
Dr Laura Nicholson
School of Education
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: L.J.Nicholson@ljmu.ac.uk
Journal article
Putwain DW, von der Embse NP, Nicholson LJ, Daumiller M. 2024. Emotional Intersection: Delineating Test Anxiety, Emotional Disorders, and Student Well-Being Journal of School Psychology, 107 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Lander V, Nicholson L, Goenechea C. 2023. Breaking the cycle of couscous pedagogy: Are future teachers empowered to teach in multicultural societies? Journal of Education for Teaching, 50 :435-449 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Shao K, Kutuk G, Fryer LK, Nicholson LJ, Guo J. 2023. Factors influencing Chinese undergraduate students' emotions in an online EFL learning context during the COVID pandemic Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39 :1465-1478 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Putwain DW, Nicholson L, Kutuk G. 2022. Warning Students of the Consequences of Examination Failure: An Effective Strategy for Promoting Student Engagement? Journal of Educational Psychology, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nicholson LJ, Lander V. 2022. Control beliefs of teacher educators regarding their research engagement Educational Review, 74 :862-881 DOI Publisher Url
Shao K, Nicholson LJ, Kutuk G, Lei F. 2020. Corrigendum: Emotions and Instructed Language Learning: Proposing a Second Language Emotions and Positive Psychology Model (Front. Psychol., (2020), 11, (2142), 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02142) Frontiers in Psychology, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Shao K, Nicholson LJ, Kutuk G, Lei F. 2020. Emotions and Instructed Language Learning: Proposing a Second Language Emotions and Positive Psychology Model FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Woolhouse C, Nicholson LJ. 2020. Foreword Mentoring in Higher Education: Case Studies of Peer Learning and Pedagogical Development, :vii-viii
Woolhouse C, Nicholson LJ. 2020. Preface Mentoring in Higher Education: Case Studies of Peer Learning and Pedagogical Development, :ix
Nicholson L, Putwain DW. 2019. A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis of Fear Appeal Appraisal and Student Engagement British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90 :830-847 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Shao K, Pekrun R, Nicholson LJ. 2019. Emotions in classroom language learning: What can we learn from achievement emotion research? System, 86 DOI Publisher Url
Nicholson L, Putwain D. 2019. 'We should just be told to try our best' PSYCHOLOGIST, 32 :39-41 Author Url
Nicholson L, Putwain DW. 2019. We should just be told to try our best Psychologist, 32 :38-41 Publisher Url Public Url
Putwain DW, Nicholson L, Pekrun R, Becker S, Symes W. 2019. Expectancy of Success, Attainment Value, Engagement, and Achievement: A Moderated Mediation Analysis Learning and Instruction, 60 :117-125 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Putwain DW, Symes W, Nicholson L, Becker S. 2018. Achievement goals, behavioural engagement, and mathematics achievement: A mediational analysis Learning and Individual Differences, 68 :12-19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Putwain DW. 2018. Control-Value Appraisals, Enjoyment, and Boredom in Mathematics: A Longitudinal Latent Interaction Analysis American Educational Research Journal, 55 :1339-1368 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nicholson LJ, Rodriguez-Cuadrado S, Woolhouse C. 2018. Reframing peer mentoring as a route for developing an educational community of practice Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 26 :420-440 DOI Publisher Url
Nicholson LJ, Putwain DW, Nakhla G, Porter B, Liversidge A, Reece M. 2018. A Person-Centered Approach to Students’ Evaluations of Perceived Fear Appeals and their Association with Engagement Journal of Experimental Education, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Savery A, Cain T, Garner J, Jones T, Kynaston E, Mould K, Nicholson L, Proctor S, Pugh R, Rickard E, Wilson D. 2017. Does engagement in Forest School influence perceptions of risk, held by children, their parents, and their school staff? Education 3-13, 45 :519-531 DOI Publisher Url
Nicholson LJ, Putwain DW. 2016. The importance of psychological need satisfaction in educational re-engagement Research Papers in Education, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Putwain DW, Nakhla G, Liversidge A, Nicholson LJ, Porter B, Reece M. 2016. Teachers use of fear appeals prior to a high-stakes examination: Is frequency linked to perceived student engagement and how do students respond? Teaching and Teacher Education, 61 :73-83 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Putwain DW, Nicholson LJ, Nakhla G, Reece M, Porter B, Liversidge A. 2016. Fear appeals prior to a high-stakes examination can have a positive or negative impact on engagement depending on how the message is appraised Contemporary Educational Psychology, 44-45 :21-31 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Putwain DW, Nicholson LJ, Edwards JL. 2016. Hard to reach and hard to teach: supporting the self-regulation of learning in an alternative provision secondary school Educational Studies, 42 :1-18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Nicholson LJ, Putwain DW. 2015. Annual Conference 2014 paper: Facilitating re-engagement in learning: A disengaged student perspective Psychology of Education Review, 39 :37-41 DOI Publisher Url
Putwain DW, Nicholson LJ, Connors L, Woods K. 2013. Resilient children are less test anxious and perform better in tests at the end of primary schooling LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 28 :41-46 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Nicholson L, Putwain D, Connors L, Hornby-Atkinson P. 2013. The key to successful achievement as an undergraduate student: confidence and realistic expectations? STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 38 :285-298 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Putwain DW, Connors L, Woods K, Nicholson LJ. 2012. Stress and anxiety surrounding forthcoming Standard Assessment Tests in English schoolchildren Pastoral Care in Education, 30 :289-302 DOI Publisher Url
Putwain DW, Langdale HC, Woods KA, Nicholson LJ. 2011. Developing and piloting a dot-probe measure of attentional bias for test anxiety LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 21 :478-482 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Gerrard LJ, Cooper SR, Harrison Y, Tattersall AJ. 2006. Using the theory of planned behaviour to understand sleep duration PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, 21 :54-54 Author Url
Books (authored)
Woolhouse C, Nicholson LJ. 2020. Mentoring in Higher Education: Case Studies of Peer Learning and Pedagogical Development :1-312 DOI Publisher Url
Chapters
Lander V, Nicholson LJ. 2020. Cinderella Academics: Teacher Educators in the Academy Mentoring in Higher Education: Case Studies of Peer Learning and Pedagogical Development :235-253 DOI Publisher Url
Woolhouse C, Nicholson LJ. 2020. Conclusion Mentoring in Higher Education: Case Studies of Peer Learning and Pedagogical Development :293-300 DOI Publisher Url
Woolhouse C, Nicholson LJ. 2020. Practices of Freedom? Seeking the Social Justice Aims of Peer Mentoring Within a Higher Education Professional Development Programme for Teaching Assistants Mentoring in Higher Education: Case Studies of Peer Learning and Pedagogical Development :255-274 DOI Publisher Url
Woolhouse C, Nicholson LJ. 2020. Introduction Mentoring in Higher Education: Case Studies of Peer Learning and Pedagogical Development :1-14 DOI Publisher Url
Woolhouse C, Nicholson LJ. 2020. Introduction Mentoring in Higher Education :1-14 Springer Nature DOI
Putwain D. Teacher Motivational Messages Used Prior to Examinations: What Are They, How Are They Evaluated, And What Are Their Educational Outcomes? Elliot A. Advances in Motivational Science (Volume 8) Academic Press. Cambridge, MA DOI Publisher Url