

Outputs
Outputs, tools and resources from the Surrey Assessment and Learning Lab.
Publications
- Balloo, K., Evans, C., Hughes, A., Zhu, X., & Winstone, N. (2018). Transparency isnāt spoon-feeding: How a transformative approach to the use of explicit assessment criteria can support student self-regulation. Frontiers in Education, 3, (16).
- Medland, E. (2019). āIām an assessment illiterateā: towards a shared discourse of assessment literacy for external examiners. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(4), 565-580.
- Medland, E. (2016) Assessment in higher education: drivers, barriers and directions for change in the UK. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 41(1), 81 ā 96.
- Medland, E. (2015) Examining the Assessment Literacy of External Examiners. London Review of Education, 13(3), 21-33.
- Pitt, E., & Winstone, N. (2018). The impact of anonymous marking on studentsā perceptions of fairness, feedback, and relationships with lecturers. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 43(7), 1183-1193
- Winstone, N.E., & Pitt, E. (2020). How can you establish rapport and respect in doctoral assessment? In P. Denicolo, D. Duke, & J. Reeves (Eds.), Delivering inspiring doctoral assessment (pp. 74-91). London: Sage.
- Balloo, K., & Vashakidze, A. (2020). Facilitating studentsā proactive recipience of feedback with feedback portfolios. In K. Gravett, N. Yakovchuk, & I. M. Kinchin (Eds.), Enhancing student-centred teaching in higher education: The landscape of student-staff research partnerships (pp. 255-272). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Dainton, C., Opitz, B., Winstone, N. E., & Klaver, P. (2020). Utility of feedback has a greater impact on learning than ease of decoding. Mind, Brain, & Education, advance online publication.
- Gravett, K. (2020). Feedback literacies as sociomaterial practice. Critical Studies in Education, advance online publication.
- Gravett, K., Kinchin, I. M., Winstone, N. E., Balloo, K., Heron, M., Hosein, A., Lygo-Baker, S., & Medland, E. (2019). The development of academicsā feedback literacy: experiences of learning from critical feedback via scholarly peer review. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, advance online publication.
- Gravett, K., & Winstone, N. E. (2019). Feedback interpreters: the role of learning development professionals in facilitating university studentsā engagement with feedback. Teaching in Higher Education, 24(6), 723-738.
- Gregory, S.E.A., Winstone, N.E., Ridout, N., & Nash, R.A. (2020). Weak memory for future-oriented feedback: Investigating the roles of attention and improvement focus. Memory, 28(2), 216-236.
- Kinchin, I. M., Winstone, N. E., & Medland, E. (2020). Considering the concept of recipience in student learning from a modified Bernsteinian perspective. Studies in Higher Education, advance online publication.
- Nash, R. A., & Winstone, N. E. (2017). Responsibility sharing in the giving and receiving of assessment feedback. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1519.
- Nash, R. A., Winstone, N. E., Gregory, S. E. A., & Papps, E. (2018). A memory advantage for past-oriented over future-oriented performance feedback. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44(12), 1864-1879.
- Parker, M., & Winstone, N. (2016). Studentsā perceptions of interventions for supporting their engagement with feedback. Practitioner Research in Higher Education. 10(1), 53-64.
- Pitt, E., & Winstone, N. (2018). The impact of anonymous marking on studentsā perceptions of fairness, feedback, and relationships with lecturers. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 43(7), 1183-1193.
- Pitt, E., & Winstone, N. (forthcoming, 2020). Dialogic feedback in a digital world. In M. Bearman, P. Dawson, J. Tai, R. Ajjawi, & D. Boud (Eds.), Re-imagining university assessment in a digital world. Springer.
- Winstone, N. E. (2019). Facilitating students' use of feedback: Capturing and tracking impact using digital tools. In M. Henderson, R. Ajjawi, D. Boud, & E. Molloy (eds), The impact of feedback in higher education: Improving assessment outcomes for learners (pp.225-242). London: Palgrave.
