Dr Maggie Gale
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Job title: Assistant Head of subject
Email: m.gale@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 593049
Room: Kedleston Road E220
Recent publications
Gale, M., & Ball, L.J. (2009). Exploring the determinants of dual goal facilitation in a rule discovery task. Thinking and Reasoning, 15, 294-315
Gale, M., & Ball, L.J. (2006). Dual-Goal Facilitation in Wason's 2-4-6 Task: What Mediates Successful Rule Discovery? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 59, 873-885.
Gale, M., & Ball, L.J. (2005). Contrast-class cues and dual-goal facilitation in Wason's 2-4-6 task: Evidence for an extended Iterative Counterfactual Model. Chapter in B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.): Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Alpha, NJ: Sheridan Printing.
Gale, M., & Ball, L.J. (2003). Facilitated rule discovery in Wason's 2-4-6 task The role of negative triples. Chapter in R. Alterman & D. Kirsh (Eds.) Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Boston, MA Cognitive Science Society.
Gale, M., & Ball, L.J. (2002). Does positivity bias explain performance on Wason's 2-4-6 task? In W.D. Gray & C. Schunn (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 340-344). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Science
Subject Area: Psychology
I was born locally in Burton on Trent many years ago, and on leaving school moved to Birmingham to train as a nurse. On qualification I moved to Derby to work in the Neurosurgery unit and later trained as a midwife. Following a career break to bring up my family I decided I needed a change and came to the University of Derby to study for a combined Degree in Psychology with Biology. I graduated in 1998, worked in schools for a while and then returned to Derby to study for a PhD. I combined studying part time with working as a sessional lecturer for 3 years before becoming a full time member of the department in 2002.
Research interests
For my PhD I studied patterns of performance in Wason's 2-4-6 task, particularly the facilitatory effect of Dual Goal instructions. I am also interested in teaching and learning, particularly online teaching and the student experience
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
I am a member of the Cognitive Science Society and the North East Thinking Group.
Recent Conferences
Radcliff, P., & Gale, M. (Forthcoming). Scaleability and Support; squaring the e-circle. Association for Learning Technology Conference. Nottingham University.
Gale, M. (forthcoming). Development of an online tool to support learning on a statistics module. Psychology Learning and teaching Conference, Napier University, Edinburgh.
Gale, M., & McGall, R. (2009). Exploring Determinants of Success on the Standard 2-4-6 Task. Poster presented at the XXVI British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Conference, University of Hertfordshire.
Gale, M., & Cheung, K. (2008). Facilitated performance on more difficult version of Wason's 2-4-6 task. Poster presented at the 6th International Conference on Thinking. Venice.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Psychology and Biology, University of Derby
- State Registered Nurse, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
- State Certified Midwife, Burton District Hospital Centre, Burton on Trent
- Advanced Diploma in Nursing Studies, Derby College of Further Education
Research qualifications
- PhD: Exploring Determinants of Success in Wasons 2-4-6 Task , University of Derby
