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A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context (2024)
Journal Article

International comparative measures show that South Africa has extremely low standards in reading. A variety of programmes aimed at boosting reading have been developed, however, the effectiveness of these programmes is unclear. Prior reviews of effec... Read More about A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context.

‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds (2024)
Journal Article

This paper presents an overview of the arts-based methodology used in a research project that aimed to explore the impact of the lived experiences of racism on 10- and 11-year-old children in the United Kingdom. The research responds to the relative... Read More about ‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds.

‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa (2024)
Journal Article

South Africa has low literacy levels and teachers face multiple challenges in their endeavours to elevate levels of literacy. This is especially prevalent in rural and township schools where teachers face the additional challenges of isolation, limit... Read More about ‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa.

'I'm in the right place for assessment': Push-pull factors influencing individual student journeys (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Central to the sector’s desire to innovate assessment practice and assessment for learning, are a number of key issues including student engagement and awarding gaps. However, in addressing these issues often cohort, or sub-cohort, generalisations ar... Read More about 'I'm in the right place for assessment': Push-pull factors influencing individual student journeys.

What is currently understood about the impact of sexual violence activism for higher education student sexual violence survivors? (2022)
Journal Article

Objective: This systematic literature review maps the landscape of higher education and student sexual violence survivors who become involved in sexual violence activism. It was undertaken to understand what drives student sexual violence survivors t... Read More about What is currently understood about the impact of sexual violence activism for higher education student sexual violence survivors?.

Attitudes to privatization of UK public utilities: Anticipating industrial practice and environmental effects (1996)
Journal Article

Attitudes toward the impending privatization of the UK electricity supply and water industries were assessed by means of a questionnaire distributed to 225 visitors to holiday beaches in SW England as part of a broader survey of perceptions of coasta... Read More about Attitudes to privatization of UK public utilities: Anticipating industrial practice and environmental effects.

Smokers' and non-smokers' estimates of their personal risk of cancer and of the incremental risk attributable to cigarette smoking (1995)
Journal Article

Estimates were obtained from 420 members of the public, 117 of whom were smokers, of the risk of an hypothetical target person, described as a 35-year-old man with no previous illness, contracting cancer as a consequence of exposure to combinations o... Read More about Smokers' and non-smokers' estimates of their personal risk of cancer and of the incremental risk attributable to cigarette smoking.