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Diagnostic tests for better teaching (2018)
Journal Article
Haxton, K. (2018). Diagnostic tests for better teaching. Education in Chemistry,

Benchmarking students’ ability after any transition between levels of study allows tailored teaching, but requires careful question design. Katherine Haxton shares her tips for where to begin

Learn to embrace the enabling power of tech (2018)
Journal Article
Haxton, K. (2018). Learn to embrace the enabling power of tech. Nature Reviews Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-018-0123

The role of technology in education is continually changing. As technology enables us to record whole lecture courses with ease, shift from pen and paper to electronic note taking, and engage in new and innovative ways, how do we embrace technology w... Read More about Learn to embrace the enabling power of tech.

Characterising patterns of engagement of different participants in a public STEM-based analysis project (2018)
Journal Article
Essex, J., & Haxton, K. (2018). Characterising patterns of engagement of different participants in a public STEM-based analysis project. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 8(2), 178-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2017.1423128

A STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) analysis project undertaken in the context of a historic visitor site is described. The project offered different types of opportunity for scientific working, and involved four distinct groups... Read More about Characterising patterns of engagement of different participants in a public STEM-based analysis project.