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How Schools In Western Australia Are Responding To The Pressures Of Accountability In Mathematics Education, Lynne Messenger
How Schools In Western Australia Are Responding To The Pressures Of Accountability In Mathematics Education, Lynne Messenger
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Western Australian primary schools have responded to the Education Department's call for school accountability in many areas of the school accountability. This study focuses on the endeavours that schools have made to demonstrate their accountability in the subject area of Mathematics. The document "Improving and Reporting Schools' Performance" was made available to all state primary schools at the beginning of the 1996 school year as part of the Student Outcome Statement package. However, only a small number of primary schools have used the Student Outcome Statements in Mathematics in the National Professional Development Program trial conducted by the Commonwealth Department …
A Comparison Of Mental Strategies Used By Skilled And Unskilled Mental Calculators, Paul Swan
A Comparison Of Mental Strategies Used By Skilled And Unskilled Mental Calculators, Paul Swan
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The purpose of this study was to investigate the various strategies used by year seven students when carrying out division computations mentally. A comparison was made between the strategies used by high and low performing mental calculators. A number of high and low performing mental calculators were chosen as a result of their performances on twelve interview items. Both groups of students were given a set of division problems to complete mentally. After solving each problem the students were asked on a one-to-one basis to reflect on the strategy or method they used to solve the problem. The interviews were …