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Connected Learning Schools Project: Acer Evaluation Report, Tim Friedman, Hamish Coates

Dr Tim Friedman

Between 2006 and 2009, the New South Wales Partners in Learning Project was called Connected Learning Schools. This program began in June 2006 with 10 school teams and 120 teachers, in partnership with Department of Education and Training (DET) New South Wales and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Connected Learning Schools investigated how children in years 5-9 can shape their education by changing the emphasis from what they learn to how they learn.

The Vet Workforce: Key Changes And Development Strategies, Justin Brown, Philip Mckenzie

Justin Brown

No abstract provided.

Finding Nucleolus Of Flow Games., X Deng, Q Fang, Xiaoxun Sun

Xiaoxun Sun

No abstract provided.

Patscience : Progressive Achievement Tests In Science, Ross Hudson, Ron Martin, Daniel Urbach, Stavroula Zoumboulis

Dr Ross Hudson

The ACER progressive achievement tests in science are for use in Australian schools to provide information to teachers about the level of achievement attained by their students in the concepts, skills and processes of science.

John Keeves And The Australian Council For Educational Research, Rebecca Leech, John Ainley, Phillip Mckenzie, Patricia Knight, Jenny Barnes, Renee Otmar, Maureen O'Keefe

Dr Phillip McKenzie

This book has been produced as a tribute to the work and contributions of ACER's 3rd chief executive. Professor John Keeves on the occasion of his 85th birthday. Professor Keeves has made substantial contributions to key research studies, especially in mathematics and science education. His work laid the foundations for large scale assessments of student learning that are common place today and for better understanding the complex relationships between students home background, school factors and achievement.

Postgraduate Research Experience 2008 : The Report Of The Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire, Ali Radloff, Daniel Edwards, Hamish Coates, B Guthrie, C Tilbrook

Ali Radloff

Each year, graduates of Australian higher education institutions who have completed a doctoral or research masters degree are invited by their institution and Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) to respond to the Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire (PREQ) about four months after graduation. This report presents the results from the ninth PREQ survey conducted since 1999. The PREQ asks graduates to respond to 28 statements about seven aspects of their research degree. The first 27 statements measure the quality of supervision, the intellectual climate of the department in which the respondent studied, the development of generic skills, the quality of the infrastructure …

Number Theory, Kalvin Whittles

Kalvin Whittles Dr.

Using the context of number theory conceptual links are developed with topics within school mathematics

How Mobile Phones Help Learning In Secondary Schools, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young, Nadja Heym

Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young

This research took place in 2007-8, at a time when mobile phones had become small, personal computers, providing clock, calendar, games, music player, Bluetooth connection, Internet access, and high-quality camera functions in addition to voice calls and short messaging. The Mobile Life Youth Report (2006) found that by the time they reach secondary school, 91% of 12 year olds in the UK have a mobile phone. Even though recent phone models, sometimes called ‘smart phones’, allow users to read pdf formats, spreadsheets and word-processed files, they have been more usually seen as disruptive, rather than useful, in school education

National Policies And Practices On Ict In Education : Australia, John Ainley

Dr John Ainley

This chapter reviews trends and issues associated with policies and practices related to curriculum and staff development for integrating ICT in teaching and learning in schools in Australia. The chapter includes a broad overview of the structure and nature of Australia's education system and presents an overview of primary and secondary schooling, government and non-government schools, assessment and monitoring of student achievement, and teachers. The next section addresses ICT in education policies and examines: national goals for schooling; ICT competencies of teachers and leaders; ICT infrastructure; digital resources; networked resources and information gateways. Following this are sections on ICT and …

Students In A Digital Age : Some Implications Of Ict For Teaching And Learning, Dara Searle, John Ainley

Dr John Ainley

The authors discuss students' use of computers at home and school, as well as use of other ICTs. Also discussed are the inequality of access to new technologies by students from low income families, and possibilities for students with disabilities.

Technology And Learning : Access In Schools Around The World, R Anderson, John Ainley

Dr John Ainley

No abstract provided.

Pisa Science 2006 : International Results, John Cresswell

Dr John Cresswell

Throughout the world education authorities want to know the capacities that their students develop during their formative years at school. They want to know to what extent students have learned fundamental scientific concepts and theories and how well they can solve real-life problems involving science and technology. In order to provide answers to these questions, PISA provides an international benchmark. Unlike many traditional assessments of student performance in science, PISA is not limited to measuring students' mastery of specific science content. Instead, it measures the capacity of students to identify scientific issues, explain phenomena scientifically and use scientific evidence. These …

Critique Of Virtual Worlds For The Young: Barbiegirls.Com, J. Connelly

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

No abstract provided.

Qualitative Methods For Service-Learning Research, Lisa Mcguire

Lisa E. McGuire

No abstract provided.

Pisa: An Introduction And Overview, Ross Turner

Ross Turner

Researching Social Work With Indigenous People In Australia: Across Worldviews, Across Time, Across The Table, John Whyte, Jacynta Krakouer

Jacynta Krakouer

Extended K-Anonymity Models Against Attribute Disclosure, Xiaoxun Sun, H Wang, L Sun

Xiaoxun Sun

No abstract provided.

Optimal Privacy-Aware Path In Hippocratic Databases, M Li, Xiaoxun Sun, H Wang, Y Zhang

Xiaoxun Sun

No abstract provided.

Indigenous Youth Transitions, Justin Brown, Gina Milgate, Jenny Wilkinson, Philip Mckenzie

Justin Brown

No abstract provided.