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Full-Text Articles in Education
Equipping Students For Life After School, Geoff Masters
Equipping Students For Life After School, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Identifying and developing the knowledge, skills and attributes required for life and work is an ongoing challenge in school education.
Attracting Top Teaching Talent, Geoff Masters
Attracting Top Teaching Talent, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
In some of the world’s highest-performing countries, entry to teaching is now as competitive as courses such as engineering, science, law and medicine.
Acer's 85 Years Of Research Spreads Worldwide, Geoff Masters
Acer's 85 Years Of Research Spreads Worldwide, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
The Australian Council for Educational Research approaches its centenary with a strong track record for independent research and a growing international reach.
Towards A Unified Theory Of Assessment, Geoff Masters
Towards A Unified Theory Of Assessment, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Attempts to categorise educational assessments as either ‘formative’ or ‘summative’ no longer serve us well and the time has come to develop a more unified theory of assessment.
Year-Level Expectations Can Impede Learning, Expert Warns, Geoff Masters
Year-Level Expectations Can Impede Learning, Expert Warns, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Some of the ways in which school education is organised and delivered may be contributing to our highest and lowest achieving students making little annual progress in their learning.
Addressing The Learning Needs Of All Students, Geoff Masters
Addressing The Learning Needs Of All Students, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Year-level curriculum expectations in our schools sometimes impose artificial ceilings on student learning, and many of Australia’s most able students are not achieving their true potential as a result. Geoff Masters explains why.
Plan To Recruit Our Best And Brightest, Geoff Masters
Plan To Recruit Our Best And Brightest, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Australia faces a number of challenges over the next decade in planning the future teacher workforce, according to Geoff Masters.
The Future Of Learning Assessments, Geoff Masters
The Future Of Learning Assessments, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Processes for assessing student learning are undergoing fundamental transformation, according to Geoff Masters.
Review Recommends Tertiary Entrance Changes, Geoff Masters, Gabrielle Matters
Review Recommends Tertiary Entrance Changes, Geoff Masters, Gabrielle Matters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
A review by Gabrielle Matters and Geoff Masters of senior assessment and tertiary selection processes in Queensland has recommended changes to meet future education needs.
School Improvement On Australia’S Horizon, Geoff Masters
School Improvement On Australia’S Horizon, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
While Australia has seen a steady decline in 15-year-olds’ reading literacy achievement over the past decade, Geoff Masters identifies promising signs at the primary level that this trend may soon be reversed.
Stretching To Reach High Standards, Geoff Masters
Stretching To Reach High Standards, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
In order to raise achievement, teachers need to stretch their students with tasks that are neither too easy nor difficult, according to Geoff Masters.
A New Deal For End-Of-School Assessment, Geoff Masters, Gabrielle Matters
A New Deal For End-Of-School Assessment, Geoff Masters, Gabrielle Matters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
A review of the processes involved in senior assessment and tertiary entrance in Queensland recommends a redesign to make them more appropriate to the 21st century. Geoff Masters and Gabrielle Matters explain the thinking behind their recommendations.
Getting To The Essence Of Assessment, Geoff Masters
Getting To The Essence Of Assessment, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Assessments in education can be made, interpreted and used in different ways, but all serve the same fundamental purpose, as Geoff Masters explains.
Why A To E Grades Paint The Wrong Picture, Geoff Masters
Why A To E Grades Paint The Wrong Picture, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Geoff Masters makes the case for a new approach to assessment so that teachers can better monitor the progress their students make and the effectiveness of their own teaching.
Why A To E Grades Don’T Tell The Whole Story, Geoff Masters
Why A To E Grades Don’T Tell The Whole Story, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Commonly used A to E grades in schools may not be serving all students well, or telling the whole story of progress. It’s time to review how we measure students' learning - that doesn’t mean abandoning grading altogether, but rather recognising that age-based grading systems don’t give us all the answers.
Beyond Pisa : Improving Student Outcomes, Geoff Masters
Beyond Pisa : Improving Student Outcomes, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
The latest PISA results indicate that we must focus on strategies to improve what happens in every classroom, every day of the school week if we are to improve student outcomes, says Geoff Masters.
Support School-Community Partnerships – For Students And Our Future, Geoff Masters
Support School-Community Partnerships – For Students And Our Future, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Geoff Masters discusses the importance of improving the capacity for collaboration between education and philanthropy, and the positive impact this can have on student outcomes.
Towards A Growth Mindset In Assessment, Geoff Masters
Towards A Growth Mindset In Assessment, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Assessment and reporting processes shape student, parent and community beliefs about learning – sometimes in unintended ways.
Measuring Progress, Geoff Masters
Measuring Progress, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Geoff Masters discusses the need for a system of educational assessment that provides long-term pictures of student progress.
Understanding The Brain, And Learning About Learning, Geoff Masters
Understanding The Brain, And Learning About Learning, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
No abstract provided.
Put Assessment Reform In The Must-Do Basket, Geoff Masters
Put Assessment Reform In The Must-Do Basket, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
The reform of assessment thinking and practice has the potential to lead and drive improvements in teaching and learning, but assessment reform is likely to be difficult without broader educational reforms. For example, assessment to establish where individuals are in their learning is largely pointless if teachers intend to deliver exactly the same content to all students in a class regardless of their current levels of achievement.
Pm's Education Goals Mired In Underachievement, Geoff Masters
Pm's Education Goals Mired In Underachievement, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
International test results released this week highlight the magnitude of the challenge we face in raising the level of educational achievement in Australia. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) add to the publicly available information about how students in our schools are performing. The results include the first data on how reading levels in Australian primary schools compare with standards in other countries.
