Cate Hamilton
@cateh.bsky.social
PhD. Applied linguist at Dept of Education, University of Oxford 🤓 Researching effects of using songs to teach/learn foreign languages 🎶 RStats addict 🎵 SEND mom x3 🥰 Founder of Babel Babies 🌍 Ancora imparo 📚
Thanks to @deevybee.bsky.social and colleagues for this careful, insightful piece of scholarship. It is a masterclass on how to scrutinise studies rigorously and appraise what valid/reliable evidence (if any!) exists, as well as being highly enjoyable to read. Bravo.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism
Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in
the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential
studies underpinning these...
www.cell.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Thanks to @deevybee.bsky.social and colleagues for this careful, insightful piece of scholarship. It is a masterclass on how to scrutinise studies rigorously and appraise what valid/reliable evidence (if any!) exists, as well as being highly enjoyable to read. Bravo.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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so I just commented on that paper in Cell Host and Microbe that is cited as evidence that the autism/microbiome link is solid: pubpeer.com/publications...
(not sure what the word “precision” is supposed to mean in the title)
tldr; looks p-hacked 🫤 and I couldn’t find the ethics approval 🤔
(not sure what the word “precision” is supposed to mean in the title)
tldr; looks p-hacked 🫤 and I couldn’t find the ethics approval 🤔
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
so I just commented on that paper in Cell Host and Microbe that is cited as evidence that the autism/microbiome link is solid: pubpeer.com/publications...
(not sure what the word “precision” is supposed to mean in the title)
tldr; looks p-hacked 🫤 and I couldn’t find the ethics approval 🤔
(not sure what the word “precision” is supposed to mean in the title)
tldr; looks p-hacked 🫤 and I couldn’t find the ethics approval 🤔
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Helpful umbrella terms or too broad to mean anything? 'Neurodivergent' and 'neurodiverse' as labels.
theconversation.com/what-autisti...
theconversation.com/what-autisti...
What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’
A new UK survey of more than 900 neurodivergent adults has revealed strong feelings about the language of neurodiversity.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Helpful umbrella terms or too broad to mean anything? 'Neurodivergent' and 'neurodiverse' as labels.
theconversation.com/what-autisti...
theconversation.com/what-autisti...
I’m teaching #rstats to #appliedlinguists @education.ox.ac.uk so this is fr fr a vibe. Thanks @hadley.nz 🌟My fave is vibe_check() instead of mutate() 😂
Thanks to this bussin new #rstats 📦 by @hadley.nz,
you can now yeet rows and vibe_check columns in your data frames, no cap
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
you can now yeet rows and vibe_check columns in your data frames, no cap
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
`genzplyr` is an alternative syntax for `dplyr` that replaces boring old function names with GenZ slang. Your data wrangling is about to hit different.
hadley.github.io
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I’m teaching #rstats to #appliedlinguists @education.ox.ac.uk so this is fr fr a vibe. Thanks @hadley.nz 🌟My fave is vibe_check() instead of mutate() 😂
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Have you heard about the UK Linguistics Olympics? The UK Linguistics Olympiad is a national language-analysis competition for students in KS2-KS5. Free to enter!
Want to know more? Sign up to our webinar: Monday 10th November at 7:30: Book here: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/intro...
Want to know more? Sign up to our webinar: Monday 10th November at 7:30: Book here: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/intro...
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Have you heard about the UK Linguistics Olympics? The UK Linguistics Olympiad is a national language-analysis competition for students in KS2-KS5. Free to enter!
Want to know more? Sign up to our webinar: Monday 10th November at 7:30: Book here: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/intro...
Want to know more? Sign up to our webinar: Monday 10th November at 7:30: Book here: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/intro...
Our @education.ox.ac.uk
Applied Linguistics Lunchtime Seminars continue Tues 4th Nov 13-14:00GMT with a review of the research on Arabic as an additional language by Drs @robertwoore.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh. Join us online via Teams - details: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/review...
Applied Linguistics Lunchtime Seminars continue Tues 4th Nov 13-14:00GMT with a review of the research on Arabic as an additional language by Drs @robertwoore.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh. Join us online via Teams - details: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/review...
Reviewing Research on the Teaching and Learning of Arabic as an Additional Language: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications
www.education.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Our @education.ox.ac.uk
Applied Linguistics Lunchtime Seminars continue Tues 4th Nov 13-14:00GMT with a review of the research on Arabic as an additional language by Drs @robertwoore.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh. Join us online via Teams - details: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/review...
