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PhD Thesis

Coxhead, P. An Empirical Study of Some Aspects of Secondary School Science involving 11-13 year old Pupils, PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, 1974.

Books

Coxhead, P. Starting LISP for AI, Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1987.

Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. (eds) Cultural Diversity and Learning Efficiency: Recent Developments in Assessment, London: Macmillan, 1988.
Abstract

Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. (eds) Intervention with Children, London: Routledge, 1990.
  Republished in 2018 as Volume 21 of Routledge Library Editions: Psychology of Education.

Coxhead, P. (translated by Asaka, Koichi & Asaka, Shuji) 人工知能のためのLISP入門 (Starting LISP for AI), Tokyo : Keigaku Shuppan, 1992. (Translation of Starting LISP for AI.)

Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. (eds) Asesoramiento y Apoyo Psicopedagogico, Madrid: Narcea, 1993. (Translation of Intervention with Children.)

Chapters in Books

Coxhead, P. & Whitfield, R. C. "Some Problems of Measurement concerned with Science Practical Work for 11-13 year olds", in Research in Science Education, Volume 4, Australian Science Education Research Association, University of Queensland Press, pp. 45-54, 1974./p>

Pilliner, A. E. G. & Coxhead, P. "The Linear Model", Course DE304 (Research Methods in Education and the Social Sciences), Block 7 (Modelling relationships in data), Unit 1, Open University, 1979.

Coxhead, P. "Extending the Model", Course DE304 (Research Methods in Education and the Social Sciences), Block 7 (Modelling relationships in data), Unit 2, Open University, 1979.

Coxhead, P. "Reading Guide to Blalock, Social Statistics, and Nunnally, Psychometric Theory", Course DE801, Open University, 1982.

Coxhead, P. Reviews of "Mathematics Attainment Test C1", "Mathematics Topic Tests" and "Profile of Mathematical Skills 'Y'; Series", in Levy, P. & Goldstein, H. (eds), Tests in Education, London: Academic Press, 1984.

Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. "Why assess learning potential?", in Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. (eds), Cultural Diversity and Learning Efficiency: Recent Developments in Assessment, London: Macmillan, pp. 1-21, 1988.

Coxhead, P. & Gupta, R. M. "Construction of a Test Battery to measure learning potential", in Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. (eds), Cultural Diversity and Learning Efficiency: Recent Developments in Assessment, London: Macmillan, pp. 118-140, 1988.
Abstract

Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. "An adapted behavioural approach to the treatment of behavioural problems", in Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. (eds) Intervention with Children, London: Routledge, pp. 28-51, 1990.

Journal Papers

Coxhead, P. "Measuring the relationship between two sets of variables", British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology 27, pp. 205-212, 1974.
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1974.tb00541.x

Coxhead, P. & Whitfield, R. C. "Some Problems of Measurement concerned with Science Practical Work for 11-13 year olds", Research in Science Education 4(1), pp. 45-54, 1974.
DOI: 10.1007/BF02558577

Nelson-Jones, R. & Coxhead, P. "Whither BAC -- a survey of members' views on policy and priorities", Counselling News 31, pp. 2-5, 1978.

Bynner, J. M. & Coxhead, P. "Some problems in the analysis of semantic differential data", Human Relations 32, pp. 367-385, 1979.
DOI: 10.1177/001872677903200502

Nelson-Jones, R., Toner, H. L. & Coxhead, P. "An Exploration of Students' Sense of Learning Competence", British Educational Research Journal 5, pp. 175-183, 1979.
DOI: 10.1080/0141192790050204

Nelson-Jones, R. & Coxhead, P. "Neuroticism, Social Desirability and Anticipations and Attributions affecting Positive and Negative Self-disclosure", British Journal of Medical Psychology 53, pp. 169-180, 1980.
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1980.tb01433.x

Coxhead, P. & Bynner, J. M. "Factor analysis of semantic differential data", Quality and Quantity 15, pp. 553-567, 1981.
DOI: 10.1007/BF00221556

Godleman, F., Coxhead, P. & Whitfield, R. C. "Television image degradation and its impact on learning", Journal of Educational Television 8(3), pp. 215-219, 1982.
DOI: 10.1080/0260741820080307

Warburton, S. J., Jenkins, W. L. & Coxhead, P. "'Science achievement and attitudes' and the age of transfer to secondary school", Educational Research 25(3), pp 177-183, 1983.
DOI: 10.1080/0013188830250303

Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. "Manual for the Learning Efficiency Test", Collected Original Resources in Education 11 (1), Fiche 1F05, 1987.

Nwana, H. S. & Coxhead, P. "Towards an intelligent tutoring system for a complex mathematical domain", Expert Systems, 5(4), pp. 290-300, 1988.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0394.1988.tb00349.x

Nwana, H. S. & Coxhead, P. "Fraction bugs: explanations, bug theories and implications on intelligent tutoring systems", Cognitive Systems 2(3), pp. 275-289, 1989.
Abstract

Coxhead, P. & Gupta, R. M. "A Survey of Educational Psychologists' Views on the Delivery of Behaviour Modification", Educational Studies 15(1), 15-22, 1989.
DOI: 10.1080/0305569890150102

Conference Papers

Coxhead, P. & Bynner, J. M. "The Analysis of Semantic Differential Data", paper presented to the annual conference of the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology, Schliersee, Bavaria, January 1977.

