), 207-224. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02021.x
Putwain, D. W., Kearsley, R., & Symes, W. (2012). Do creativity self-beliefs predict literacy achievement and motivation? Learning and Individual Differences, 22(3), 370-374. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.12.001
Putwain, D. W., Symes, W., Connors, E., & Douglas-Osborn, E. (2012). Is academic buoyancy anything more than adaptive coping? Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 25(3), 349-358. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2011.582459.
Putwain, D. W., & Symes, W. (2011). Classroom fear appeals and examination performance: facilitating or debilitating outcomes? Learning and Individual Differences, 21(2), 227-232. Doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.11.022
Putwain, D. W., Langdale, H. C., Woods, K. A., Nicholson, L. J. (2011). Developing and piloting a dot-probe measure of attentional bias for test anxiety. Learning and Individual Differences, 21(4), 478-482. Doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.02.002
Putwain, D. W., & Symes, W. (2011). Teachers’ use of fear appeals in the Mathematics classroom: worrying or motivating students? British Journal of Educational Psychology 81(3), 456-474. Doi: 10.1348/2044-8279.002005
Putwain, D. W., & Best, N. (2011). Fear appeals in the primary classroom: effects on test anxiety and test grade. Learning and Individual Differences, 21(5), 580-584. Doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.007
Putwain, D. W. (2011). Discourses of stress in secondary school students. Qualitative Studies in Education, 24(6), 717-731. Doi: 10.1080/09518398.2010.529840
Putwain, D. W., Whiteley, H. E., & Caddick, L. (2011). Thematic versus subject-based curriculum delivery and achievement goals: findings from a single school study. Educational Research, 53(4), 387-398. Doi: 10.1080/00131881.2011.625149
Putwain, D. W., & Daniels, R. A. (2010). Is the relationship between competence beliefs and test anxiety influenced by goal orientation? Learning and Individual Differences, 20(1), 8-13. Doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2009.10.006
Putwain, D. W., Connors, E., & Symes, W. (2010). Do cognitive distortions mediate the test anxiety and examination performance relationship? Educational Psychology, 30(1), 11-26. Doi: Doi: 10.1080/01443410903328866
Putwain, D. W., Woods, K. A., & Symes, W. (2010). Personal and situational predictors of test anxiety of students in post-compulsory education. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 80(1), 137–160. Doi: 10.1348/000709909X466082
Putwain, D. W. (2009). Situated and contextual features of test anxiety in UK adolescent students. School Psychology International, 30(1), 56-74.
Putwain, D. W. (2009). Assessment and examination stress in Key Stage 4. British Educational Research Journal, 35(3), 391-411.
Putwain, D. W., & Deveney, C. (2009). Predicting examination performance using an expanded integrated hierarchical model of test emotions and achievement goals. Psychology Teaching Review, 15(1), 18-31.
Putwain, D. W., & Roberts, C. M. (2009). The development and validation of the Teachers Use of Fear Appeals Questionnaire. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 79(4), 643-661. Doi: 10.1348/000709909X426130
Putwain, D. W. (2008). Do high stakes examinations moderate the test anxiety – examination performancerelationship? Educational Psychology, 28(2), 109-118.
Putwain, D. W. (2008). Supporting assessment stress in Key Stage 4 Students. Educational Studies, 34(2), 83-95. Doi: 10.1080/03055690701811081
Putwain, D. W. (2008). Deconstructing test anxiety. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 13(2), 141-155.
Putwain, D. W. (2008). Test anxiety and academic performance in KS4. Educational Psychology in Practice, 24(4), 319-334. Doi: 10.1080/02667360802488765
Putwain, D. W. (2008). Examination stress and test anxiety. The Psychologist, 21(12), 1026-1029.
Putwain, D. W. (2007). Researching stress and anxiety in schoolchildren: some methodological considerations. British Educational Research Journal, 33(2), 205-217.
Putwain, D. W. (2007). Test Anxiety in UK schoolchildren: prevalence and demographic patterns. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 77(3), 579-593.