Reporting And Comparing School Performances, Geoff Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo
Reporting And Comparing School Performances, Geoff Masters, Glenn Rowley, John Ainley, Siek Toon Khoo
Prof Geoff Masters AO
This report provides advice on the collection and reporting of information about the performances of Australian schools. The focus is on the collection of nationally comparable data. Two purposes are envisaged: use by education authorities and governments to monitor school performances and, in particular, to identify schools that are performing unusually well or unusually poorly given their circumstances; and use by parents/caregivers and the public to make informed judgements about, and meaningful comparisons of, schools and their offerings. Our advice is based on a review of recent Australian and international research and experience in reporting on the performances of schools. …
Restoring Our Edge In Education : Making Australia's Education System Its Next Competitive Advantage, Geoff Masters
Restoring Our Edge In Education : Making Australia's Education System Its Next Competitive Advantage, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Future levels of educational attainment in Australia will be key determinants of individual, social and economic prosperity. Policies that deliver an increase in education and training levels will have wide-ranging benefits for individuals, standards of living and social cohesion. Over recent decades there have been steady increases in the education levels of young Australians. Future generations will be much more highly educated as current levels of educational achievement flow through the age structure over time. However, despite generally increasing education levels, Australia has one of the lowest secondary school completion rates among comparable countries. Australia's future economic competitiveness will depend …
What Works? Researching Language And Literacy Learning, Geoff Masters
What Works? Researching Language And Literacy Learning, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
This article reflects on the purpose and objectives of educational research. The author argues that the purpose of educational research is to find ways to improve student learning, and that research that does not have this as its ultimate motivation and objective is not educational research. The author also discusses the importance of research syntheses, the value of sharpening the focus of research and that better communication of research results to practitioners should be considered.
Mapping Student Achievement, Geoff Masters, Ray Adams, Jan Lokan
Mapping Student Achievement, Geoff Masters, Ray Adams, Jan Lokan
Prof Geoff Masters AO
The analyses, publications and reports of quantitative data in education and the social sciences usually omit basic information on the construct measured. Probabilistic models for test data make it possible to delineate coherent and richly described measurement continua that facilitate interpretation of student achievement. The potential of conjoint measurement to bring about fundamental advances in educational testing practice lies in part in the opportunities it provides to build useful maps of learning domains and to use those maps in communicating student achievements. This chapter presents two applications of conjoint measurement aimed at constructing and describing achievement variables, developing insights into …
The Partial Credit Model And Null Categories, M Wilson, Geoff Masters
The Partial Credit Model And Null Categories, M Wilson, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
A category where the frequency of responses is zero, either for sampling or structural reasons, will be called anull category. One approach for ordered polytomous item response models is to downcode the categories (i.e., reduce the score of each category above the null category by one), thus altering the relationship between the substantive framework and the scoring scheme for items with null categories. It is discussed why this is often not a good idea, and a method for avoiding the problem is described for the partial credit model while maintaining the integrity of the original response framework. This solution is …
Textbook Treatments And Students’ Understanding Of Acceleration, G Dall’Alba, E Walsh, J Bowden, E Martin, Geoff Masters, P Ramsden, Andrew Stephanou
Textbook Treatments And Students’ Understanding Of Acceleration, G Dall’Alba, E Walsh, J Bowden, E Martin, Geoff Masters, P Ramsden, Andrew Stephanou
Prof Geoff Masters AO
A single science textbook often provides the syllabus for courses at upper secondary and tertiary levels, and may be used as a principal source of information or explanation. The research reported in this article challenges such practices. The ways in which the concept, acceleration, is treated in physics textbooks is compared with understandings of the concept demonstrated by final-year secondary (Year 12) and first-year university students. Some students' understandings are shown to be incomplete in ways that parallel misleading or inaccurate textbook treatments of the concept. In addition to misleading or inaccurate statements, the limitations of some textbook treatments of …
Implications For Higher Education Of A Competency-Based Approach To Education And Training, John Bowden, Geoff Masters
Implications For Higher Education Of A Competency-Based Approach To Education And Training, John Bowden, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
This report presents a summary of the data collected by the project, and an analysis, using a view of competence through a relational model, of some of the issues that emerged. The authors suggest that universities, the professions, employers and the community have much to gain from the activities of the past few years concerned with the development of competency-based standards by the professions, although they do not believe that a full-blown competency-based approach to education will become dominant in university courses.
Physics Students' Understanding Of Relative Speed: A Phenomenographic Study, Eleanor Walsh, Gloria Dall'alba, John Bowden, Elaine Martin, Ference Marton, Geoff Masters, Paul Ramsden, Andrew Stephanou
Physics Students' Understanding Of Relative Speed: A Phenomenographic Study, Eleanor Walsh, Gloria Dall'alba, John Bowden, Elaine Martin, Ference Marton, Geoff Masters, Paul Ramsden, Andrew Stephanou
Prof Geoff Masters AO
It is important that students of physics develop both quantitative and qualitative understanding of physical concepts and principles. Although accuracy and reliability in solving quantitative problems is necessary, a qualitative understanding is required in applying concepts and principles to new problems and in real-life situations. If students are not able to understand what underlies quantitative problem-solving procedures nor interpret the solution in physical terms, it is questionable whether they have developed an adequate understanding of physics. The research reported here is part of a larger phenomenographic study that is concerned with the assessment of physics students' understanding of some basic …