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Developing Reflective Thinking through Poetry Writing: Views from Students and Educators (2019)
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Jack, K., & Illingworth, S. (2019). Developing Reflective Thinking through Poetry Writing: Views from Students and Educators. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2018-0064

Aims and Objectives To explore student nurse and educator perspectives on the use of poetry writing as a wayto reflect on important nursing practice issues. Background Reflective practice is a well-established method oflearning in pre-registration nu... Read More about Developing Reflective Thinking through Poetry Writing: Views from Students and Educators.

The other side of a magic mirror: Exploring collegiality in student and staff partnership work (2019)
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Scoles, J., Huxham, M., Sinclair, K., Lewis, C., Jung, J., & Dougall, E. (2021). The other side of a magic mirror: Exploring collegiality in student and staff partnership work. Teaching in Higher Education, 26(5), 712-727. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2019.1677588

This article adds to the corpus of writing that examines collegiality's idealistic yet elusive nature in Higher Education by focusing
specifically on how collegiality can be enacted in student–staff partnership work. An innovative initiative, ‘Stude... Read More about The other side of a magic mirror: Exploring collegiality in student and staff partnership work.

An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology (2019)
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Pannell, J. L., Dencer‐Brown, A. M., Greening, S. S., Hume, E. A., Jarvis, R. M., Mathieu, C., Mugford, J., & Runghen, R. (2019). An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology. Ecosphere, 10(10), Article e02899. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2899

There is a growing need for collaborative and interdisciplinary research in addressing global ecological challenges, and early career researchers (ECRs) often play a vital role in such ventures. But despite the desire for such approaches, forming new... Read More about An early career perspective on encouraging collaborative and interdisciplinary research in ecology.

Taking a Breath of the Wild: are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic? (2019)
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Hut, R., Albers, C., Illingworth, S., & Skinner, C. (2019). Taking a Breath of the Wild: are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic?. Geoscience Communication, 2, 117-124. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-117-2019

From the wilderness of Hyrule, the continent of Tamriel, and the geographies of Middle Earth, players of video games are exposed to wondrous, fantastic, but ultimately fake, landscapes. Given the time people may spend in these worlds compared to the... Read More about Taking a Breath of the Wild: are geoscientists more effective than non-geoscientists in determining whether video game world landscapes are realistic?.

Developing science tabletop games: 'Catan' and global warming (2019)
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Illingworth, S., & Wake, P. (2019). Developing science tabletop games: 'Catan' and global warming. Journal of Science Communication, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18040204

‘Catan’® (1995) is a multiplayer tabletop game with global sales of over 20 million copies. Presented here is an exploration of the steps that were taken in the development of the ‘Catan: Global Warming’ expansion, from prototype to final design. Dur... Read More about Developing science tabletop games: 'Catan' and global warming.

Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice (2019)
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Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Race, P. (2019). Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice. All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE-J), 11(2), -

There are many challenges for the colleagues who teach and assess students in the twenty-first century, and in this article, we explore eight of these, proposing some practical ways forward building on the scholarship in the field, aiming to make ass... Read More about Assessment to Support Student Learning: Eight Challenges for 21st Century Practice.

Assessment as a Mediating Artefact for Students in Transition from College to University (2019)
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Fotheringham, J. (2019). Assessment as a Mediating Artefact for Students in Transition from College to University. All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE-J), 11(2),

This paper presents research findings from a longitudinal study of students making the transition from colleges to a Scottish university. Data from interviews with staff and students suggest that although students are offered pre-entry transition sup... Read More about Assessment as a Mediating Artefact for Students in Transition from College to University.

Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders (2019)
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Webb, A. S., & Tierney, A. M. (2020). Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 57(5), 613-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2019.1635905

In this paper, we focus on the experience of faculty learning to do the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Our two studies uncovered similar threshold concepts in SoTL in two contrasting contexts; one study done in the United Kingdom with t... Read More about Investigating support for scholarship of teaching and learning; we need SoTL educational leaders.

Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities (2019)
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Sambell, K., Brown, S., & Race, P. (2019). Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities. Giornale Italiano della Recerca Educativa, https://doi.org/10.7346/SIRD-1S2019-P45

This paper considers how assessment can productively act as a locus for engagement. It focuses on the important case being made by diverse global assessment experts who argue that we would do well to rethink assessment such that learning, rather than... Read More about Assessment as a locus for engagement: priorities and practicalities.

Exceptionally high mangrove root production rates in the Kelantan Delta, Malaysia; An experimental and comparative study (2019)
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Muhammad Nor, S. M., Huxham, M., Salmon, Y., Duddy, S. J., Mazars-Simon, A., Mencuccini, M., Meir, P., & Jackson, G. (2019). Exceptionally high mangrove root production rates in the Kelantan Delta, Malaysia; An experimental and comparative study. Forest Ecology and Management, 444, 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.026

Mangroves often allocate a relatively large proportion of their total biomass production to their roots, and the belowground biomass of these forests contributes towards globally significant carbon sinks. However, little information is available on r... Read More about Exceptionally high mangrove root production rates in the Kelantan Delta, Malaysia; An experimental and comparative study.

What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education. (2019)
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Reimann, N., Sadler, I., & Sambell, K. (2019). What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(8), 1279-1290. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1600655

The term ‘feedforward’ is increasingly employed in higher education, and this paper focuses on the way in which it fits into contemporary debates about feedback and its impact on practitioners. Semi-structured interviews were used to investigate the... Read More about What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education..