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2007

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

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Full-Text Articles in Education

Monitoring Educational Progress Over Time: Goals And Opportunities, Siek Khoo Dec 2006

Monitoring Educational Progress Over Time: Goals And Opportunities, Siek Khoo

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

No abstract provided.


In The Balance - The Future Of Australia's Primary Schools, Maxwell Angus, Harriet Olney, John Ainley Dec 2006

In The Balance - The Future Of Australia's Primary Schools, Maxwell Angus, Harriet Olney, John Ainley

Dr John Ainley

Research BackgroundIn the Balance is the report of an investigation into the state of Australian primary schooling, based mainly on evidence provided by staff from a random sample of 160 primary schools. Research Contribution In 2005, the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) funded the Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA) to initiate the investigation. APPA in turn commissioned a research team from Edith Cowan University and the Australian Council for Educational Research to undertake the study. Research Significance Generally, participating principals and teachers were grateful for the opportunity to ‘have their say’. In their view, too little account …


Moderating Effects Of A Risk Factor: Modeling Longitudinal Moderated Mediation In The Development Of Adolescent Heavy Drinking, D Flora, Siek Khoo, L Chassin Dec 2006

Moderating Effects Of A Risk Factor: Modeling Longitudinal Moderated Mediation In The Development Of Adolescent Heavy Drinking, D Flora, Siek Khoo, L Chassin

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

No abstract provided.


The Student Opinion Scale (Sos): A Measure Of Examinee Motivation: Test Manual, Donna L. Sundre, A. D. Thelk Dec 2006

The Student Opinion Scale (Sos): A Measure Of Examinee Motivation: Test Manual, Donna L. Sundre, A. D. Thelk

Donna L. Sundre

No abstract provided.


Competition And Choice: Determinants Of Access To University Places Via The Victorian School System, Daniel Edwards Dec 2006

Competition And Choice: Determinants Of Access To University Places Via The Victorian School System, Daniel Edwards

Dr Daniel Edwards

The provision of secondary school education in Victoria has changed substantially over the past 50 years. This thesis examines the consequences of these changes for the academic opportunities of government school students. In the 1950s and 1960s, unprecedented numbers of students and near-universal school participation provided a challenge to governments in relation to education provision. As a result, the comprehensive ideal for organising government secondary schooling was adopted. This system became an important vehicle for providing educational opportunities for many students who previously had limited access to the post-primary years. In the 1970s, funding for schooling in Australia received a …


Blink And They're Gone: A "Quick-Take" On Impulse Purchase Behavior And Enrollment Marketing In Higher Education, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh, Vahn Knight Dec 2006

Blink And They're Gone: A "Quick-Take" On Impulse Purchase Behavior And Enrollment Marketing In Higher Education, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh, Vahn Knight

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

The college-decision process that prospective students make has been characterized as deliberate and prolonged -- a classic extensive problem solving behavior model. New research indicates that a significant proportion of students engage in impluse purchase behavior when choosing a college. Marketing implications for enrollment management and "Blink An Intervention Model" are presented