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Full-Text Articles in Education
The Pisa Item Formats & The Development Of The Pisa Marking Guides, Joy Mcqueen, Juliette Mendelovits, Gayl O'Connor, Margaret Wu
The Pisa Item Formats & The Development Of The Pisa Marking Guides, Joy Mcqueen, Juliette Mendelovits, Gayl O'Connor, Margaret Wu
Juliette Mendelovits
No abstract provided.
Issues On The Utilization Of Student Data For The Monitoring Of The Relationship Between Social Background And Educational Outcomes, Gary Marks, Silvia Mccormack, Julie Mcmillan
Issues On The Utilization Of Student Data For The Monitoring Of The Relationship Between Social Background And Educational Outcomes, Gary Marks, Silvia Mccormack, Julie Mcmillan
Julie McMillan
Report for the National Education Performance Monitoring Taskforce. MCEETYA
Looking For Evidence In The Teaching Of Mathematics, Ray Peck, A Bishop, S Bennett
Looking For Evidence In The Teaching Of Mathematics, Ray Peck, A Bishop, S Bennett
Ray Peck
The joint Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers AAMT/Monash University project 'Excellence in the teaching of mathematics: professional standards project' has been working with teacher focus groups in four states to try and build a picture of what mathematics teachers believe represents excellent teaching. This paper discusses the second aim of this project: to develop an assessment scheme and protocols for certifying this excellence. Topics discussed are developing ways to assess excellence, looking at an American model of assessment - the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), and other models for standards of excellence in teaching.
Methods 1/2/3/4 : Tasks Designed To Develop The Characteristics Possessed By Talented Mathematicians, G Williams, G Cowling, Ray Peck, J Ripon
Methods 1/2/3/4 : Tasks Designed To Develop The Characteristics Possessed By Talented Mathematicians, G Williams, G Cowling, Ray Peck, J Ripon
Ray Peck
This paper discusses group learning among VCE mathematics students at a combined schools' workshop in Hamilton, Victoria, and at Gippsland Grammar. When tasks with the potential for collaborative groups to discover complexities are used in conjunction with a teaching approach like class collaboration students tend to engage with the tasks, more frequently display the types of characteristics possessed by talented mathematicians, and develop new mathematical understandings. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the tks described in this paper are suitable for such a purpose.
Modeling Growth: From Individual Ols Line Fitting To Hierarchical Linear Modeling, A Calandrella, Siek Khoo
Modeling Growth: From Individual Ols Line Fitting To Hierarchical Linear Modeling, A Calandrella, Siek Khoo
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
No abstract provided.
Vet In The International Arena, Phil Mckenzie
Vet In The International Arena, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
No abstract provided.
The Implications Of Halo Effects And Item Dependencies For Objective Measurement, T Mcnamara, Ray Adams
The Implications Of Halo Effects And Item Dependencies For Objective Measurement, T Mcnamara, Ray Adams
Prof Ray Adams
Analysis of data from performance-based language tests presents the problem of dealing appropriately with bundles of items that are linked to particular tasks. The authors use recent developments in Rasch modelling which allow analysis of bundles of items (or sets of ratings) to examine the extent of dependence between items and ratings, and they explore the implications of those dependences on the assessments. Data from two performance assessments are used in two studies of this problem.
Keynotes [Sound Recording] : Music Evaluation Kit, Jennifer Bryce, Margaret Wu
Keynotes [Sound Recording] : Music Evaluation Kit, Jennifer Bryce, Margaret Wu
Dr Jennifer Bryce
'Keynotes' is a multi-faceted, multimedia program for teachers and students of music. A range of computer-scored assessment tasks lets teachers pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in a student's musical ability, while the orientation section profiles over 20 instruments to help students make an informed decision about which instrument to learn.
Scoring Of Occupational Categories For Social Research, Julie Mcmillan, F Jones
Scoring Of Occupational Categories For Social Research, Julie Mcmillan, F Jones
Julie McMillan
No abstract provided.
Learning To Read In The Early Years Of School, John Ainley, Marianne Fleming
Learning To Read In The Early Years Of School, John Ainley, Marianne Fleming
Dr John Ainley
No abstract provided.
What Is Numeracy? What Is Mathematics?, Dave Tout
What Is Numeracy? What Is Mathematics?, Dave Tout
David (Dave) Tout
The questions of what is numeracy and what is its relationship with mathematics are questions that adult educators in Australia have been trying to answer over the last ten or more years. This discussion and presentation will look at some of the developments, issues and debates that have arisen over this period, and present a number of positions and theories about numeracy, and the implications of numeracy teaching.
