Dr Greg Yates

Dr Greg Yates

School of Education

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

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.
http://mtc2014.sched.org/speaker/gregory.yates International keynote speaker: University of Kristianstad (Sweden). Skolledarkonferensen, October 2015. (School leaders conference).
http://docplayer.se/6767339-Utmanat-larande-skolledarkonferensen-1-2-oktober-2015.html

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.

Year Citation
2023 Bentley, B., Walters, K., & Yates, G. C. R. (2023). Using iconic hand gestures in teaching a Year 8 science lesson. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(3), 496-506.
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2020 Zhu, Y., Zhang, J. H., Au, W., & Yates, G. (2020). University students' online learning attitudes and continuous intention to undertake online courses: a self-regulated learning perspective. Educational Technology Research and Development, 68(3), 1485-1519.
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2017 Bentley, B., & Yates, G. (2017). Facilitating proportional reasoning through worked examples: Two classroom-based experiments. Cogent Education, 4(1, article no. 1297213), 1297213-1-1297213-14.
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2016 Ozturk, G., Hill, S., & Yates, G. C. R. (2016). Girls, boys and early reading: parents' gendered views about literacy and children's attitudes towards reading. Early child development and care, 186(5), 703-715.
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2016 Zhu, Y., Au, W., & Yates, G. (2016). University students' self-control and self-regulated learning in a blended course. Internet and higher education, 30, 54-62.
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2015 Price, D. A., & Yates, G. C. R. (2015). Impact of a brief ego depletion procedure on creative behaviour in the upper primary classroom. Educational psychology, 35(3), 328-340.
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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, 37(3), 487-509.
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2013 Yates, G., & Hattie, J. (2013). Experts amongst us: what do we know about them?. Journal of educational enquiry, 12(1), 40-50.
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: an international journal, 4(6), 195-208.
2011 Campbell, A. M., & Yates, G. C. R. (2011). Want to be a country teacher? No, I am too metrocentric. Journal of research in rural education, 26(4), 1-12.
2010 Beaglehole, V. J., & Yates, G. (2010). The full stop effect: using readability statistics with young writers. The journal of literacy and technology, 11(4), 53-82.
2010 Price, D. A., & Yates, G. C. R. (2010). Ego depletion effects on mathematics performance in primary school students : why take the hard road?. Educational psychology, 30(3), 269-281.
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2010 Annear, K. D., & Yates, G. C. R. (2010). Restrictive and supportive parenting : effects on children's school affect and emotional responses. Australian educational researcher, 37(1), 63-82.
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2008 Hutchinson, A. J., & Yates, G. (2008). Maternal goal factors in adaptive and maladaptive childhood perfectionism. Educational psychology, 28(7), 777-808.
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2008 Yates, G. C. R. (2008). Roadblocks to scientific thinking in educational decision making. Australasian journal of special education, 32(1), 125-137.
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2008 Barnes, A. J., Abd El Fattah, S., Chandler, M. A., & Yates, G. C. R. (2008). New age beliefs among teacher education students. Critical and creative thinking : the Australasian journal of philosophy in education, 16(2), 23-37.
2005 Yates, G. (2005). How obvious : personal reflections on the database of educational psychology and effective teaching research. Educational psychology, 25(6), 681-700.
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2004 Yates, G., & Lyndon, H. (2004). Conceptual mediation program in practice : educational outcomes from two sites. Research in Science Education.
2003 Demant, M. S., & Yates, G. (2003). Primary teachers' attitude toward the direct instruction construct. Educational Psychology, 23(5), 483-489.
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2001 Boman, P., & Yates, G. (2001). Optimism, hostility, and adjustment in the first year of high school. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 71(3), 401-411.
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2001 Boman, P., Pelling, N. J., & Yates, G. (2001). Gender Differences in the Affective, Behavioural, and Cognitive Dimension of Anger in High School Students. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53(SI), 139.
2000 Yates, G., & Chandler, M. A. (2000). Where have all the skeptics gone?: patterns of new age beliefs and anti-scientific attitudes in preservice primary teachers. Research in Science Education.
2000 Vines, L., & Yates, G. (2000). Drama as pre-reading experience: an experimental study into the effects of a brief 'mantle of the expert' approach on comprehension of thematically relevant texts. NJ (Drama Australia journal).
1999 Anderson, A. E., & Yates, G. (1999). Clay modelling and social modelling: effects of interactive taching on young children's creative artmaking. Educational psychology.

Year Citation
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. In Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference 2016 (pp. 1-16). Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education.
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. In Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference 2016 (pp. 1-16). Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education.
2013 Hattie, J., & Yates, G. (2013). Understanding learning : lessons for learning, teaching and research. In How the brain learns : what lessons are there for teaching? : conference proceedings (pp. 24-39). Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research.
2011 Zhu, Y., Au, W., & Yates, G. (2011). University students' attitudes toward online learning in a blended learning environment. In R. Huang (Ed.), Proceedings: Technology for Education and Learning: 2011 (pp. 50-57). Canada: ACTA Press.
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2011 Zhu, Y., Au, W., & Yates, G. C. R. (2011). University students' self-regulated learning in a blended course. In C. Klinger, & N. Murray (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st International Australasian Conference On Enabling Access To Higher Education, 2011 (pp. 115-123). Australia: National Committee of Enabling Educators (NCEE).
2007 Geng, H., Au, W., & Yates, G. (2007). Investigation of the supports from teachers that influence the interaction between students and teachers. In Supporting learning flow through integrative technologies (pp. 205-212). Netherlands: IOS Press.
2007 Chan Mow, I. T., Au, W. K., & Yates, G. (2007). The effect of the CABLE approach on the levels of mental engagement of students in computer programming. In M. Iskander (Ed.), Innovations in E-learning, Instruction Technology, Assessment and Engineering Education (pp. 145-150). USA: Springer.
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2007 Yates, G., & Abd El Fattah, S. (2007). Implicit theory of intelligence scale : testing for factorial inveriance and mean structure. In AARE International Educational Research Conference : engaging pedagogies. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education.
2006 Mow, I., Au, W. K., & Yates, G. (2006). The impact of CABLE on teaching computer programming. In 14th International Conference on Computers in Education. Amsterdam ; Washington, DC: IOS Press.
2006 Mow, I., Au, W. K., & Yates, G. (2006). The CABLE approach for teaching computer programming : how effective is it?. In Achieving Development Goals: Innovation, Learning, Collaboration and Foundations. Canada.
2005 Kasser, J. E., Sitnikova, E., Tran, X. L., & Yates, G. (2005). Optimising the content and delivery of postgraduate education in engineering management for government and industry. In 2005 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference: A Strategic View of Engineering and Technology Management.
2004 Mow, I., Au, W. K., & Yates, G. (2004). Teaching computer programming to promote problem solving strategies of students in Samoa : the CABLE approach. In Australian Computers in Education Conference: Conference Proceedings. ACT, Australia: Australian Council for Computers in Education.
2001 Demant, M. S., & Yates, G. C. R. (2001). Primary Teachers' attitudes toward the 'Direct Instruction' construct. In Australian Association for Research in Education, Annual Conference.
2000 Yates, G. C. R., & Chandler, M. A. (2000). New age beliefs and anti-scientific attitudes in preservice teachers. In DETE Research Expo.
  • Email: greg.yates@adelaide.edu.au
  • Alternative Contact: Although "retired", I remain active and use the university email professionally. But if it is private, then I use g.yates725@gmail.com

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