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Independent Working Checklist
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to complete a checklist of activities to show that they have worked independently during their research.
Design the perfect field research
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to design their perfect, no-limits fieldwork research for their NEA. Once teachers then give the parameters for the fieldwork, such as location and timescale, students then scale their ideas to work logistically. This activity encourages students to think big and take greater ownership with their research, improving their motivation to be independent.
Lorenz Curves
A student guide to Lorenz Curves - what they are, how they could be used in geographical research and how to calculate them. The worksheet includes a step-by-step guide and worked example.
Question Your Place Writing Frame
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to come up with guided questions regarding their chosen research location to help them think more widely about potential NEA titles that can be used.
What does an independent researcher look like?
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their Geography NEA.
Students are asked to select appropriate descriptions of what an independent researcher is like - highlighting the kind of good practice they should emulate.
Independent Research Diary
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to complete the diary in the form of a table, recording their thoughts, any positive and negative feedback, and providing a structure to the research process.
Increasing Engagement with People and Places in Fieldwork
A guide listing a range of techniques teachers can use to try to get their students to engagement more with their fieldwork site. These cover the time before, during and after the fieldwork has taken place.
Planning Your Use of GIS in the NEA
Through a series of five tasks, this worksheet guides students through the thought processes needed to ensure successful deployment of GIS in the collection and/or presentation of their data in the NEA.
Environmental Quality Survey (Weighted Score)
A template Environmental Quality Survey for students to use in the field. The first page has predefined fields and on the second page students can create their own survey categories.
Environmental Quality Survey (Bipolar Score)
A template Environmental Quality Survey for students to use in the field. The first page has predefined fields and on the second page students can create their own survey categories.
Nearest Neighbour Index
A guide showing students a range of ways to use this statistical test as well as a step-by-step guide for its completion through a fully-worked geographical example.
Chi Squared Test Calculator
An Excel spreadsheet which automatically calculates the critical value for the Chi Squared Test.
A good way for students to check their long-hand working, or a way to analyse primary data for students who are unconfident in their maths skills.
Mann Whitney U Test Critical Values
A full critical value table for use with the Mann Whitney U Test.
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Significance Table
A significance table for the Pearson Product Moment test showing four levels of significance.
Student's T Test Significance Table
A full significance table for use with the Student’s T Test. This version shows four different levels of significance.
Z Scores Value Table
A value table used to calculate probabilities from (single value) z scores.
Getting the Most from Questionnaire Surveys
A guide for students embarking on geography fieldwork that involves designing and delivering a questionnaire survey. The guide looks at the advantages and disadvantages of using different styles of questions as well as how to get the most number of questionnaires completed at the field site.
Sampling Strategies
A guide to the main types of sampling strategy and how they might be used within geography fieldwork.
Responsible Conduct in Fieldwork
With students increasingly having to consider the ethical and moral impacts of their fieldwork, this guide highlights some of the key areas they should think about while they plan and carry out their fieldwork.
Simpson's Diversity Index
A guide teaching students how to complete a Simpson’s Diversity Index. The guide comes with a variety of scenarios in geography that could use this statistical test as well as a fully worked example.