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Emily Farran @ekfarran.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks Dermot. Yes, Neil Jacobs shared it with me. It's great. We plan to list it in our next edition. Keep me posted if you do extend further.

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Emily Farran @ekfarran.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · Jul 8

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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!

Spatial Reasoning

The ECMG’s spatial reasoning toolkit. What is spatial reasoning? How do we develop young children’s spatial reasoning? The answers are in the Spatial Reasoning Toolkit guidance and learning t…

earlymaths.org

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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · Jul 8

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.
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Spatial Reasoning

The ECMG’s spatial reasoning toolkit. What is spatial reasoning? How do we develop young children’s spatial reasoning? The answers are in the Spatial Reasoning Toolkit guidance and learning t…

earlymaths.org

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

How to boost children’s spatial skills – and their maths performance

Training children’s spatial abilities improves maths performance, studies show – and new research from the University of Surrey identifies practical teaching methods to do just that

www.tes.com

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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · May 22

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. 👏🏼

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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · May 22

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.

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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · May 22

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

Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · May 22

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.

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UCL IOE PHD @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social · May 10

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

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Nadja Althaus @nadjaalthaus.bsky.social · Apr 11

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

Exploring the development of face recognition across childhood via logistic mixed-effects modelling of the standardised Cambridge Face Memory Test - Behavior Research Methods

Individual differences in face identity recognition abilities are present across the lifespan but require developmentally differentiated methods of assessment. Here, we examine the empirical validity ...

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UCL IOE PHD @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social · Apr 17

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

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UCL IOE PHD @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social · Apr 2

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

Spatial abilities and mathematics: From the lab to the classroom

Join us for the Centre for Language, Literacy and Numeracy: Research and Practice's summer lecture, presented by Emily Farran.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Hannah Crown @hannah-crown.bsky.social · Apr 3

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

Spatial reasoning, part 4: Working out how things fit together - Nursery World

Construction and jigsaw puzzles involve children in fitting shapes together, or into gaps. As they do this, they learn about shape properties, estimate size and develop rotation skills, say Dr. Cather...

www.nurseryworld.co.uk

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Marie Martel @mariefmartel.bsky.social · Jan 27

🚨 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

Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Research Assistant in Neurodiversity & Motor Skills Development

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research. We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ours...

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Emily Farran @ekfarran.bsky.social · Jan 28

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/...

University of Surrey on LinkedIn: #surreyshapes

Congratulations to Professor Emily Farran who has been awarded the 2024 Developmental Psychology Section Impact and Engagement Award by The British…

www.linkedin.com

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Emily Farran @ekfarran.bsky.social · Jan 10

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...

Spatial reasoning part 1: Using the outdoors to develop this essential skill - Nursery World

In the first of this four-part series, Professor Emily Farran, Catherine Gripton, Sue Gifford and Alison Borthwick consider the spatial possibilities of outdoor play

www.nurseryworld.co.uk

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jan 9

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:

Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory

Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky

blueskydirectory.com

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Broader Visions Education @broadervisions.bsky.social · Jan 8

Spatial reasoning platform policy briefings
#education #learning

an infographic explaining what spatial reasoning is

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Emily Farran @ekfarran.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thank you.

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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · Jan 8

**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👇🏼

ECMG

Early Childhood Maths Group

earlymaths.org

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Emily Farran @ekfarran.bsky.social · Jan 8

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...

Policy briefings | University of Surrey

www.surrey.ac.uk

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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · Jan 6

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

Eleanor Maguire | 1970 - 2025 | Online-Tribute.com

Learning and memory are so fundamental to us, so enmeshed throughout cognition, that ‘solving’ memory, unpacking its neural mechanisms and being able to conceptualise it fully will, I believe, res…

www.online-tribute.com

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Emily Farran @ekfarran.bsky.social · Dec 16

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...

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ref2029.bsky.social @ref2029.bsky.social · Dec 16

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...

REF 2029 main and sub-panel recruitment – REF 2029

2029.ref.ac.uk

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Dec 9

‘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

Timss: could a focus on spatial reasoning improve maths scores?

The latest Timss international rankings show English pupils' weakness in key areas of maths – and our lack of focus on spatial reasoning is a major factor, argues Emily Farran

www.tes.com

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