Neil Mercer

Neil Mercer is Professor of Education and Fellow of Hughes Hall at the University of Cambridge, having previously been Professor of Language and Communications at the Open University, UK. He is a psychologist with particular interests in the development of children’s language and reasoning, classroom dialogue and the use of digital technology in schools, who has worked closely with teachers and researchers in several countries. His most recent books are Words and Minds: How We Use Language to Think Together and (with Karen Littleton) Dialogue and the Development of Children’s Thinking.

Publications

Developing a Research-Informed Teaching Module for Learning About Electrical Circuits at Lower Secondary School Level: Supporting Personal Learning about Science and the Nature of Science
Developing a Research-Informed Teaching Module for Learning About Electrical Circuits at Lower Secondary School Level: Supporting Personal Learning about Science and the Nature of Science
Keith S Taber, Kenneth Ruthven, Christine Howe, Neil Mercer, Fran Riga, Riikka Hofmann, Stefanie Luthman. © 2018. 28 pages.
This chapter discusses the design and development of a teaching module on electrical circuits for lower secondary students (11-14 year olds) studying in the context of the...
Foreword
Foreword
Neil Mercer. © 2010. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Interactive Whiteboards for Education: Theory, Research and Practice.