Big well done to Dr Richard Watkins and Prof. Carl Hughes for their new chapter in the Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Education 🖋️ “How to prepare well for external science examinations: a sequential mixed methods study” www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...

Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Education

‘This masterfully crafted handbook represents a seminal contribution to mixed methods research in education—bridging paradigmatic boundaries, advancing meta-inferences, and modeling methodological…

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📢 BIG News for Wrexham University Education Team… Wrexham University has been awarded funding by the Welsh Government to lead the National Approach to Enquiry in Schools (NAtES) Pilot Project 😲 Read more: wrexham.ac.uk/research/our...

Our chapter published this week describes the approaches we used to identify a promising intervention within a ‘journey to evidence’ framework. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...

Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Education

‘This masterfully crafted handbook represents a seminal contribution to mixed methods research in education—bridging paradigmatic boundaries, advancing meta-inferences, and modeling methodological int...

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@manchester.ac.uk Well done Bethan - we are so proud of your achievement.🍾🥂🇪🇸 And, following on from your grandma at the same university 72 years later!

So proud of, and excited about, this! Connect PSHE is changing children’s lives for the better!

Richard Watkins@drrwatkins.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great study by @AtiyyaNisar with schools in North Wales👍: ‘Adding implementation support to a universal Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based school well-being intervention: A cluster-randomised controlled trial’ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great study by @AtiyyaNisar with schools in North Wales👍: ‘Adding implementation support to a universal Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based school well-being intervention: A cluster-randomised controlled trial’ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Adding implementation support to a universal Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based school well-being intervention: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

Implementation support is a key factor in the success of school-based well-being programmes. To assess the impact on children's well-being of providin…

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Steaua v Dinamo, the ‘eternal derby’ ⚽️ 🥶 (Never been so cold in my life before😳)

Bucuresti - Brasov through the southern Carpathians🥶🏔️ 🇷🇴

Anybody fancy a drink outside in -12C tonight? No, nor did we🫣🥶 #Bucuresti

Well this is depressing. New study shows that many learning strategies used by students are not effective and what's worse is that in some cases, they are being recommended by their teachers. Important work by @drrwatkins.bsky.social and colleagues ⬇️ mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

We may feel like we’ve done ‘effective revision strategies’ to death… but the kids still aren’t doing them folks www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

An Evaluation of Secondary School Students’ Use and Understanding of Learning Strategies to Study and Revise for Science Examinations

There is currently no population-based data evaluating secondary school-aged students’ use, or understanding of, learning strategies to study/revise independently for science. There is also no researc...

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Really interesting! "Our findings also suggest many students do not have a complete understanding of the strategies that are known to have higher utility (i.e., retrieval and spaced practice)."

Mike Hobbiss@mikehobbiss.bsky.social · 2y ago

We may feel like we’ve done ‘effective revision strategies’ to death… but the kids still aren’t doing them folks www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

Do secondary students know which are the most effective learning strategies to help them study/revise? Great study by Dr Fatema Sultana using a probability sampling method with schools in North Wales www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

An Evaluation of Secondary School Students’ Use and Understanding of Learning Strategies to Study and Revise for Science Examinations

There is currently no population-based data evaluating secondary school-aged students’ use, or understanding of, learning strategies to study/revise independently for science. There is also no researc...

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Great to see the positive impact of our NIHR funded KiVa anti bullying trial in schools in North Wales. www.itv.com/watch/news/r...

👇How we used cost-consequence analysis in schools in north Wales to identify a low cost, promising professional learning programme (and how it can improve the quality of other programme evaluations) www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14...

Where Are the Costs? Using an Economic Analysis of Educational Interventions Approach to Improve the Evaluation of a Regional School Improvement Programme

Education systems are moving to a more evidence-informed paradigm to improve outcomes for learners. To help this journey to evidence, robust qualitative and quantitative research can help decisionmake...

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Great to see schools in north Wales contributing to this important new research. theconversation.com/making-bully...

Making bullying everyone’s concern reduces rates in English and Welsh primary schools – new research

The programme aims to change bystander behaviour, making onlookers more likely to help victims.

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Diolch BERA for judging our work the winner of the Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making SIG award www.bera.ac.uk/bera-annual-...