| The effective provision of pre-school education (EPPE) project technical paper 12: The final report-effective pre-school education K Sylva, E Melhuish, P Sammons, I Siraj-Blatchford, B Taggart Institute of Education, University of London/Department for Education and Skills, 2004 | 1872* | 2004 |
| Play, its role in development and evolution JS Bruner, A Jolly, K Sylva (No Title), 1976 | 1337 | 1976 |
| Researching effective pedagogy in the early years I Siraj-Blatchford, S Muttock, K Sylva, R Gilden, D Bell Department for Education and Skills, 2002 | 1294 | 2002 |
| Effects of the home learning environment and preschool center experience upon literacy and numeracy development in early primary school EC Melhuish, MB Phan, K Sylva, P Sammons, I Siraj‐Blatchford, ... Journal of Social Issues 64 (1), 95-114, 2008 | 1182 | 2008 |
| Early childhood matters E Melhuish, P Sammons, I Siraj-Blatchford, B Taggart Taylor & Francis, 2009 | 1005 | 2009 |
| The effective provision of pre-school education (EPPE) project: Findings from pre-school to end of key stage 1 K Sylva, E Melhuish, P Sammons, I Siraj-Blatchford, B Taggart | 623 | 2004 |
| Researching pedagogy in English pre‐schools I Siraj‐Blatchford*, K Sylva british educational research Journal 30 (5), 713-730, 2004 | 529 | 2004 |
| Capturing quality in early childhood through environmental rating scales K Sylva, I Siraj-Blatchford, B Taggart, P Sammons, E Melhuish, K Elliot, ... Early childhood research quarterly 21 (1), 76-92, 2006 | 524 | 2006 |
| Childwatching at playgroup and nursery school K Sylva, C Roy, M Painter (No Title), 1980 | 519 | 1980 |
| The home observation for measurement of the environment revisited V Totsika, K Sylva Child and adolescent mental health 9 (1), 25-35, 2004 | 491 | 2004 |
| The role of play in the problem-solving of children 3-5 years old K Sylva, JS Bruner, P Genova Play: Its role in development and evolution 244, 257, 1976 | 424 | 1976 |
| Preschool influences on mathematics achievement EC Melhuish, K Sylva, P Sammons, I Siraj-Blatchford, B Taggart, MB Phan, ... Science 321 (5893), 1161-1162, 2008 | 383 | 2008 |
| School influences on children's development K Sylva Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 35 (1), 135-170, 1994 | 379 | 1994 |
| The impact of pre‐school on young children's cognitive attainments at entry to reception P Sammons, K Elliot, K Sylva, E Melhuish, I Siraj‐Blatchford, B Taggart British educational research journal 30 (5), 691-712, 2004 | 367 | 2004 |
| Assessing quality in the early years: Early childhood environment rating scale: Extension (ECERS-E), four curricular subscales K Sylva, I Siraj-Blatchford, B Taggart Trentham Books, 2003 | 354 | 2003 |
| The effective provision of pre-school education (EPPE) project: Final Report: A longitudinal study funded by the DfES 1997-2004 K Sylva, E Melhuish, P Sammons, I Siraj-Blatchford, B Taggart Institute of Education, University of London/Department for Education and …, 2004 | 353 | 2004 |
| Pre-school quality and educational outcomes at age 11: Low quality has little benefit K Sylva, E Melhuish, P Sammons, I Siraj-Blatchford, B Taggart Journal of Early Childhood Research 9 (2), 109-124, 2011 | 311 | 2011 |
| The influence of maternal depression, caregiving, and socioeconomic status in the post‐natal year on children's language development A Stein, LE Malmberg, K Sylva, J Barnes, P Leach, FCCC team Child: care, health and development 34 (5), 603-612, 2008 | 304 | 2008 |
| Randomised controlled trial of parent groups for child antisocial behaviour targeting multiple risk factors: the SPOKES project S Scott, K Sylva, M Doolan, J Price, B Jacobs, C Crook, S Landau Journal of child psychology and psychiatry 51 (1), 48-57, 2010 | 256 | 2010 |
| What makes a successful transition from primary to secondary school? M Evangelou, B Taggart, K Sylva, EC Melhuish, P Sammons, ... The Department for Children, Schools and Families, 2008 | 245 | 2008 |
