Denise is a Co-Investigator and Project Manager for the Teaching Effective Early Mathematics and Understanding in Primary (TEEMUP) Schools study.
She plays a leading role in the management of the study and has responsibility for the development of its manuals, delivery of the intervention and direction of the work. As a Co-Investigator of the study, she has primary responsibility for developing the intervention associated with this Education Endowment Foundation funded research project.
Research
Books
Siraj, I., Kingston, D., & Melhuish, E. (2023). The Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being (SSTEW) Scale: Supporting Process Quality in Early Childhood (pp. 1-84). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003379867
Siraj, I., Kingston, D., & Melhuish, E. (2015). Assessing quality in early childhood education and care : Sustained shared thinking and emotional well-being (SSTEW) scale for 2-5-year-olds provision. IOE Press. http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/21575/
Journal articles
Siraj, I., Melhuish, E., Howard, S., Neilsen-Hewett, C., Kingston, D., De Rosnay, M., Huang, R., Gardiner, J., & Luu, B. (2022). Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1092284. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1092284
Siraj, I., Kingston, D., & Melhuish, E. (2020). Can professional development in the early years bring improved outcomes for children?. Researching Education, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4283377
Siraj, I., Kingston, D., & Neilsen-Hewett, C. (2019). The Role of Professional Development in Improving Quality and Supporting Child Outcomes in Early Education and Care. Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 13(2), 49-68. https://doi.org/10.17206/apjrece.2019.13.2.49
Siraj, I., Howard, S., Kingston, D., Neilsen-Hewett, C., Melhuish, E., & De Rosnay, M. (2019). Comparing regulatory and non-regulatory indices of early childhood education and care (ECEC) quality in the Australian early childhood sector. Australian Educational Researcher, 46(3), 365-383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-019-00325-3
Siraj, I., Kingston, D., & Neilsen-Hewett, C. (2019). The role of professional development in improving quality and supporting child outcomes in early education and care. Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 2. https://doi.org/10.17206/apjrece.2019.13.2.49
Howard, S., Siraj, I., Melhuish, E., Kingston, D., Neilsen-Hewett, C., De Rosnay, M., Duursma, E., & Luu, B. (2018). Measuring interactional quality in pre-school settings: Introduction and validation of the sustained shared thinking and emotional wellbeing (SSTEW) scale. Early Child Development and Care, 190(7), 1017-1030. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1511549
Kingston, D., & Siraj, I. (2017). Supporting the implementation of the foundation phase through effective professional development. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru Wales Journal of Education, 19(1), 39-68. https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.19.1.3
Melhuish, E., Howard, S., Siraj, I., Neilsen-Hewett, C., Kingston, D., de Rosnay, M., Duursma, E., & Luu, B. (2016). Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) through a professional development programme for early childhood educators to improve professional practice and child outcomes in the year before formal schooling: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), 602. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1742-1
Reports
Siraj, I., Melhuish, E., Howard, S., Neilsen-Hewett, C., Kingston, D., de Rosnay, M., Duursma, E., Feng, X., & Luu, B. (2018). Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) study. New South Wales Government. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8230da2d-4d14-4b5e-bd86-a4ff045533ab
Siraj, I., Kingston, D., Neilsen-Hewett, C., Howard, S., Melhuish, E., & De Rosnay, M. (2017). Fostering Effective Early Learning: A review of the current international evidence considering quality in early childhood education and care programmes - in delivery, pedagogy and child outcomes. In Fostering Effective Early Learning Study (pp. 1-37). New South Wales Government. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b9d15b18-d5dd-4f71-9b15-a3c031b43628