Social Background And Educational Outcomes: Preliminary Results From The Longitudinal Surveys Of Australian Youth, Gary Marks, Julie Mcmillan
Social Background And Educational Outcomes: Preliminary Results From The Longitudinal Surveys Of Australian Youth, Gary Marks, Julie Mcmillan
Julie McMillan
Report for the National Education Performance Monitoring Taskforce.
Numeracy In The Adult Literacy And Life Skills Project., M Manly, Dave Tout
Numeracy In The Adult Literacy And Life Skills Project., M Manly, Dave Tout
David (Dave) Tout
This paper reports on the development to date of the numeracy conceptual framework for the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Project. The inclusion of a numeracy scale in the ALL survey offered a significant opportunity to develop a new conceptual framework for adult numeracy. This paper discusses the meaning of numeracy and the notion of numerate behaviour, represents a framework of five facets, looks at a complexity-rating scheme used to guide construction of the assessment tasks, and finally presents some preliminary findings about adults' ability to solve different percentage tasks.
Conflicting Perspectives On The Role Of Test Preparation In Relation To Learning, Tom Lumley, Bernadette Stoneman
Conflicting Perspectives On The Role Of Test Preparation In Relation To Learning, Tom Lumley, Bernadette Stoneman
Dr Tom Lumley
Reports on the development of a learning package for a newly introduced test in Hong Kong, the Graduating Students' Language Proficiency Assessment (GSLPA)-English. Examines reactions of teachers and students to the learning package during piloting of the materials.
The Pisa Item Formats & The Development Of The Pisa Marking Guides, Joy Mcqueen, Juliette Mendelovits, Gayl O'Connor, Margaret Wu
The Pisa Item Formats & The Development Of The Pisa Marking Guides, Joy Mcqueen, Juliette Mendelovits, Gayl O'Connor, Margaret Wu
Gayl O'Connor
No abstract provided.
From Initial Education To Working Life: Making Transitions Work, Phil Mckenzie
From Initial Education To Working Life: Making Transitions Work, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
The experiences of 14 countries in the OECD are examined in order to address the issue of transition from compulsory education to work change and how it changed in the 1990s. The report also examines the data in relation to the types of transition policies and how well they worked. The report also examines the complex and faceted national institutional arrangements that can result in successful transitions to working life. The report also examines the ways in which countries attempt to lay foundations for lifelong learning during the transition phase through changes to educational pathways and institutions.
The Vocational Interests Of 'White Collar' Workers Experiencing Unemployment After Compulsory Redundancy, Robert Simons, R Goddard, W Patton
The Vocational Interests Of 'White Collar' Workers Experiencing Unemployment After Compulsory Redundancy, Robert Simons, R Goddard, W Patton
Dr Robert Simons
This study investigated the interests and factor structure of the Vocational Interest Survey for Australia (VISA) in a sample of 344 white collar workers who had been unemployed for more than six months after being made redundant. This study replicated earlier findings that while unemployed individuals appear to respond with different mean interest levels on the VISA compared with the instrument's normative sample of secondary students, respondents appear to confirm a consistent underlying factor structure. The factor analyses, particularly the higher order factor analysis, suggest that a two-factor solution of the VISA data may be the most appropriate solution for …
Interpreting The Parameters Of A Multidimensional Rasch Model, W Wang, M Wilson, Ray Adams
Interpreting The Parameters Of A Multidimensional Rasch Model, W Wang, M Wilson, Ray Adams
Prof Ray Adams
This chapter introduces the multidimensional random coefficient multinomial logit model (MRCML) which can be applied to multidimensional polytomous test items. Two examples of real data analyses are followed to demonstrates the applications of the MRCML. A detailed discussion is made of interpretation of item parameters, in comparision to those derived from their corresponding unidimensional Rasch measurement models. Finally, it provides some guidelines for constructing scoring matrices and the corresponding models to aid parameter interpretation.
The Resource Implications Of Vet In Schools, Gerald Burke, Phil Mckenzie, Chandra Shah
The Resource Implications Of Vet In Schools, Gerald Burke, Phil Mckenzie, Chandra Shah
Dr Phillip McKenzie
This article is concerned with an aspect of the development of vocational education and training (VET) programs in schools, the likely resource implications of extending VET in schools. How much do VET programs cost, and how are those costs shared among the key parties involved, namely school systems, individual schools, VET providers, employers, and students? The level and distribution of costs are important, in terms of budgets for each party, but also for what they imply about the nature of VET programs in schools and students' access to them.