Keith James Topping

Keith James Topping
Keith James Topping
Keith James Topping
Born (1947-10-01) 1 October 1947 (age 77)
Stockport, Cheshire
OccupationProfessor, researcher, author
NationalityBritish

Keith James Topping (born 1 October 1947) is a researcher in education. He designs intervention programs for teachers, parents and others to help children, then researches whether and how they work.[1]

The public impact of his research work has been reported over the last 35 years in national and international newspapers[2][3][4] and on radio,[5] television [6] and in news media online.[7]

He is a professor of educational and social research at the University of Dundee, and an author of 26 books and over 400 academic peer reviewed journal papers, distance learning resources and other publications.[8][9]

He is also a speaker and presenter (e.g. at the University of Exeter).[10]

His main research interests are language and literacy, peer tutoring and other forms of peer learning, parents as educators, problematic behavior and social competence, computer assisted learning and assessment, and inclusion.[8][9][11]

  1. ^ "LENA Advisor". LENA. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ Boffey, Daniel (23 October 2016). "The truth about boys and books: they read less – and skip pages". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ^ Duncanson, Hilary (23 February 2017). "Reading age slips as pupils leave primary". The Times. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ Gray, Alex (25 October 2016). "Girls are reading more than boys - here's why". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ BBC (24 July 2017). "Latest Scots school attainment gap funding set out". BBC.
  6. ^ "Secondary pupils not reading challenging books".
  7. ^ "Teenage Reading Ages 'Slip Behind By Up To Three Years'". BBC News. 23 February 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Professor Keith Topping". University of Dundee. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Keith James Topping - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  10. ^ "University of Exeter".
  11. ^ "Keith Topping". ResearchGate. Retrieved 18 December 2020.