Play more and play better: why play in early years is important for children's future language, mathematical and mental health development? (Doctoral thesis)
Zhao, Y.V. (2022). Play more and play better: why play in early years is important for children's future language, mathematical and mental health development? (Doctoral thesis). https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/345066
Learning trajectories by children's initial achievement, private/government education provisions and sociodemographic backgrounds in India
Zhao, Y.V., Bhattacharjea, S., & Alcott, B. (2022). Slippery slope: early learning and equity in rural India. Oxford Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2022.2101442
Secondary and post-secondary EMI policies on university students' English language attainment
Tai, K.W.H & Zhao, Y.V. (2022). Success Factors for English as a Second Language University Students’ Attainment in Academic English Language Proficiency: Exploring the Roles of Medium-of-Instruction and Learners’ Variable. Applied Linguistics Review. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2022-0049
Peer play and children's mental health development
Zhao, Y. V., & Gibson, J. L. (2022). Evidence for Protective Effects of Peer Play in the Early Years: Better Peer Play Ability at Age 3 Years Predicts Lower Risks of Externalising and Internalising Problems at Age 7 Years in a Longitudinal Cohort Analysis. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01368-x
Autistic children's symbolic play and structural language outcomes
Zhao, Y. V., & Gibson, J. L. (2022). Solitary symbolic play, object substitution and peer role play skills at age 3 predict different aspects of age 7 structural language abilities in a matched sample of autistic and non-autistic children. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 7, 23969415211063824. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415211063822
Social benefits of education in Ethiopian context
Sabates, R., Zhao, Y. V., Mitchell, R., & Ilie, S. (2021). Understanding the external social benefits of education in Ethiopia: A contextual analysis using Young Lives. Journal of Education Finance, 47(1), 45-70. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/806386
Post-16 education choices in England
Archer, R., Higton, J., Sibieta, L., Tahir, I., Trammell, L. T., Ilie, S., Vignoles, A., & Zhao, Y. V. (2021). The road not taken: the drivers of course selection: The determinants and consequences of post-16 education choices. https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/38405/2/The_road_not_taken_-_review_of_literature.pdf
Review of PEDAL play research
Zhao, Y. V., Kulkarni, K., Gibson, J., Baker, S., & Ramchandani, P. G. (2019). Introducing the Play in education, Development and Learning (PEDAL) Research centre. International Journal of Play, 8(3), 308-319. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21594937.2019.1684144
Revise and resubmit
Zhao, Y.V. & Gibson, J. (Under review). Home mathematics environment at age 2- and 5-years predicts children’s mathematical skills at age 4- and 6-years after controlling for sociodemographic background and prior mathematics attainment: a longitudinal secondary data analysis using video observations and survey data