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.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6
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.
DOI Scopus209 WoS166
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.
DOI Scopus21 WoS13
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.
DOI Scopus17 WoS14
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.
DOI Scopus108 WoS84
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.
DOI Scopus15 WoS13
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.
DOI Scopus12 WoS10
2013 Yates, G., & Hattie, J. (2013). Experts amongst us: what do we know about them?. Journal of educational enquiry, 12(1), 40-50.
Scopus3 WoS3
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.
Scopus2
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.
DOI Scopus29 WoS26
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.
DOI Scopus28 WoS21
2009 Yates, G., & Price, D. (2009). The science of subjective well-being. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADULT LEARNING, 49(1), 214-218.
WoS1
2008 Hutchinson, A. J., & Yates, G. (2008). Maternal goal factors in adaptive and maladaptive childhood perfectionism. Educational psychology, 28(7), 777-808.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11
2008 Yates, G. C. R. (2008). Roadblocks to scientific thinking in educational decision making. Australasian journal of special education, 32(1), 125-137.
DOI WoS3
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.
2007 Unnithan, V. B., Baynard, T., Potter, C. R., Barker, P., Heffernan, K. S., Kelly, E., . . . Fernhall, B. (2007). An exploratory study of cardiac function and oxygen uptake during cycle ergometry in overweight children. OBESITY, 15(11), 2673-2682.
DOI WoS9
2006 Goulopoulou, S., Heffernan, K. S., Fernhall, B., Yates, G., Baxter-Jones, A. D. G., & Unnithan, V. B. (2006). Heart rate variability during recovery from a wingate test in adolescent males. MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, 38(5), 875-881.
DOI WoS30
2005 Yates, G. (2005). How obvious : personal reflections on the database of educational psychology and effective teaching research. Educational psychology, 25(6), 681-700.
DOI Scopus17
2004 Yates, G., & Lyndon, H. (2004). Conceptual mediation program in practice : educational outcomes from two sites. Research in Science Education, 34(4), 389-401.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2003 Demant, M. S., & Yates, G. (2003). Primary teachers' attitude toward the direct instruction construct. Educational Psychology, 23(5), 483-489.
DOI
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.
DOI Scopus34 WoS31 Europe PMC9
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, 30(4), 377-387.
DOI Scopus37
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, 19(4), 463-469.
DOI Scopus14
1998 Melis, R. E., Yearout, R. D., & Yates, G. C. (1998). Total quality management (TQM) motivational techniques (an international case study). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING-APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE, 5(3), 195-204.
WoS1
1995 Yates, S. M., Yates, G. C. R., & Lippett, R. M. (1995). Explanatory Style, Ego-orientation and Primary School Mathematics Achievement. Educational Psychology, 15(1), 23-34.
DOI Scopus12
1991 YATES, G. C. R., & CHANDLER, M. (1991). THE COGNITIVE-PSYCHOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE - BASIC RESEARCH FINDINGS AND EDUCATIONAL-IMPLICATIONS. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 35(2), 131-153.
DOI WoS21
1990 Yates, G. C. R., & Yates, S. M. (1990). Teacher Effectiveness Research: Towards describing user-friendly classroom instruction. Educational Psychology, 10(3), 225-238.
DOI Scopus40
1987 Yates, G., Chandler, M., & Westwood, P. (1987). Teacher Effectiveness And Process-Product Research: Another Look. South Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 15(2), 18-26.
DOI Scopus1
1987 YATES, G. C. R., YATES, S. M., & BEASLEY, C. J. (1987). YOUNG CHILDRENS KNOWLEDGE OF STRATEGIES IN DELAY OF GRATIFICATION. MERRILL-PALMER QUARTERLY-JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 33(2), 159-169.
WoS17
1985 Yates, G. C., Hannell, G., & Lippett, R. M. (1985). Cognitive slippage, test anxiety, and responses in a group testing situation.. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 55 ( Pt 1)(FEB), 28-33.
DOI Scopus8 WoS9 Europe PMC3
1981 Yates, G. C. R., Lippett, R. M. K., & Yates, S. M. (1981). The effects of age, positive affect induction, and instructions on children's delay of gratification. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 32(1), 169-180.
DOI Scopus24 WoS23
1979 YATES, G. C. R., & YATES, S. M. (1979). MORAL REASONING IN YOUNG-CHILDREN - REVIEW OF RESEARCH INTO INTENTIONALITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 23(2), 153-170.
DOI
1978 YATES, G. C. R., & YATES, S. M. (1978). IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL MODELING RESEARCH FOR EDUCATION. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 22(2), 161-178.
DOI WoS3
1974 Yates, G. C. R. (1974). Influence of televised modeling and verbalization on children's delay of gratification. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 18(2), 333-339.
DOI Scopus13 WoS9

