Dr Greg Yates

Adjunct Senior Lecturer UniSA Education Futures

Mawson Lakes Campus ()
tel +61 8 830 23287

email Gregory.Yates@unisa.edu.au

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About me

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS BA, University of Auckland (NZ), 1972. MA(Hons), University of Auckland, 1974. PhD, Flinders University of South Australia, 1981. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1973 University of Adelaide: 1974-5 Flinders University: 1976-1979 Kingston CAE, Nth Adelaide: 1980-2013 Magill Campus. Currently "retired" but serve the UNISA in adjunct capacity within the higher degree program. SABBATICALS AND KEYNOTES 1983 University of Calgary (Canada), 1993 State University of Arizona (USA), 2011 University of Auckland (New Zealand). International keynote Speaker: University of Kentucky (USA), July 2014 PIMSER (Science teachers conference). http://www.rsvpbook.com/event_page.php?id=505960 and p=747....

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Research

Research focus

Specialist Studies in Education
Psychology
Cognitive Sciences
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Education Systems

Highlights

Current work assisting Brendan Bentley in his work teaching maths skills using cognitive load principles. We are presenting at the Cognitive Load Conference, Colorado, June 2015. We also presented at the 2014 conference in Taiwan.,Current review collaboration with Dr Hattie in area of cognitive psychology.

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included.

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Books

Year	Output
2014	Hattie, J & Yates, G 2014, Visible learning and the science of how we learn, Routledge, London.

Chapters

Year	Output
2014	Hattie, J & Yates, GC 2014, 'Using feedback to promote learning', in VA Benassi, CE Overson & CM Hakala (eds), Applying science of learning in education: Infusing psychological science into the curriculum, American Psychological Association, US, ch. 4, pp. 45-58. Open access
2009	Mow, I, Au, WK & Yates, G 2009, 'Evaluating the impact of CABLE: a cognitive apprenticeship-based learning environment', in S Marshall, W Kinuthia & W Taylor (eds), Bridging the knowledge divide: educational technology for development, Information Age, USA, ch. 15, pp. 267-287.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2023	Bentley, B, Walters, K & Yates, GCR 2023, 'Using iconic hand gestures in teaching a year 8 science lesson', Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 496-506. Open access 3 2
2017	Bentley, B & Yates, GC 2017, 'Facilitating proportional reasoning through worked examples: two classroom-based experiments', Cogent Education, vol. 4, no. 1, article no. 1297213, pp. 1-14. Open access 14 7
2016	Ozturk, G, Hill, S & Yates, GC 2016, 'Girls, boys and early reading: parents' gendered views about literacy and children's attitudes towards reading', Early Child Development and Care, vol. 186, no. 5, pp. 703-715. 12 11
2016	Zhu, Y, Au, W & Yates, G 2016, 'University students' self-control and self-regulated learning in a blended course', The Internet and Higher Education, vol. 30, pp. 54-62. 93 72
2015	Ozturk, G, Hill, S & Yates, G 2015, 'Family context and five-year-old children's attitudes toward literacy when they are learning to read', Reading Psychology, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 487-509. 12 5
2015	Price, DA & Yates, GC 2015, 'Impact of a brief ego depletion procedure on creative behaviour in the upper primary classroom', Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 328-340. 13 12 1
2013	Yates, G & Hattie, J 2013, 'Experts amongst us: what do we know about them?', Journal of Educational Enquiry, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 40-50. Open access 3
2011	Campbell, AM & Yates, GC 2011, 'Want to be a country teacher? No, I am too metrocentric', Journal of Research in Rural Education, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 1-12. Open access
2011	Carter, S, Quinn, D & Yates, G 2011, 'Textbook design in the information age: is there a future for the textbook', Design Principles and Practices, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 195-208. Open access 1
2010	Annear, KD & Yates, GC 2010, 'Restrictive and supportive parenting : effects on children's school affect and emotional responses', The Australian Educational Researcher, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 63-82. 23 17
2010	Price, DA & Yates, GC 2010, 'Ego depletion effects on mathematics performance in primary school students : why take the hard road?', Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 269-281. 26 23
2010	Yates, G & Beaglehole, VJ 2010, 'The full stop effect: using readability statistics with young writers', Journal of Literacy and Technology, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 53-82. Open access
2008	Abd-El-Fattah, S, Barnes, AJ, Chandler, MA & Yates, GCR 2008, 'New age beliefs among teacher education students', Critical and Creative Thinking: The Australasian Journal of Philosophy in Education.
2008	Hutchinson, AJ & Yates, G 2008, 'Maternal goal factors in adaptive and maladaptive childhood perfectionism', Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 777-808. 12 10
2008	Yates, GCR 2008, 'Roadblocks to scientific thinking in educational decision making', Australasian Journal of Special Education, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 125-137. 3

Conferences

Year	Output
2016	Ozturk, G, Hill, S & Yates, G 2016, 'The role of parental practices and expectations on five-year old children's phonological awareness and letter-word knowledge', Australian Association for Research in Education Conference 2016, Australian Association for Research in Education, pp. 1-16. Open access
2016	Zhu, Y, Au, W & Yates, G 2016, 'University students' experiences of using an online forum and their attitude changes toward online learning in a blended course', Australian Association for Research in Education Conference 2016, Australian Association for Research in Education, pp. 1-16. Open access
2013	Hattie, J & Yates, G 2013, 'Understanding learning : lessons for learning, teaching and research', Research Conference 2013 : how the brain learns : what lessons are there for teaching?, Australian Council for Educational Research, pp. 24-39. Open access
2011	Zhu, Y, Au, W & Yates, G 2011, 'University students' attitudes toward online learning in a blended learning environment', in R Huang (ed.), IASTED 2011: International Conference on Technology for Education and Learning, ACTA Press, pp. 50-57. 2
2011	Zhu, Y, Au, W & Yates, GC 2011, 'University students' self-regulated learning in a blended course', in C Klinger & N Murray (eds), 1st international Australasian conference on enabling access to higher education, National Committee of Enabling Educators (NCEE), pp. 115-123.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Istanbul University	TURKEY
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Samoa	SAMOA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Educational Psychology, from the perspective of cognitive learning principles and emotional factors.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
An investigation into teaching proportional reasoning in the year 7 classroom	Completed
Developing justificatory reasoning: the importance for teacher education	Completed
Developing understandings of social justice and equal human worth: an intervention study within pre-service teacher education	Completed
Engaging with change : formal leadership and technology related initiatives in schools	Completed
Mediating Thai tertiary student learning of listening comprehension through listening strategies and group work	Completed
Perception, motivation, learner differences, and learning mathematics in an interactive multimedia learning environment	Completed
Schooling and the regulation of female subjectivity: choosing the "right" path through senior years	Completed
Staffing the South Australian country school: the problem of metrocentricity	Completed
Students' learning outcomes and attitudes toward online learning in a university blended environment	Completed
Studying the effects of NAPLAN on Indigenous education in remote schools, Australia	Completed
The impact of presentation formats on English listening comprehension at tertiary education	Completed
The integration of information and communication technology in visual arts education: a Malaysian experience	Completed
The role of family context in five-year-old children's early reading: interest in reading, phonological awareness and letter-word knowledge	Completed
Using early writing as play-scripts: effects on narrative development, collaborative dialogue and literate identity	Completed
Virtual Learning Environment in Malaysian primary schools: attitudes of teachers, students and parents towards its use	Completed
Widening participation in Australian higher education: a study of equity transition and enculturation	Completed
Writing in primary school classrooms: the effect of picture stimuli, prior knowledge, transcription fluency, brainstorming, explicit teaching and feedback	Completed

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