P. Black

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2009

Number

37

Co-Authors

Improved atmospheric boundary layer observations of tropical cyclones with the Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (2009)

Fernandez., D. Esteban, Carswel, J., Contreras, R., Chu, T., Asuzu, P., Black, P., ...

The Imaging Wind and Rain Arborne Profilers (IWRAP) is a dual-frequency, conically-scanning Doppler radar that measures high-resolution, dual-polarized, multi-beam C- and Ku-band reflectivity and...

Assessment of significant learning outcomes - TLRP Research Briefing 75 (2009)

Daugherty, R, Black, P, Ecclestone, K, James, M, Newton, P

The outcomes of learning are central to any discussion of the learner’s experience, from whichever perspective that experience is considered. For an assessment of learning to be valid, the...

Assessment of Significant Learning Outcomes, forthcoming, late 2009 (2009)

Daugherty, R, Black, P, Ecclestone, K, James, M, Newton, P, Barry, R

The nature and quality of the outcomes of learning are central to any discussion of the learner’s experience, from whichever perspective that experience is considered. For those outcomes to be...

Alternative perspectives on learning outcomes: challenges for assessment (2008)

Daugherty, R, Black, P, Ecclestone, K, James, M, Newton, P

In discussing the relationship between curriculum and assessment it is commonly argued that assessment should be aligned to curriculum or, alternatively, that they should be congruent with each...

Bovine milk fat enriched in conjugated linoleic and vaccenic acids attenuates allergic airway disease in mice (2008)

Kanwar, R., MacGibbon, A., Black, P., Kanwar, J., Rowan, A., Vale, M., ...

Background: It has been argued that a reduction in the Western diet of anti-inflammatory unsaturated lipids, such as n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, has contributed to the increase in the frequency...

Improving Learning How to Learn: Classrooms, Schools and Networks (2007)

James, M, McCormick, R, Black, P, Carmichael, P, Drummond, M, Fox, A, ...

Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. Whilst this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach...

Investigating the alignment of assessment to curriculum (2007)

Daugherty, R, Black, P, Ecclestone, K, James, M, Newton, P

The nature and quality of the outcomes of learning are central to any discussion of the learner’s experience, from whichever perspective that experience is considered. For those outcomes to be...

Learning How to Learn: Tools for Schools (2006)

James, M, Black, P, Carmichael, P, Conner, C, Dudley, P, Fox, A, ...

Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. Whist this is widely acknowledged by teachers, many lack the knowledge and skills they need to teach their pupils to learn how...

Learning How to Learn - in classrooms, schools and networks, TLRP Research Briefing 17 (2006)

James, M, McCormick, R, Marshall, B, Black, P, Carmichael, P, Drummond, M, ...

Research on assessment for learning has demonstrated that it can lead to improved learning and achievement. Less is known about how these results can be scaled up and sustained without intense...

Learning How to Learn, in classrooms, schools and networks: aims, design and analysis (2006)

James, M, Black, P, McCormick, R, Pedder, D, Wiliam, D

This article provides an introduction to the TLRP Learning How to Learn Project and a context for the articles that follow in this special issue. The origins of the research, in a concern to...

Learning How to Learn and Assessment for Learning: a theoretical inquiry (2006)

Black, P, McCormick, R, James, M, Pedder, D

This paper stems from the ESRC TLRP Learning How to Learn—in Classrooms, Schools and Networks Project, and explores how Assessment for Learning (AfL) relates, conceptually, to learning how to learn...

School pupils' beliefs about learning (2006)

Black, P, Swann, J, Wiliam, D

The Learning How to Learn (LHTL) Project's study of learning was comprehensive in attempting to explore learning practices from several different perspectives. This paper reports one of these...

Making teacher change happen (2006)

Black, P

The paper describes two very different initiatives for teachers professional development in which the author was personally involved, and discuss the contrasts between them. The first dating from...

Airborne Scatterometers: Investigating Ocean Backscatter Under Low- and High-Wind Conditions (2004)

Carswell, J., Carson, S., McIntosh, R., Li, F., Neumann, G., McLaughlin, D., ...

One key parameter in understanding the weather is the ocean surface wind vector because of its role in the energy exchange at the air-sea interface.