- Winstone, N. E., & Boud, D. (2019). Exploring cultures of feedback practice: The adoption of learning-focused feedback practices in the UK and Australia. Higher Education Research and Development, 38(2), 411-425.
- Winstone, N. E., & Boud, D. (2019). Developing assessment feedback: From occasional survey to everyday practice. In S. Lygo-Baker, I. M. Kinchin, & N. E. Winstone (Eds.), Engaging student voices in higher education: Diverse perspectives and expectations in partnership (pp. 109-123). London: Palgrave.
- Winstone, N. E., & Carless, D. (2020). Designing effective feedback processes in higher education: A learning-focused approach. London: Routledge.
- Winstone, N. E., Hepper, E. G., & Nash, R. A. (2020). Individual differences in self-reported use of feedback information: The mediating role of feedback beliefs. Educational Psychology, advance online publication.
- Winstone, N. E., Mathlin, G., & Nash, R. A. (2019). Building feedback literacy: Studentsā perceptions of the Developing Engagement with Feedback Toolkit. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 4, p. 39).
- Winstone, N. E., & Nash, R. A. (2019). Developing studentsā proactive engagement with feedback. In C. Bryan & K. Clegg (Eds.), Innovative assessment in higher education: A handbook for academic practitioners (pp.129-138). London: Taylor and Francis.
- Winstone, N., Nash., R., Parker, M., & Rowntree, J. (2017). Supporting learnersā engagement with feedback: A systematic review and a taxonomy of recipience processes. Educational Psychologist, 52, 17-37.
- Winstone, N., Nash, R., Rowntree, J., & Parker, M. (2017). āItād be useful, but I wouldnāt use itā. Barriers to University studentsā feedback seeking and recipience. Studies in Higher Education, 42(11), 2026-2041.
- Winstone, N. E., Pitt, E., & Nash, R. A. (2020). Educatorsā perceptions of responsibility-sharing in feedback processes. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, advance online publication.
- Balloo, K., Pauli, R., & Worrell, M. (2016). Individual differences in psychology undergraduatesā development of research methods knowledge and skills. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 217, 790ā800.
- Balloo, K. (2018). In-depth profiles of the expectations of undergraduate students commencing university: a Q methodological analysis. Studies in Higher Education, 43(12), 2251-2262.
- Balloo, K., Pauli, R., & Worrell, M. (2017). Undergraduatesā personal circumstances, expectations and reasons for attending university. Studies in Higher Education, 42(8), 1373-1384.
- Balloo, K., Pauli, R., & Worrell, M. (2018). Conceptions of research methods learning among psychology undergraduates: A Q methodology study. Cognition and Instruction, 36(4), 279ā296.
- Balloo, K. (2019). Studentsā difficulties during research methods training acting as potential barriers to their development of scientific thinking. In M. Murtonen & K. Balloo (Eds.), Redefining scientific thinking for higher education: Higher-order thinking, evidence-based reasoning and research skills (pp. 107ā137). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Cook, A., Ogden, J., & Winstone, N. (2016). The experiences of learning, friendships and bullying of boys with autism in mainstream and special school settings. British Journal of Special Education, 43(3), 250-271.
- Cook, A., Ogden, J., & Winstone, N. (2018). Friendship motivations, challenges, and the role of masking for girls with autism in contrasting school settings. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 33(3), 302-315.
- Cook, A., Ogden, J., & Winstone, N. (2019). The impact of a school-based musical contact intervention on prosocial attitudes, emotions and behaviours: A pilot trial with autistic and neurotypical children. Autism, 23(4), 933-942.
- Davis, A., & Winstone, N. (2017). Educational Implications. In A. Slater & G. Bremner (Eds.), An Introduction to Developmental Psychology (3rd ed.). Wiley
- Gravett, K. (2019).Troubling transitions and celebrating becomings: from pathway to rhizome. Studies in Higher Education, advance online publication.
- Gravett, K. and Gill, C. (2010) āUsing online video to promote database searching skills: the creation of a virtual tutorial for Health and Social Care studentsā. Journal of Information Literacy, 4(1), 66-71.