Coxhead, P., Foster, A. W. & Whitfield, R. C. "Assessing Curriculum Balance in Middle Schools", paper presented to the annual conference of the British Educational Research Association, 1977.

Coxhead, P. & Bynner, J. M. "Organisation and Development of Adolescent Values", paper presented to the 139th annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1977.

Nelson-Jones, R. & Coxhead, P. "Self-disclosure Research", paper presented to the annual conference of the British Psychological Society, 1979.

Goodyear, P. M. & Coxhead, P. "Survey of educational researchers: data on sex differences", paper presented to the annual conference of the Society for Research in Higher Education, 1981.

Coxhead, P. "Modelling the relationships between brothers' schooling", paper presented to the annual conference of the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology, Oxford, 1982.

Gupta, R. M. & Coxhead, P. "The assessment of the learning efficiency of Asian children", paper presented to the 40th annual convention of the International Council of Psychologists, Southampton, 1983; published in Collected Original Resources in Education 7(3), 3, 1983.

Drabble, B. & Coxhead, P. "Error detection and recovery in an uncertain environment", paper presented to the 2nd Workshop of the Alvey KBS Explanation Special Interest Group, Surrey, January 1987.

Drabble, B. & Coxhead, P. "Error detection and recovery in an uncertain environment", in Hamza, M. H. (ed.), Expert Systems: Theory & Applications (Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Expert Systems), Anaheim, Ca.: ACTA Press, pp. 200-204, 1987.

Drabble, B. & Coxhead, P. "Qualitative reasoning in planning involving processes", paper presented to the Colloquium on Qualitative Modelling in Diagnosis and Control, Heriot-Watt University, January 1988.
Abstract; link to full text

Nwana, H. S. & Coxhead, P. "Towards an intelligent tutoring system for fractions", Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Montreal: ACM, pp. 403-408, 1988.

Nwana, H. S. & Coxhead, P. "Fraction bugs: explanations, theories and implications for intelligent tutoring systems", Proceedings of the 6th Workshop of the European Society for the Study of Cognitive Systems, 1988.

Woon, I. M. Y. & Coxhead, P. "Qualitative Modelling in Financial Analysis", presented in Singapore, then published in Pau, L. F., Motiwalla, J., Pao, Y. H. & Teh, H. H. Expert Systems in Economics, Banking and Management, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 77-86, 1989.

Technical Reports/Working Papers

Coxhead, P. & Whitfield, R. C. Science Understanding Measure and Test Manual, Aston Educational Enquiry Monograph, Dept. of Educational Enquiry, University of Aston, 1975.

Dooley, P. A., Whitfield, R. C., Graham, N. C., Comber, L. C., Coxhead, P. & Goodyear, P. M. "Survey of Educational Researchers in Britain", Aston Educational Enquiry Occasional Paper No. 4, Dept. of Educational Enquiry, Aston University, 1981.

Coxhead, P. "Introduction to QuickApp: A Tool for Macintosh Programming", Technical Report TR88004, Dept. of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Aston University, 1988.

Coxhead, P. "An Introduction to Natural Language Processing (with English and Greek Examples)", Department of Informatics, TEI of Athens, 1992.

Other Publications

Coxhead, P. & Fowkes, H. H. (eds) A Natural History of Sutton Park -- Part 1: Vascular Plants (first edition), Sutton Coldfield Natural History Society, 1991.

Coxhead, P. & Fowkes, H. H. (eds) A Natural History of Sutton Park -- Part 2: Fungi, Lichens and Bryophytes, Sutton Coldfield Natural History Society, 1993.

Coxhead, P. "Changes in the Vascular Plant Flora of Sutton Park", Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History Society 27(1), pp. 2-12, 1994.

Bodnar, S., edited by Coxhead, P. & Fowkes, H. H. A Natural History of Sutton Park -- Part 3: Birds, Sutton Coldfield Natural History Society, 1995.

Coxhead, P. "The Marsh-orchids of Sutton Park", Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History Society 27(2), pp. 15-21, 1996.

Coxhead, P. "Tom Mackintosh, Obituary", Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History Society 27(2), p. 138, 1996.

Coxhead, P. & Fowkes, H. H. (eds) A Natural History of Sutton Park -- Part 1: Vascular Plants (second edition), Sutton Coldfield Natural History Society, 1998.

Coxhead, P. "Recent Changes and Additions to the Flora of Sutton Park", Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History Society 27(4), pp. 246-247, 2000.

Coxhead, P. "Obituary: Harold Henry Fowkes", Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History Society 28(4), pp. 254-255, 2008.

Coxhead, P. "Revisiting the life and works of James Eustace Bagnall, a great Warwickshire naturalist", Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History Society 29(1), pp. 49-57, 2010.