Applied Linguistics Lunchtime Seminars continue Tues 4th Nov 13-14:00GMT with a review of the research on Arabic as an additional language by Drs @robertwoore.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh. Join us online via Teams - details: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/review...
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Thought-provoking piece by Kelly Webb-Davies about assessment in the age of AI.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/proof-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/proof-...
Proof or it didn’t happen: Assess it like it’s research
The views expressed here are my own and do not represent those of the University of Oxford. If assessment were a research paper most of our methods sections would get rejected.
www.linkedin.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Thought-provoking piece by Kelly Webb-Davies about assessment in the age of AI.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/proof-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/proof-...
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💬 Around 1 in 14 people live with Developmental Language Disorder.
On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research.
Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky
On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research.
Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
💬 Around 1 in 14 people live with Developmental Language Disorder.
On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research.
Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky
On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research.
Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky
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How does movement shape learning and development in early childhood education?
The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0
#Edusky #EarlyYears
The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0
#Edusky #EarlyYears
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How does movement shape learning and development in early childhood education?
The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0
#Edusky #EarlyYears
The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0
#Edusky #EarlyYears
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✏️ Get your tickets: Preparing Children for Excellence in Learning Literacy in the Early Years.
Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy.
📅20 March 2026
Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX
Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy.
📅20 March 2026
Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
✏️ Get your tickets: Preparing Children for Excellence in Learning Literacy in the Early Years.
Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy.
📅20 March 2026
Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX
Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy.
📅20 March 2026
Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX
This is very cool - @hwc001.bsky.social look: micro RCTs! (Not mirco - oops!)
📣Calling primary school teachers!
We're looking for teachers to take part in a brand-new WhatWorked Education study to test the feasibility of a new research method – teacher-led micro RCTs. You'll test a spelling intervention and receive a tailored impact report.
👉 tinyurl.com/mrrm27zs
We're looking for teachers to take part in a brand-new WhatWorked Education study to test the feasibility of a new research method – teacher-led micro RCTs. You'll test a spelling intervention and receive a tailored impact report.
👉 tinyurl.com/mrrm27zs
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is very cool - @hwc001.bsky.social look: micro RCTs! (Not mirco - oops!)
The Art Gallery game please, Santa. And a mini Egyptian cat.
✨ Last chance to take 15% off our online shop ✨
Get a head start on your festive shopping with 15% off at the Ashmolean online shop - ends midnight on Sunday 19 October.
Use the code 15EARLYBIRD25 at checkout.
🛒 Shop now: shop.ashmolean.org
Ts and cs apply.
Get a head start on your festive shopping with 15% off at the Ashmolean online shop - ends midnight on Sunday 19 October.
Use the code 15EARLYBIRD25 at checkout.
🛒 Shop now: shop.ashmolean.org
Ts and cs apply.
October 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The Art Gallery game please, Santa. And a mini Egyptian cat.
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"The curriculum must be updated so that young people are well prepared - for their future lives but also the changes we already see around us in our climate, technology and world events."
Prof Becky Francis writing in TES on forthcoming Curriculum Review
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Prof Becky Francis writing in TES on forthcoming Curriculum Review
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Becky Francis: 5 reflections on the curriculum and assessment review
With the curriculum and assessment review due to publish its recommendations ‘very soon’, chair Becky Francis writes exclusively for Tes about what she has learned through the process
www.tes.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"The curriculum must be updated so that young people are well prepared - for their future lives but also the changes we already see around us in our climate, technology and world events."
Prof Becky Francis writing in TES on forthcoming Curriculum Review
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Prof Becky Francis writing in TES on forthcoming Curriculum Review
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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The study found that when populations that speak unrelated languages have children together, their languages become 4 to 9 percent more likely to share linguistic features.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/gene...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/gene...
Languages Have Mixed through History. Our Genes Can Reveal How
New research shows that wherever human populations mix, their languages blend as well
www.scientificamerican.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The study found that when populations that speak unrelated languages have children together, their languages become 4 to 9 percent more likely to share linguistic features.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/gene...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/gene...
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When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration?"
WRONG ANSWERS ONLY
Cc @lakens.bsky.social
WRONG ANSWERS ONLY
Cc @lakens.bsky.social
When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration, and how should this be done? 🧐
Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!
