Formerly teacher in secondary schools in New Zealand, Head of Science in Ming Yin College and Head of Department of Education of Hong Kong Technical Teachers College.

Research is primarily related to the improvement of learning and teaching at the secondary and tertiary levels.  Interests include: the use of multimedia for teaching, the use of the internet for both learning and teaching, the evaluation of teaching performance as well as problem solving in Chemistry.

1. Heyworth, R.M. (1999) CHEM2000 Books 1 and 2 (2nd ed). Hong Kong: Macmillan Publishers (China) Ltd.

2. Heyworth, R.M. (1999) CHEM2000 Activity Books 1 and 2 (2nd ed).  Hong Kong: Macmillan Publishers (China) Ltd.

3. Heyworth, R.M. (1999) Procedural and conceptual knowledge of expert and novice students for the solving of a basic problem in chemistry. International Journal of Science Education, 21(2), 195-211.

4. Heyworth, R.M. (1998) Qyantitative problem solving in science: Cognitive factors and directions for practive. Education Journal, 26(1), 13-29.

5. Lee, F.L. & Heyworth, R.M. (1997) Computer Diagnosis of Composed Errors in Solving Logarithms Problems.  In (chinese characters) (Eds), Proceedings of Global Chinese Computer Conference of Education (pp. 211-222). China: Beijing Normal University Press.

6. Heyworth, R.M. (In press) Teaching Practice Evaluation Guide. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute for Educational Research.

7. Heyworth, R.M. (In press) Mediating cognitive variables in models for the solving of composite problems inchemistry.  Science Education.