Deepening capacity through innovative research design (2003)

James, M, Black, P, McCormick, R

This paper describes the design of a major development and research project within the UK's Teaching and Learning Research Programme.

Software Testing: Protocol Comparison (1998)

James Yen, David Banks, P. Black, L. J. Gallagher, C. R. Hagwood, R. N. Kacker, ...

Abstract: Software testing is hard, expensive, and uncertain. Many protocols have been suggested, especially in the area of conformance veri cation. In order to compare the e cacy of these protocols,...

Software Testing: Protocol Comparison (1998)

James Yen, David Banks, P. Black, L. J. Gallagher, C. R. Hagwood, R. N. Kacker, ...

: Software testing is hard, expensive, and uncertain. Many protocols have been suggested, especially in the area of conformance verification. In order to compare the efficacy of these protocols, we...

An Experimental Investigation of Distributed Matrix Multiplication Techniques (1991)

Stephen A. Rees, P. Black, Nl G

This paper discusses the development and refinement of several distributed matrix multiplication algorithms. Our goal in this research has been to determine if successful distribution of this problem...

Protein metabolism in the tumour-bearing mouse. Rates of protein synthesis in host tissues and in an Ehrlich ascites tumour at different stages in tumour growth.

Lopes, M N, Black, P, Ashford, A J, Pain, V M

We have investigated the time course of the changes in protein metabolism in skeletal muscle and liver in mice during the progression of growth of an Ehrlich ascites tumour. The rate of protein...

Smoking in pregnancy: associations with skinfold thickness, maternal weight gain, and fetal size at birth.

D'Souza, S W, Black, P, Richards, B

Skinfold thickness is an index of subcutaneous fat, and certain maternal conditions during pregnancy affect the skinfold thicknesses of the baby. A study was performed to investigate the effect of...

Protein metabolism in the tumour-bearing mouse. Rates of protein synthesis in host tissues and in an Ehrlich ascites tumour at different stages in tumour growth.

Lopes, M N, Black, P, Ashford, A J, Pain, V M

We have investigated the time course of the changes in protein metabolism in skeletal muscle and liver in mice during the progression of growth of an Ehrlich ascites tumour. The rate of protein...

Smoking in pregnancy: associations with skinfold thickness, maternal weight gain, and fetal size at birth.

D'Souza, S W, Black, P, Richards, B

Skinfold thickness is an index of subcutaneous fat, and certain maternal conditions during pregnancy affect the skinfold thicknesses of the baby. A study was performed to investigate the effect of...

Visual disorders associated with cerebral palsy.

Black, P

School children severely afflicted with cerebral palsy, but unselected in regard to their visual status. have been studied. Of 120 children examined only 24 (20%) had normal eyes or ocular adnexae....

Consulting the oracle: a Delphi Study to determine the content of a postgraduate distance learning course in therapeutics

Boath, E., Mucklow, J., Black, P.

Aims To determine the content of a distance learning course in therapeutics for general practitioners (GPs).

Use of a preprinted sticker to improve the prescribing of prophylactic antibiotics for hip fracture surgery

Ritchie, S, Scanlon, N, Lewis, M, Black, P



Problem: Antibiotic prophylaxis has been shown to reduce the number of postoperative infections following surgery for hip fracture. At Auckland Hospital the policy for antibiotic prophylaxis...

Transforming growth factor-ß1 genotype and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Wu, L, Chau, J, Young, R, Pokorny, V, Mills, G, Hopkins, R, ...

Background: Only a few long term smokers develop symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and this may be due, at least in part, to genetic susceptibility to the disease. Transforming...

Effects of physical training in asthma: a systematic review

Ram, F., Robinson, S., Black, P.

Objectives—To assess the evidence for the effects of physical training on pulmonary function, symptoms, cardiopulmonary fitness, and quality of life in subjects with asthma.

Umbilical venous blood pH: a useful aid in the diagnosis of asphyxia at birth.

D'Souza, S W, Black, P, Cadman, J, Richards, B

Umbilical venous blood, and umbilical arterial blood pH, PO2, PCO2, and base excess were determined in 453 term infants at birth. The results indicate that umbilical venous blood pH, and umbilical...