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Full-Text Articles in Education
Conceptual Understanding In History - How Do We Develop It?, Brian Doig, K Piper, Suzanne Mellor, Geoff Masters
Conceptual Understanding In History - How Do We Develop It?, Brian Doig, K Piper, Suzanne Mellor, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
This is a reprint of the findings for history of a 1992 survey carried out by the Australian Council for Educational Research, published in 1994. It looked at 2900 students in Victorian schools at Years 5 and 9, and assessed their geographical, historical, cultural and political understandings based on a set of tasks. The reports of the findings for history teachers are dramatically important.
The Queensland Core Skills Test: Implications For The Mathematical Sciences, Gabrielle Matters, Ken Gray
The Queensland Core Skills Test: Implications For The Mathematical Sciences, Gabrielle Matters, Ken Gray
Dr Gabrielle Matters
No abstract provided.
The Long-Term Effects On High School Seniors Of Learning To Read In Kindergarten, Ralph A. Hanson, Donna M. Farrell
The Long-Term Effects On High School Seniors Of Learning To Read In Kindergarten, Ralph A. Hanson, Donna M. Farrell
Donna M Farrell
This follow-up study assessed the educational history and current reading proficiencies of 3,959 high school seniors from 24 school districts in 10 U.S. states in 1986. The purpose was to examine the effects, if any, of receiving formal reading instruction in kindergarten. Over one-third of these students attended elementary schools that implemented a carefully developed beginning reading program in their kindergarten classes in 1973. Although the study included kindergarten students from all backgrounds, those from at-risk backgrounds were overrepresented. Three types of information were combined for each student to create a data base for this study: (a) the amount of …
Educational Attainment And Participation In Training, Phil Mckenzie, Mike Long
Educational Attainment And Participation In Training, Phil Mckenzie, Mike Long
Dr Phillip McKenzie
The relationship between prior educational attainment and participation in formal and On-the-Job Training (OJT) in Australia was examined through an analysis of unit record data from the 1993 Survey of Training and Education that was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Univariate analyses were performed to document employee participation by level of educational attainment in three different types of training activities: external training, in-house training, and OJT. Multivariate analyses were then conducted to separate the effect of educational attainment from other variables (for example, age and occupation) that might affect training participation. Educational attainment was found to have a …
Symptom Improvement And Its Temporal Course In Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy - A Growth Curve Analysis, M Svartberg, M Seltzer, T Stiles, Siek Khoo
Symptom Improvement And Its Temporal Course In Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy - A Growth Curve Analysis, M Svartberg, M Seltzer, T Stiles, Siek Khoo
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
No abstract provided.
Opportunity-To-Learn Effects On Achievement: Analytical Aspects, B Muthén, L Huang, B Jo, Siek Khoo, G Nelson-Goff, J Novak, J Shih
Opportunity-To-Learn Effects On Achievement: Analytical Aspects, B Muthén, L Huang, B Jo, Siek Khoo, G Nelson-Goff, J Novak, J Shih
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
No abstract provided.
School Effectiveness : Where To From Here?, John Ainley
School Effectiveness : Where To From Here?, John Ainley
Dr John Ainley
No abstract provided.
Adult Numeracy Teaching : Making Meaning In Mathematics, Dave Tout, Betty Johnston
Adult Numeracy Teaching : Making Meaning In Mathematics, Dave Tout, Betty Johnston
David (Dave) Tout
No abstract provided.
Changes In Reading Comprehension Across Cultures And Over Time, Petra Lietz
Changes In Reading Comprehension Across Cultures And Over Time, Petra Lietz
Dr Petra Lietz
Two internationally comparative studies of reading were conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), namely the Reading Comprehension Study in 1970/71 and the Reading Literacy Study in 1990/91. Eight educational systems participated in both studies at the 14- year-old level, namely Belgium (French), Finland, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States of America. The information on student, teacher, and school variables that were common to both studies provided the core evidence used for analysis in this thesis. The major results are described. A general factor, reasoning, could be identified as pertaining …
Students' Perception Of Learning In Biology 1, E Martens, Petra Lietz
Students' Perception Of Learning In Biology 1, E Martens, Petra Lietz
Dr Petra Lietz
After collecting students' self-ratings on various study related tasks from 291 first year students enrolled in Biology in 1993, a theoretical model of the way in which (a) general student background factors such as sex, age and language at home and (b) particular factors concerned with students' learning and writing difficulties operate to influence end-of-year Biology results was developed. The proposed model was then tested using Partial Least Squares Path Analysis (PLSPATH) to examine the degree to which the theoretical model was an appropriate representation of the data. Results showed that university entrance score, gender, first year difficulties and learning …
Scale Economies In Australian Secondary Schools, Phil Mckenzie
Scale Economies In Australian Secondary Schools, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
This paper reviews the evidence on the existence of scale economies in Australian secondary schools. The paper has three main sections: a description of the sizes of Australian secondary schools; an outline of the conceptual basis for estimations of scale economies; and a review of the empirical studies that have been conducted in Australia and overseas.
