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Innovating A New Future For Learning: Finding Our Path, Valerie Hannon

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

This keynote paper makes the case that the pursuit of ‘school improvement’ is insufficient to address the challenges facing us if the world is to make available equitable, effective learning systems for all its citizens. A set of drivers of change are explored. It is argued that a ‘split screen’ approach is needed by system leaders and policy makers in which, while school improvement must continue to be pursued, simultaneously a ‘learning ecosystem’ should be created. Such a mutually supportive system would engage a much wider range of partners and players, and would locate learning in a new variety of …

The Neighbourhood Just Got Bigger : Schools And Communities Working Together For Change, Michele Lonsdale, Sharon Clerke, Michelle Anderson

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Professional Practice Research: Ensuring Teacher Development Through A Critical Approach To Professional Learning, Tania Aspland, Ian Macpherson

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Teachers Are The Key : Strategies For Instructional Improvement, Lynette Virgona

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Targeting The Things That Matter, Ben Jensen

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Building Teacher Capacity And Raising Reading Achievement, Kathryn Glasswell

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Developing And Implementing An Explicit School Improvement Agenda, Michele Bruniges

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

School improvement is a high-stakes enterprise, as difficult as it is important. While the broad agenda of school improvement is unassailable, the concept has become entangled with debates about the use of standardised assessment data for the purposes of public accountability. The risk of this is that data per se are devalued in the eyes of teachers. Effective use of data by teachers is, however, the crux of school improvement. For student outcomes to improve, teachers need an accurate understanding of individual students’ strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, they need the capacity to translate this understanding into improved conditions for teaching …

Effective Teaching Practices : Lessons From Mathematics, Mike Askew

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

Concurrent Session Block 2

A Personal And Collective Commitment To A Focus On Improvement, Mark Campling, Stephen Savvakis, Jane Sedgman

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Effective Strategies For Implementing Differentiated Instruction, John Munro

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Improving School Practices For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Students : The Voices Of Their Parents And Carers, Brian Giles-Brown, Gina Milgate

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Lessons For Improvement From International Comparative Studies, John Ainley

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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The Influence Of Teaching Strategies On Student Achievement In Higher Order Skills, Patrick Griffin

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Building Professional Capability In School Improvement, Helen Timperley

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Walking The Walk : The Need For School Leaders To Embrace Teaching As A Clinical Practice Profession, Stephen Dinham

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

Concurrent Session Block 1

Transforming Education Through The Arts : Creating A Culture That Promotes Learning, Brian Caldwell, Tanya Vaughan

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

Concurrent Session Block 1

Differentiated Classroom Learning, Technologies And School Improvement : What Experience And Research Can Tell Us, Kathryn Moyle

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

Concurrent Session Block 1

Improving schools with technologies

Using Data To Drive School Improvement, Helen Wildy

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

Concurrent Session Block 1

Why Some Students Continue To Value Individual, Face-To-Face Research Consultations In A Technology-Rich World, Trina J. Magi, Patricia E. Mardeusz

UVM Libraries Conference Day

This poster is a snapshot of an article accepted for publication in College & Research Libraries. The article reports on a study of individual research consultations, answering the questions: "Why do students seek consultations?," "What kinds of assistance do librarians provide?," and "What do students find valuable about consultations?"

Bailey/Howe Reference Analytics: What Two Years Of Data Tell Us, Elizabeth Berman

UVM Libraries Conference Day

Analyzing the last two academic years (2010-2011 and 2011-2012) of reference-desk statistics, this presentation will highlight trends at the Bailey/Howe Reference Desk, and offer scenarios for the future of reference services.

A Qualitative Study On Student Reflections During Early Childhood Education Placement, Yiu Fai, James Au

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

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Project Overview And Research Findings, Kimberly Cassidy, Jennifer L. Spohrer

Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference

Provost Kim Cassidy and Jennifer Spohrer give an overview of the blended learning study funded by the Next Generation Learning Challenges Wave I grant. They explain the origins of the project, introduce some of the blended courses developed to date, and mechanisms for measuring their impact. They will also present preliminary findings from the research done on fall-semester courses and discuss opportunities and support available for faculty at partner institutions who want to develop and teach blended courses in AY2012-2013 as part of the project.

Understanding Student Gpa, Justin Rodrigues, Malcolm Recinos, Carla Torres

Undergraduate Research Conference

As a student of Stephen F. Austin State University have you ever wondered about the efficacy of you weekly habits as it relates towards your cumulative college GPA? Have you ever been curious of students with a higher GPA (grade point average) spent their free time than those with a lower GPAs? We decided to test various weekly habits of the everyday college student to discover if their actions are in fact a determinant of college GPA.

Reflections On Various Interviews About Reading And Reading Comprehension, Kayla King

Undergraduate Research Conference

The study of reading and reading comprehension strategies into the content area classroom. This research looked students who had the "force fed" literature and those who had the option to choose what they read.

Student Success And Time Management In College Algebra, Steven Wallace, Mary Wolfe, June Jones, Gaston Brouwer

Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019)

The panel will illustrate how the students’ completion of the instructional system ALEKS objectives correlates with student success and retention rates. The panel will also discuss the influence of factors such as time management on success and the promotion of good study practices for students using computer-based learning systems.

Implementing A Blended Model Of Mathematics Instruction – Issues And Outcomes, Natasha Brewley, Alvina Atkinson, Barry Biddlecomb

SoTL Commons Conference

The session will present issues and results from the implementation of a blended instruction model at the authors' institution. The blended instruction model involves coming together as a class less often and encourages student learning by making them more responsible for their learning outside of the classroom. In addition to describing the authors' home institution, this presentation will have three objectives: (1) Describe the blended instructional model (What is Blended learning and what does it look like?), (2) Present student evaluations. (What have students said about taking a course like this?), and (3) Present quantitative comparisons between blended and traditional …