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Dr. Emma Louise Howard

Dr. Emma Louise Howard

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

3531896 3693https://www.scss.tcd.ie/~emhoward/

Biography

Emma is a Assistant Professor in the Trinity College Dublin School of Computer Science and Statistics. Her research interests include the areas of learning analytics, mathematics/statistics education in higher education, aiding student support services through the use of data analytics and student mental health research.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Farahani, Z. T., Howard, E., Rashleigh, C., & Dooley, B., Data collection and outcome measurement in student counseling services in Irish Higher Education Institutions: Counselors' views on challenges and facilitators, Psychological Services, 2023Journal Article, 2023, URL
  • Howard, E., Meehan, M., & Parnell, A. , Contrasting prediction methods for early warning systems at undergraduate level, The Internet and Higher Education, 37, 2018, p66-75Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Howard, E., Meehan, M., & Parnell, A., Live lectures or online videos: students' resource choices in a first-year university mathematics module, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 49, (4), 2018, p530-553Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Howard, E., Meehan, M., & Parnell, A., Quantifying participation in, and the effectiveness of, remediating assessment in a university mathematics module, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44, (1), 2019, p97-110Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Howard, E., & Cronin, A., Improving service use through prediction modelling: a case study of a mathematics support centre, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 33, (3), 2021, p369-380Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Meehan, M., & Howard, E., The university mathematics lecture: to record, or not to record, that is the question, Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2023Journal Article, 2023
  • Howard, E., Farahani, Z. T., Rashleigh, C., & Dooley, B., Developing a national database for higher education student counselling services: the importance of collaborations, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2021, p1 - 7Journal Article, 2021
  • Mahon, C., Howard, E., O'Reilly, A., Dooley, B., & Fitzgerald, A., A cluster analysis of health behaviours and their relationship to mental health difficulties, life satisfaction and functioning in adolescents, Preventive Medicine, 164, 2022Journal Article, 2022
  • Epidemiology of mental health difficulties in young people in, E., Hennessy, C., Heary, & M., Michail , Understanding Youth Mental Health: Perspectives from Theory and Practice, McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2022, [Howard, E., & Dooley, B.]Book Chapter, 2022
  • Students' in-class and out-of-class mathematical practices in, editor(s)Durand-Guerrier, V., Hochmuth, R., Nardi, E., & Winsløw, C. , Research and Development in University Mathematics Education, Routledge, 2021, [Rasmussen, C., Fredriksen, H., Howard, E., Pepin, B., & Rämö, J.]Book Chapter, 2021
  • Howard, E., Meehan, M., & Cox, T., An exploration of the impact that continuous, summative assessment has on how university mathematics students spend their study time., Preventive Medicine, 2021Journal Article, 2021
  • Howard, E., Meehan, M., & Parnell, A., An exploration of the relationship between continuous assessment and resource use in a service mathematics module, Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Utrecht University, 2019Conference Paper, 2019
  • Howard, E., Meehan, M., & Parnell, A., Escalating interventions to improve behaviour and performance in an undergraduate statistics module, Seventh Conference on research in Mathematics Education in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2019Conference Paper, 2019
  • Meehan, M., Howard, E., & Ní Shúilleabháin, A., Students' sense of belonging to mathematics in the secondary-tertiary transition, PME42 the 42nd annual meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Umea, Sweden, 2018Conference Paper, 2018
  • Copeland, C., Howard, E., Meehan, M., & Parnell, A. , Engaging with feedback: How do students remediate errors on their weekly quiz, INDRUM 2018, University of Agder, 2018Conference Paper, 2018
  • Howard, E., Meehan, M., & Parnell, A., Identifying the reasons behind students' engagement patterns, CERME10, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
  • Mahon, C., Hamburger, D., Webb, J.B., Yager, Z., Howard, E., Booth, A., & Fitzgerald, A., Protocol of a cluster randomised trial of BodyKind: a school-based body image programme for adolescents, BMC Public Health, 23, (2246), 2023Journal Article, 2023, TARA - Full Text
  • Howard, E., Mullen, C., & Cronin, A., A scoping systematic review of mathematics and statistics support evaluation literature: Lessons learnt, Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI9), Dublin, Ireland, 2023Conference Paper, 2023
  • Howard, E., Student success: Exploring evidence-based academic, emotional, and social supports seminar report, 2022Report
  • Meehan, M., & Howard, E., Report on undergraduate mathematics students" perceptions of the affordances and constraints of the online environment for learning, 2020Report

Recognition

  • Nominated for a Teaching and Learning Award in the College of Science in UCD 2021/22