The Judgements Of Language-Trained Raters And Doctors In A Test Of English For Health Professionals, Tom Lumley
The Judgements Of Language-Trained Raters And Doctors In A Test Of English For Health Professionals, Tom Lumley
Dr Tom Lumley
Research to date has produced conflicting findings concerning the relative harshness and other characteristics of language- trained raters versus 'naive' native speaker or occupational expert raters. This question is considered in the context of a recent standard- setting project carried out for the Occupational English Test, an occupation specific test of English for overseas- trained health professionals. 20 audio recordings of role plays from recent administrations of the tests were each rated by 10 trained ESL raters and 10 medical practitioners. Broad similarities in judgements indicate reliance on ESL-trained raters can be justified.
Students' Views Of Their Schools, John Ainley
On Convex Maximization Formulations And Decomposable Property Of Optimization Problem Over The Efficient Set, L Muu, Luc Le
On Convex Maximization Formulations And Decomposable Property Of Optimization Problem Over The Efficient Set, L Muu, Luc Le
Dr Luc Tu Le
No abstract provided.
An Exploration Of Validity And Reliability That Tolerates Distinct Privileges: Standardisation And Contextualised Judgments, Gabrielle Matters, J Pitman, J O'Brien
An Exploration Of Validity And Reliability That Tolerates Distinct Privileges: Standardisation And Contextualised Judgments, Gabrielle Matters, J Pitman, J O'Brien
Dr Gabrielle Matters
No abstract provided.
Cellular Localization Of Gap Junction Mrnas In Developing Rat Brain, Daniel Belliveau, C. Naus
Cellular Localization Of Gap Junction Mrnas In Developing Rat Brain, Daniel Belliveau, C. Naus
Daniel J. Belliveau
We investigated the developmental expression and cellular resolution of connexin32 and 43 mRNA in the rat brain using in situ hybridization. Utilizing 35S-labelled probes, in situ hybridization was performed on sections of embryonic day 20 and postnatal days 3, 10, 15, 30 and adult brain. Connexin32 mRNA was first detected in brainstem nuclei at postnatal day 3 and in the midbrain at postnatal day 15. The level of this message continued to increase to postnatal day 30 where the level of message reached a plateau or slightly decreased by adulthood. The distribution of signal included the medial vestibular nucleus, dorsal …
Using The Questionnaire On Teacher Interaction In The Professional Development Of Teachers., John Cresswell, D Fisher, B Fraser
Using The Questionnaire On Teacher Interaction In The Professional Development Of Teachers., John Cresswell, D Fisher, B Fraser
Dr John Cresswell
For some time in Australia, the Schools Council of the National Board of Employment, Education and Training has been concerned with issues concerning the quality of teaching as evidenced through its reports on Teacher Quality: An Issues Paper (1989) and Australia's Teachers: An Agenda for the Next Decade (1990). These reports and others highlight the need for teachers to examine continually what they do in their classrooms. Most recently, teacher quality and the need for continued professional development of teachers has been the subject of ministerial statement. This report notes how the impact of, and responsibility for, effective implementation of …
Teacher Change In Primary Mathematics: Coding, Classifying And Organising Qualitative Data, Hilary Hollingsworth
Teacher Change In Primary Mathematics: Coding, Classifying And Organising Qualitative Data, Hilary Hollingsworth
Dr Hilary Hollingsworth
A study that probed primary teachers' experience of a professional development mathematics program. The author uses a range of data gathering methods, including interviews, observation, schedules and teacher documents, and discusses the coding and manipulation of data from these sources.
Assessing Principals' Interpersonal Behaviour, John Cresswell, D Fisher
Assessing Principals' Interpersonal Behaviour, John Cresswell, D Fisher
Dr John Cresswell
In the past 25 years much attention has been given to the development and use of instruments to assess the qualities of the classroom and school environment from the perspectives of students and teachers. This paper describes the development and validation of an instrument, the Principal Interaction Questionnaire, to measure principals' interpersonal behaviour in a school. The instrument was based on the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction, which was first devised in The Netherlands and contains eight scales of measurement such as Leadership and Understanding. The questionnaire was sent to 60 schools throughout Australia where it was completed by the principal …
Cross-Language Synonyms In The Lexicons Of Bilingual Infants: One Language Or Two?, Barbara Zurer Pearson, Sylvia C. Fernandez, D.Kimbrough Oller
Cross-Language Synonyms In The Lexicons Of Bilingual Infants: One Language Or Two?, Barbara Zurer Pearson, Sylvia C. Fernandez, D.Kimbrough Oller
Barbara Zurer Pearson
This study tests the widely-cited claim from Volterra & Taeschner (1978), which is reinforced by Clark's Principle of Contrast (1987), that young simultaneous bilingual children reject cross-language synonyms in their earliest lexicons. The rejection of translation equivalents is taken by Volterra & Taeschner as support for the idea that the bilingual child possesses a single-language system which includes elements from both languages. We examine first the accuracy of the empirical claim and then its adequacy as support for the argument that bilingual children do not have independent lexical systems in each language. The vocabularies of 27 developing bilinguals were recorded …
Connecting Reasoning And Writing In Student "How To" Manuals, John W. Hill
Connecting Reasoning And Writing In Student "How To" Manuals, John W. Hill
John W. Hill
No abstract provided.