Year Citation
2017 Yates, S. M., & Yates, G. C. R. (2017). Reflection-impulsivity and delay of gratification choice. In Research Issues in Child Development (Vol. 11, pp. 170-179).
DOI
2014 Hattie, J., & Yates, G. C. R. (2014). Using feedback to promote learning. In V. A. Benassi, C. E. Overson, & C. M. Hakala (Eds.), Source details - Title: Applying science of learning in education: Infusing psychological science into the curriculum (pp. 45-58). US: American Psychological Association.
2013 Yates, G. C. R. (2013). Reflections on the database of educational psychology and effective teaching research. In K. Wheldall (Ed.), Developments in Educational Psychology Second Edition (pp. 110-130). Routledge.
DOI
2010 Yates, G. C. R. (2010). Reflections on the database of educational psychology and effective teaching research. In K. Wheldall (Ed.), Source details - Title: Developments in Educational Psychology (2nd ed. ed., pp. 110-130). UK: Routledge.
DOI
2009 Mow, I., Au, W. K., & Yates, G. (2009). Evaluating the impact of CABLE: a cognitive apprenticeship-based learning environment. In S. Marshall, W. Kinuthia, & W. Taylor (Eds.), Source details - Title: Bridging the knowledge divide: educational technology for development (pp. 267-287). USA: Information Age.
2000 Yates, G. (2000). Applying learning style research in the classroom: some cautions and the way ahead. In R. Riding, & S. G. Rayner (Eds.), Source details - Title: International Perspectives on Individual Differences (pp. 347-364). United States of America: Ablex Publishing Corporation.

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.
2015 Zhu, Y., Au, W., & Yates, G. (2015). University students' attitude changes toward online learning and course participation in a blended course. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computers in Education Icce 2015 (pp. 733-738).
Scopus1
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.
2012 Zhu, Y., Au, W., & Yates, G. C. R. (2012). Students' self-control and learning outcome in a university blended course. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education Icce 2012 (pp. 295-299).
Scopus1
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.
DOI Scopus2
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 Vol. 162 (pp. 205-212). Netherlands: IOS Press.
Scopus1 WoS1
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.
DOI
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.
Scopus1
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.
2006 Unnithan, V. B., Baynard, T., Heffeman, K., Kelly, E. E., Yates, G., & Fernhall, B. (2006). A Comparison of Heart Rate Variability during Cycle Ergometry in Overweight and Non-Overweight Children and Adolescents. In MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE Vol. 38 (pp. S316-S317). LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
DOI
2005 Goulopoulou, S., Heffernan, K. S., Fernhall, B., Yates, G., Baxter-Jones, A. D. G., & Unnithan, V. B. (2005). Heart Rate Variability At Rest And Recovery After Short-term, High-intensity Exercise In Adolescents. In MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE Vol. 37 (pp. S217-S218). LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
DOI WoS1
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 Vol. I (pp. 90-94). IEEE.
DOI Scopus3
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.
2004 Yates, G., Lafferty, M., & Unnithan, V. B. (2004). Youth soccer - The influences of significant others' behavior explored. In MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE Vol. 36 (pp. S224). IN, Indianapolis: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
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 Vol. 23 (pp. 483-489).
DOI Scopus7
2000 Yates, G. C. R., & Chandler, M. A. (2000). New age beliefs and anti-scientific attitudes in preservice teachers. In DETE Research Expo.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2019 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Virtual Learning Environment in Malaysian primary schools: attitudes of teachers, students and parents towards its use Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Noor Ashikin Omar
2013 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Using early writing as play-scripts: effects on narrative development, collaborative dialogue and literate identity Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Heidi Byrnes-Cloet
2012 - 2017 Co-Supervisor An investigation into teaching proportional reasoning in the year 7 classroom Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Brendan Bentley
2012 - 2014 Co-Supervisor The integration of information and communication technology in visual arts education: a Malaysian experience Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohd Rahmat
2011 - 2015 Co-Supervisor The role of family context in five-year-old children's early reading: interest in reading, phonological awareness and letter-word knowledge Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Gulsah Ozturk
2011 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Studying the effects of NAPLAN on Indigenous education in remote schools, Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Paul Unsworth
2009 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Developing understandings of social justice and equal human worth: an intervention study within pre-service teacher education Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Tace Vigliante
2009 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Writing in primary school classrooms: the effect of picture stimuli, prior knowledge, transcription fluency, brainstorming, explicit teaching and feedback Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Velma Beaglehole
2008 - 2012 Co-Supervisor The impact of presentation formats on English listening comprehension at tertiary education Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Bayu Wicaksono
2004 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Students' learning outcomes and attitudes toward online learning in a university blended environment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Yue Zhu
2003 - 2007 Principal Supervisor Transition to university: impacts of self-theories of intelligence Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sabry Abd-El-Fattah
2002 - 2009 Principal Supervisor Ego depletion: an investigation of effects on primary school students Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Deborah Price

Connect With Me

External Profiles

Other Links