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Acer Newsletter No. 87 Spring 1996, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Samples And Sampling For The Y95 Lsay Cohort Technical Paper No. 8, Michael Long

LSAY Technical Reports

This paper outlines the intended and achieved samples for the first cohort in the program of Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. Some earlier discussions that relate to the sample design are available in LSAY Technical Reports Numbers 2 and 7.

Portfolios: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters

Assessment Resource Kit

Portfolios are sources of evidence for judgements of student achievement in a range of contexts, from classroom monitoring of student performance to high-stakes summative assessment. All portfolios, whatever their purpose, contain 'pieces of evidence'. The more relevant the evidence, the more useful it is for inferring a student's level of achievement in a learning area. This issue on portfolios in the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series contains five articles: 1. Different portfolios for different purposes; 2. Working portfolios; 3. Documentary portfolios; 4. Show portfolios; 5. Designing portfolio assessments.

Developmental Assessment: Assessment Resource Kit, Geoff N. Masters, Margaret Forster

Assessment Resource Kit

Developmental assessment is the process of monitoring a student's progress through an area of learning so that decisions can be made about the best ways to facilitate further learning. Developmental assessment uses a progress map or continuum that describes the nature of development or progress or growth in an area of learning and so provides a frame of reference for monitoring individual development. Progress is monitored in much the same way as a child's physical growth is monitored: from time to time an estimate is made of a student's location on a developmental continuum, and changes in location provide measures …

Progress Maps: Assessment Resource Kit, Geoff N. Masters, Margaret Forster

Assessment Resource Kit

A progress map describes the nature of development in an area of learning and so provides a frame of reference for monitoring individual growth. An essential feature of a progress map is that it describes and illustrates developing competence. This issue in the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series discusses how to construct a progress map and check against student achievement for revision of progress, elaborating, and refining descriptions of typical progress through an area of learning, and setting benchmarks. It comprises five articles on different aspects progress maps: 1. What is a progress map; 2. Drafting a progress map; …

Performances: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters

Assessment Resource Kit

The assessment of some kinds of learning requires the observation of student performances. Examples include playing a musical instrument, dancing, using scientific apparatus, operating equipment, performing gymnastics routines, diving, problem-solving in a group, applying ball-handling skills, and participating in small group discussions. 'Performance assessment' is the assessment of students as they engage in an activity. It is the on-the-spot evaluation of performance, behaviour or interaction. This issue on the assessment of performances in the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series contains five articles: 1. What is performance assessment? 2. Informal classroom observations; 3. Classroom performance assessment 'events'; 4. When comparability …

Projects: Assessment Resource Kit, Margaret Forster, Geoff N. Masters

Assessment Resource Kit

Projects are extended pieces of work completed over a period of time. They are investigations which involve the collection, organisation, evaluation, and presentation of material or data. Projects are usually completed by individuals or small groups of students with the teacher acting as supervisor. This issue of the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series is intended to give teachers a deeper understanding of how to assess student projects. Topics covered in the five articles include: what is project assessment, ways of assessing the process of project work, ways of assessing the end products of project work, comparing student projects and …

Acer Quest: The Interactive Test Analysis System. Version 2.1., Raymond J. Adams, Siek-Toon Khoo

Measurement and statistics

This is a guide to using Quest. Quest offers a comprehensive test and questionnaire analysis environment by providing a data analyst with access to the most recent developments in Rasch measurement theory, as well as a range of traditional analysis procedures. It includes an easy to use control language with flexible and informative output. Quest can be used to construct and validate variables based on both dichotomous and polychotomous observations. It scores and analyses such instruments as multiple choice tests, Likert type rating scales, short answer items, and partial credit items.

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Maths & Science On The Line: Australian Junior Secondary Students' Performance In The Third International Mathematics And Science Study, Jan Lokan, Phoebe Ford, Lisa Greenwood

TIMSS 1995

The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) was a comparative study of mathematics and science study involving more than half a million student participants from three stages of their schooling in 45 countries. TIMSS was preceded by two earlier mathematics studies and two earlier science studies, carried out separately from other and each much smaller than TIMSS in terms of the numbers of countries and students involved. The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), which currently has its secretariat in Amsterdam, sponsored all of these studies. TIMSS investigated mathematics and science achievement at three stages of …

Acer Newsletter No. 86 Winter 1996, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Item Statistics For The Reading And Numeracy Tests: 1975-1995, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

LSAY Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Acer 1995-1996 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Integration Of Learning Technology In Queensland State Schools: A Case Study Of The Queensland Sunrise Centre, Glenn D. Finger

Digital learning research

This thesis provides information, implications, and recommendations, derived from an evaluation of the Queensland Sunrise Centre (QSC), which will assist educational policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation strategies for integrating learning technology into the school curriculum. In addition, the thesis makes a theoretical contribution to school level evaluations through the development, implementation, and appraisal of an evaluation model based on fourth generation evaluation (4GB) principles by directly involving stakeholders in the evaluation process. The establishment of the Queensland Sunrise Centre (QSC) in 1990 involved the creation of innovative technology-rich learning environments for students and teachers in which each of them had …

Acer Newsletter No. 84 October 1995, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Acer Newsletter No. 83 June 1995, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Acer Newsletter No. 82 March 1995, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Acer 1994-1995 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

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Acer Newsletter No. 81 October 1994, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Acer Newsletter No. 80 June 1994, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Acer Newsletter No. 79 March 1994, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Mathematics: A Curriculum Profile For Australian Schools, Australian Education Council

Mathematics

A joint project of the States, Territories and the Commonwealth of Australia initiated by the Australian Education Council, this is one of a series of sixteen documents representing collaborative curriculum development in Australia across eight areas of learning. The statements provide a framework for curriculum development by education systems and schools. They are divided into strands and further structured in four bands, roughly corresponding to the stages of schooling: lower primary, upper primary, junior secondary and post-compulsory. The statements do not provide a syllabus. Rather, they provide a foundation for courses which will meet students' needs and reflect advances in …

Introducing Statements And Profiles, Kathy Mclean

Curriculum development and review

Contains a set of materials designed to assist schools and school systems as they introduce the curriculum statements and profiles to members of their communities. The materials explain the structure and language of statements and profiles.

The Arts - A Curriculum Profile For Australian Schools, Education Council

The Arts

A joint project of the States, Territories and the Commonwealth of Australia initiated by the Australian Education Council.

A Statement On The Arts For Australian Schools, Education Council

Curriculum development and review

A joint project of the States, Territories and the Commonwealth of Australia initiated by the Australian Education Council.

Acer 1993-1994 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

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Acer Newsletter No. 78 October 1993, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Acer Newsletter No. 77 June 1993, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Acer Newsletter No. 76 March 1993, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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Acer 1992-1993 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

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Acer Newsletter No. 75 October 1992, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Newsletter archive 1969-1999

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