October 28, 1pm GMT.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org
Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!
October 28, 1pm GMT.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...
@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org
When and How to Deviate From a Preregistration, with Prof Daniël Lakens
Prof Daniël Lakens will share guidance on appropriate circumstances and methods for deviating from a pre-registration
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration?"
WRONG ANSWERS ONLY
Cc @lakens.bsky.social
WRONG ANSWERS ONLY
Cc @lakens.bsky.social
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It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
August 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
Our first #appliedlinguistics lunchtime seminar @education.ox.ac.uk is on 21st Oct, 1-2pm, with @dkcayado.bsky.social talking to us about morphology in Tagalog. Join us in person or online! Details ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/tracki...
October 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our first #appliedlinguistics lunchtime seminar @education.ox.ac.uk is on 21st Oct, 1-2pm, with @dkcayado.bsky.social talking to us about morphology in Tagalog. Join us in person or online! Details ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/tracki...
Great to see this new work on Arabic learners’ motivation published in System by my colleagues Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh, @robertwoore.bsky.social and Lars-Erik Malmberg. 🎉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Imagining, believing and achieving in L2 Arabic: Motivational self-concepts and language outcomes in a multiglossic context
Drawing on Dörnyei's (2005) Second Language Motivational Self System and research on academic self-concept and achievement, this study explored curren…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Great to see this new work on Arabic learners’ motivation published in System by my colleagues Anna-Maria Ramezanzadeh, @robertwoore.bsky.social and Lars-Erik Malmberg. 🎉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Teaching is the best job in the world, especially with such amazing colleagues and students @education.ox.ac.uk 🥰 Honoured to have my teaching recognised with this award, and looking forward to the new term starting!
Congratulations Dr Catherine Hamilton @cateh.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk ) on receiving a #TeachingExcellence Award!
🌟Feedback from students highlights Dr Hamilton's engaging teaching style and the positive impact of her efforts on their learning outcomes.
www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
🌟Feedback from students highlights Dr Hamilton's engaging teaching style and the positive impact of her efforts on their learning outcomes.
www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/article/winn...
October 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Teaching is the best job in the world, especially with such amazing colleagues and students @education.ox.ac.uk 🥰 Honoured to have my teaching recognised with this award, and looking forward to the new term starting!
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I have just left a lengthy Pubpeer comment on the autism/Tylenol study being cited by the Trump administration. There appear to be a number of fairly straightforward errors in the paper.
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodev...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology (2025)
pubpeer.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I have just left a lengthy Pubpeer comment on the autism/Tylenol study being cited by the Trump administration. There appear to be a number of fairly straightforward errors in the paper.
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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How can we assess risk of bias in education research? ⚖️
Our free online course teaches all the basics of how to assess trustworthiness of experiments and quasi-experiments in education.
Start the free training ➡️ bit.ly/RoBTraining
#OxEdDeanery @theeef.bsky.social
Our free online course teaches all the basics of how to assess trustworthiness of experiments and quasi-experiments in education.
Start the free training ➡️ bit.ly/RoBTraining
#OxEdDeanery @theeef.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
How can we assess risk of bias in education research? ⚖️
Our free online course teaches all the basics of how to assess trustworthiness of experiments and quasi-experiments in education.
Start the free training ➡️ bit.ly/RoBTraining
#OxEdDeanery @theeef.bsky.social
Our free online course teaches all the basics of how to assess trustworthiness of experiments and quasi-experiments in education.
Start the free training ➡️ bit.ly/RoBTraining
#OxEdDeanery @theeef.bsky.social
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Elevate your education practice with our part-time courses 🧑🏫
Our courses in Educational Assessment, Learning and Teaching, Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education and English as an Additional Language are open for Autumn 2025 entry.
Apply now ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/
#Edusky
Our courses in Educational Assessment, Learning and Teaching, Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education and English as an Additional Language are open for Autumn 2025 entry.
Apply now ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/
#Edusky
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Elevate your education practice with our part-time courses 🧑🏫
Our courses in Educational Assessment, Learning and Teaching, Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education and English as an Additional Language are open for Autumn 2025 entry.
Apply now ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/
#Edusky
Our courses in Educational Assessment, Learning and Teaching, Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education and English as an Additional Language are open for Autumn 2025 entry.
Apply now ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/
#Edusky