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ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Haxton, K. (2019, August). ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge. Presented at ariety in Chemistry Education / Physics Higher Education Conference 2019, Bristol

Escape rooms are increasing in popularity and the basic premise lends itself well to outreach activities: complete tasks to obtain clues and escape the room. We have adapted the format for use in a laboratory setting, creating a set of challenges tha... Read More about ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge.

“We’re not just sat at home in our pyjamas!”: a thematic analysis of the social lives of home educated adolescents in the UK (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). “We’re not just sat at home in our pyjamas!”: a thematic analysis of the social lives of home educated adolescents in the UK. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 501-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-018-0398-5

A common perception of home education is that despite potential beneficial educational outcomes, children who are home educated lack social experiences and therefore show poor social development. However, previous research in this area suggests that... Read More about “We’re not just sat at home in our pyjamas!”: a thematic analysis of the social lives of home educated adolescents in the UK.

What Pattern of Progression in Geoscience Fieldwork can be Recognised by Geoscience Educators? (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). What Pattern of Progression in Geoscience Fieldwork can be Recognised by Geoscience Educators?. Geosciences, 192 -192. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9050192

The question in the title was addressed by dividing the elements of geoscience fieldwork into eight different strands and then subdividing these into different items addressed during fieldwork. Separate small groups of experienced geoscience educator... Read More about What Pattern of Progression in Geoscience Fieldwork can be Recognised by Geoscience Educators?.

An investigation into how professionals in English schools adapt to changes in careers information, advice and guidance policy (2019)
Thesis
Hackfath, I. R. An investigation into how professionals in English schools adapt to changes in careers information, advice and guidance policy. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413068

This research explores the process by which school senior leaders and careers advisers received and enacted a change in Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) policy. In 2012 the statutory responsibility to provide independent CIAG transferr... Read More about An investigation into how professionals in English schools adapt to changes in careers information, advice and guidance policy.

Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants (2019)
Journal Article
Ekara Helfaya. (2019). Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants. Accounting education, 28(1), 69-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2018.1501716

Both assessment and feedback have a vital impact on students’ learning. Using computer-based assessment (CBA) with constructive and prompt computer-based feedback (CBF) reduces the attainment gap of the new generation of digital students. Action rese... Read More about Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants.