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Overview Of The Iea International Civic And Citizenship Education Study, John Ainley, Wolfram Schulz
Overview Of The Iea International Civic And Citizenship Education Study, John Ainley, Wolfram Schulz
Dr John Ainley
The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) studied the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens. ICCS was based on the premise that preparing students for citizenship roles involves developing relevant knowledge and understanding as well as helping them form positive attitudes toward being a citizen and participating in activities related to civic and citizenship education. It also examined differences among countries in relation to these outcomes of civic and citizenship education, and it explored how differences among countries relate to student characteristics, school and community contexts, and national characteristics. This technical report …
Examining The Use Of Ict In Mathematics And Science Teaching, John Ainley
Examining The Use Of Ict In Mathematics And Science Teaching, John Ainley
Dr John Ainley
Australian science and mathematics teachers are leaders in the useof ICT in school education according to an international comparativestudy, and ACER is set to lead further research in this area.John Ainley explains.
Can Improving Working Memory Prevent Academic Difficulties? A School Based Randomised Controlled Trial., John Ainley
Can Improving Working Memory Prevent Academic Difficulties? A School Based Randomised Controlled Trial., John Ainley
Dr John Ainley
Low academic achievement is common and is associated with adverse outcomes such as grade repetition, behavioural disorders and unemployment. The ability to accurately identify these children and intervene before they experience academic failure would be a major advance over the current 'wait to fail' model. Recent research suggests that a possible modifiable factor for low academic achievement is working memory, the ability to temporarily store and manipulate information in a 'mental workspace'. Children with working memory difficulties are at high risk of academic failure. It has recently been demonstrated that working memory can be improved with adaptive training tasks that …
Ict In The Teaching Of Science And Mathematics In Year 8 In Australia: Report From The Iea Second International Technology In Education Study (Sites) Survey, John Ainley, Frances Eveleigh, Chris Freeman, Kate O'Malley
Ict In The Teaching Of Science And Mathematics In Year 8 In Australia: Report From The Iea Second International Technology In Education Study (Sites) Survey, John Ainley, Frances Eveleigh, Chris Freeman, Kate O'Malley
Dr John Ainley
The IEA Second International Technology in Education Study (SITES) is an international comparative research program studying the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in education. Its central focus is on understanding how ICT affects the way teaching and learning takes place in schools. In many educational systems there is a desire to use ICT to support changes in teaching and learning and policies have been implemented to promote the use of ICT by equipping schools with computers and network connections, training teachers in the use of ICT and providing digital resources. Although there is a growing body of research …
A Cultural Perspective On The Structure Of Student Interest In Science, John Ainley, Mary Ainley
A Cultural Perspective On The Structure Of Student Interest In Science, John Ainley, Mary Ainley
Dr John Ainley
In this article, the authors examine the nature of interest in science as represented in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 data. They discuss the interconnections between measures of knowledge, affect, and value as components of interest in science. Working from a perspective acknowledging that many of the models of motivation represented in the literature have been developed in Western countries, the authors investigated whether the ways that knowledge, affect, and value combine in the structure of students' interest in science might vary in line with historical and cultural traditions. Four countries were chosen to represent contrasting cultural …