- Gravett, K. and Kinchin, I. M. (2020) The role of referencing within studentsā identity development. Journal of Further and Higher Education, in press.
- Gravett, K. and Kinchin, I. M. (2020). Referencing and empowerment: exploring barriers to agency in the higher education student experience.Teaching in Higher Education, 25(1), 84-97.
- Gravett, K., Kinchin, I.M., & Winstone, N.E. (2019). āMore than customersā: Conceptions of students as partners held by students, staff, and institutional leaders. Studies in Higher Education, advance online publication.
- Gravett, K., Kinchin, I. M., & Winstone, N. E. (2019). Frailty in transition? Troubling the norms, boundaries and limitations of transition theory and practice. Higher Education Research and Development, advance online publication.
- Gravett, K., & Winstone, N. E. (2019). Storying studentsā becomings into and through higher education. Studies in Higher Education, advance online publication.
- Heron, M. (2017). Dialogic stance in higher education seminars. Language & Education 32(2), 112-126.
- Heron, M. (2017). Dialogic stance in higher education seminars. Language and Education, 32(2), 112-126.
- Heron, M. (2018). Pedagogic practices to support international students in seminar discussions. Higher Education Research & Development, 38(2), 266-279.
- Heron, M. (2019). Making the case for oracy skills in higher education: practices and opportunities. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 16(2), 9.
- Heron, M., & Head, R. (2019). Discourses of peer observation in higher education: Event or system?. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 56(4), 458-469.
- Heron M., Palfreyman D. M. (2019) Developing Oracy Skills for Student Voice Work, In: Lygo-Baker Simon, Kinchin Ian, Winstone Naomi (eds.), Engaging Student Voices in Higher Education pp. 89-105 Palgrave Macmillan
- Heron, M., & Thompson, H. (2019). How do trainee teachers engage with a flipped learning approach?. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 35(2), 92-106.
- Hollywood, A., Spencely, C., McCarthy, D., & Winstone, N. E. (2019). āOverwhelmed at firstā: The experience of career development in early-career academics. Journal of Further and Higher Education, advance online publication.
- Hulme, J. A., & Winstone, N. E. (2017). Do no harm: Risk aversion versus risk management in the context of pedagogic frailty. Knowledge Management and E-Learning, 9(3), 153-169.
- Kinchin, I., Heron, M., Hosein, A., Lygo-Baker, S., Medland, E., Morley, D., & Winstone, N. (2018). Researcher-led academic development. International Journal for Academic Development, 23(4), 339-354.
- Kinchin, I. M., & Winstone, N. E. (2017). Pedagogic Frailty: Opportunities and challenges. In I. M.
- Kinchin and N.E. Winstone (Eds.), Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience in the University (pp. 211-225). Rotterdam: Sense.
- Kinchin, I. M., & Winstone, N. E. (2018). Exploring pedagogic frailty in practice. In I. M. Kinchin & N. E. Winstone (Eds.), Exploring pedagogic frailty and resilience: Case studies of academic narrative (pp. 1-15). Leiden: Brill.
- Kinchin, I.M., Hosein, A., Medland, E., Lygo-Baker, S., Warburton, S., Gash, D., Rees, R., Loughlin, C., Woods, R., Price, S. and Usherwood, S. (2017) Mapping the development of a new MA programme in higher education: Comparing private perceptions of a public endeavour. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 41 (2): 155-171.
- Lygo-Baker, S., Kinchin, I., & Winstone, N. E. (Eds.) (2019). Engaging Student Voices in Higher Education: Diverse Perspectives and Expectations in Partnership. Palgrave.
- Medland, E., Watermeyer, R., Hosein, A., Kinchin, I.M., and Lygo-Baker, S. (Eds.) (2018) Pedagogical Peculiarities: Conversations at the Edge of University Teaching and Learning. Rotterdam, Sense Publishers.
