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Megan: 'Seventeen Take Away Sixteen? That's Hard!', Catherine Pearn
Megan: 'Seventeen Take Away Sixteen? That's Hard!', Catherine Pearn
Catherine Pearn
This paper focuses on results from testing for the Mathematics Intervention program. To determine whether students participating in the Grade 1 Intervention program maintained the progress made during the program, students were also tested when in Grade 3 or Grade 4. The main aim of this testing was to determine whether an intervention program at Grade 1 can assist students to develop flexibility in their mathematical thinking, enabling them to develop their own strategies and to be less reliant on rules and procedures. The assessment method used for the testing at both Grade 3 and Grade 4 and at the …
Early School Leaving In Australia: Findings From The 1995 Year 9 Lsay Cohort, Gary Marks, Nicole Fleming
Early School Leaving In Australia: Findings From The 1995 Year 9 Lsay Cohort, Gary Marks, Nicole Fleming
Nicole Wernert
This report examines early school leaving in Australia. It focuses on students who leave school before the beginning of year 11 using a national representative longitudinal survey of Australian youth who were in Year 9 in 1995. The report examines the social and demographic characteristics of early school leavers and their reasons for early school leaving. It also models leaving school with social background, demographic, school and attitudinal factors. Particular attention is paid to the influence of individual schools on early school leaving. the final part of the study examines the post-school activities of early school leavers focusing on their …