Wendy Woodland
Biographic Data
| ID | 1748782 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wendy Woodland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wendy |
| FAMILY NAME | Woodland |
| SIGNATURE | WOODLAND W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1932 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Integrating Podcast Technology Effectively into Student Learning
This paper examines undergraduate student perceptions of the learning utility of video podcasts. The perceived and actual effectiveness of the technology was assessed by written questionnaire, focus groups and assessment results. The podcasts were perceived as effective in supporting learning, largely by offering a flexible and visual learning experience. They were also viewed as a useful resource for revision and assessment, stimulating factual …
Testing peatland testate amoeba transfer functions
Transfer functions are widely used in palaeoecology to infer past environmental conditions from fossil remains of many groups of organisms. In contrast to traditional training-set design with one observation per site, some training-sets, including those for peatland testate amoeba-hydrology transfer functions, have a clustered structure with many observations from each site. Here we show that this clustered design causes standard performance stat…
Holocene sea-level change in the Severn Estuary, southwest England
The recent growth in the use of microfossil-based transfer functions in late-Quaternary sea-level reconstructions reflects their potential to accurately quantify palaeo sea-level changes. This study details the development of a diatom-based sea-level transfer function for the Severn Estuary, southwest England, a macrotidal setting that experiences the second highest tidal range in the world. This setting presents difficulties in representing the …
Contrasting water management techniques in Tunisia
Tunisia is a marginal country hydrologically and it has adopted a number of distinctive methods of water management for agriculture. The central region supports modern dam irrigation, whilst traditional rainwater harvesting is practiced in the south. These contrasting techniques are described and evaluated in terms of sustainability using empirical field data and secondary literature for two study sites. Research focuses primarily on the physical…
An Evaluation of Foreign Fieldwork in Promoting Deep Learning
This article defines and evaluates the role of foreign fieldwork in promoting deep learning by university undergraduates of geography and environmental management. Empirical results show that students generally rose to the challenge of predictive-analytical learning to produce grades congruent with their Level 2 results. While some students began to question the acquisition of knowledge and came to realise its provisional nature, others met with …
Quantitative estimates of water tables and soil moisture in Holocene peatlands from testate amoebae
Changes in surface wetness on Holocene ombrotrophic mires have principally been estimated from plant macrofossils and humification. Testate amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) provide an additional technique and have the potential to provide improved quantitative estimates of water-table depths and soil moisture. The relationship between hydrology and testate amoebae assemblages from 163 samples on nine British mires is explored using canonical corresp…
The Story of Winchester
Quantitative estimates of water tables and soil moisture in Holocene peatlands from testate amoebae
Changes in surface wetness on Holocene ombrotrophic mires have principally been estimated from plant macrofossils and humification. Testate amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) provide an additional technique and have the potential to provide improved quantitative estimates of water-table depths and soil moisture. The relationship between hydrology and testate amoebae assemblages from 163 samples on nine British mires is explored using canonical corresp…
Contrasting water management techniques in Tunisia
Tunisia is a marginal country hydrologically and it has adopted a number of distinctive methods of water management for agriculture. The central region supports modern dam irrigation, whilst traditional rainwater harvesting is practiced in the south. These contrasting techniques are described and evaluated in terms of sustainability using empirical field data and secondary literature for two study sites. Research focuses primarily on the physical…
Testing peatland testate amoeba transfer functions
Transfer functions are widely used in palaeoecology to infer past environmental conditions from fossil remains of many groups of organisms. In contrast to traditional training-set design with one observation per site, some training-sets, including those for peatland testate amoeba-hydrology transfer functions, have a clustered structure with many observations from each site. Here we show that this clustered design causes standard performance stat…
Holocene sea-level change in the Severn Estuary, southwest England
The recent growth in the use of microfossil-based transfer functions in late-Quaternary sea-level reconstructions reflects their potential to accurately quantify palaeo sea-level changes. This study details the development of a diatom-based sea-level transfer function for the Severn Estuary, southwest England, a macrotidal setting that experiences the second highest tidal range in the world. This setting presents difficulties in representing the …
The Story of Winchester
Quantitative estimates of water tables and soil moisture in Holocene peatlands from testate amoebae
Changes in surface wetness on Holocene ombrotrophic mires have principally been estimated from plant macrofossils and humification. Testate amoebae (Protozoa: Rhizopoda) provide an additional technique and have the potential to provide improved quantitative estimates of water-table depths and soil moisture. The relationship between hydrology and testate amoebae assemblages from 163 samples on nine British mires is explored using canonical corresp…
An Evaluation of Foreign Fieldwork in Promoting Deep Learning
This article defines and evaluates the role of foreign fieldwork in promoting deep learning by university undergraduates of geography and environmental management. Empirical results show that students generally rose to the challenge of predictive-analytical learning to produce grades congruent with their Level 2 results. While some students began to question the acquisition of knowledge and came to realise its provisional nature, others met with …
Contrasting water management techniques in Tunisia
Tunisia is a marginal country hydrologically and it has adopted a number of distinctive methods of water management for agriculture. The central region supports modern dam irrigation, whilst traditional rainwater harvesting is practiced in the south. These contrasting techniques are described and evaluated in terms of sustainability using empirical field data and secondary literature for two study sites. Research focuses primarily on the physical…
Holocene sea-level change in the Severn Estuary, southwest England
The recent growth in the use of microfossil-based transfer functions in late-Quaternary sea-level reconstructions reflects their potential to accurately quantify palaeo sea-level changes. This study details the development of a diatom-based sea-level transfer function for the Severn Estuary, southwest England, a macrotidal setting that experiences the second highest tidal range in the world. This setting presents difficulties in representing the …
Testing peatland testate amoeba transfer functions
Transfer functions are widely used in palaeoecology to infer past environmental conditions from fossil remains of many groups of organisms. In contrast to traditional training-set design with one observation per site, some training-sets, including those for peatland testate amoeba-hydrology transfer functions, have a clustered structure with many observations from each site. Here we show that this clustered design causes standard performance stat…
Integrating Podcast Technology Effectively into Student Learning
This paper examines undergraduate student perceptions of the learning utility of video podcasts. The perceived and actual effectiveness of the technology was assessed by written questionnaire, focus groups and assessment results. The podcasts were perceived as effective in supporting learning, largely by offering a flexible and visual learning experience. They were also viewed as a useful resource for revision and assessment, stimulating factual …
Geography (4 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 works) · Physical geography (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Empirical research (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Geological formations and processes (2 works) · Geology (2 works)