- Murtonen, M., & Balloo, K. (Eds.). (2019). Redefining scientific thinking for higher education: Higher-order thinking, evidence-based reasoning and research skills. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Okupe, A., & Medland, E. (2019) Pluralising student voices: Evaluating teaching practice. In N. Winstone, I.M. Kinchin, S. Lygo-Baker & S. Warburtonās (eds.) Engaging Student Voices in Higher Education: Diverse Perspectives and Expectations in Partnership. London: Palgrave.
- Tenenbaum, H. R., Winstone, N., Avery, R., & Leman, P. (2020). How effective is peer interaction in facilitating learning? A meta-analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology, advance online publication.
- Winstone, N. E., & Avery, R. A. (2018). Enhancing Psychology studentsā employability through āPractice to theoryā learning following a Professional Training Year. In D. Morley (Ed.), Enhancing employability in higher education through work based learning (pp. 213-233). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Winstone, N. E., Gravett, K., Balloo, K., Jacobs, D., & Keen, H. (2020). Who stands to benefit? Wellbeing, belonging, and challenges to equity in engagement in extra-curricular activities. Active Learning in Higher Education, advance online publication.
- Winstone, N. E., & Hulme, J. (2019). āDuck to waterā or āfish out of waterā? Diversity in the experience of negotiating the transition to university. In S. Lygo-Baker, I. M. Kinchin, & N. E. Winstone (Eds.), Engaging student voices in higher education: Diverse perspectives and expectations in partnership (pp. 159-174). London: Palgrave.
- Winstone, N. E., & Kinchin, I. M. (2017). Teaching sensitive topics: Psychological literacy as an antidote to pedagogic frailty. Psychology Teaching Review, 23(1), 15-29.
- Winstone, N., & Moore, D. (2017). Sometimes fish, sometimes fowl? Liminality, identity work and identity malleability in Graduate Teaching Assistants. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 54(5), 494-502.
- Bourne, J., & Winstone, N. E. (in press). Empowering studentsā voices: The use of activity-oriented focus groups in higher education research. International Journal of Research and Method in Education.
- Gravett, K. (2019). Story completion: Storying as a method of meaning-making and discursive discovery. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, advance online publication.
- Gravett, K., Medland, E., & Winstone, N. E. (2019). Engaging students as co-designers in educational innovation. In S. Lygo-Baker, I. M. Kinchin, & N. E. Winstone (Eds.), Engaging student voices in higher education: Diverse perspectives and expectations in partnership (pp. 297-313). London: Palgrave.
- Heron, M., Kinchin, I., & Medland, E. (2018). Interview talk and the co-construction of concept maps. Educational Research, 60(4), 373-389.
- Kinchin, I. M. and Gravett, K. (2020). Concept mapping in the age of Deleuze: Fresh perspectives and new challenges. Education Sciences, 10(3), 82.
- Winstone, N., Millward, L., Huntington, C., Goldsack, L., & Kyrou, E. (2014). Eliciting rich dialogue through the use of activity-oriented interviews with autistic young people. Childhood, 21(2), 190-206
Blog posts and media articles
- Medland, E. (2018). SRHE Blog.
- Nash, R. A., & Winstone, N. E. (2018). Learning Scientists blog
- Winstone, N. (2018). . ANTF Blog.
- Nash, R.A., & Winstone, N.E. (2017). , BBC Future
- Winstone, N., & Pitt, E. (2017). Times Higher Education, 2332, 30.
- Winstone, N.E., & Nash, R.A. (2016). Times Higher Education, 2275, 26-27.
- Nash, R.A., & Winstone, N.E. (2016). Learning Scientists blog.
- Winstone, N.E., & Nash, R.A. (2015). . Higher Education Academy Learning and Teaching blog.
- Winstone, N.E., & Parker, M. (2015). Higher Education Academy Learning and Teaching blog.
- The DEFT 16-19 project featured in the
Tools and resources
The Developing Engagement with Feedback Toolkit (DEFT)
Transforming Assessment in Higher Education Case Study Series (HEA)
The Developing Engagement with Feedback Toolkit 16-19
Feedback Opportunities in Online Learning - Infographic
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