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Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1964, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination 1964-1973

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Quantitative Thinking 1964, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination 1964-1973

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Written Expression 1964, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination 1964-1973

This is the Written expression paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Sciences) 1964, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination 1964-1973

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (sciences) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Acer 1963-1964 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

A Statement Of Some Needs Of Australian Education, Australian Education Council

ACER historical documents

No abstract provided.

Acer 1962-1963 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Acer 1961-1962 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Acer 1960-1961 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Acer 1959-1960 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Acer 1958-1959 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Acer 1957-1958 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

A Catalogue Of Books For Australian Secondary Schools, Macmillan And Company

Information Management

This catalogue contains a list of books recommended to be used secondary schools for various subjects including religious knowledge, English, French, geography, history, civics, mathematics, science, handicraft, art and music.

Acer 1953-1954 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

The Approach To Reading, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet explores the fundamental and far-reaching values of reading, and considers the nature, purpose and place of a full reading programme in the school curriculum. It advocates for the achievement of a balanced school reading program which includes learning to read, understanding that reading leads to improved social competence, and promotes reading as a valuable leisure activity. It discusses approaches to determining reading readiness, preparing for reading and developing reading interests, as well as providing methods and materials for the teaching of reading in the primary grades.

The Individual Child, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet suggests that schools should consider the needs and possibilities of each, individual child and cater the curriculum accordingly, to meet those needs. It suggests two considerations in determining best practice: determining the ‘learning level’ and ‘learning load’ of each student. It also emphasises the need to distinguish between achievement and capacity, in measuring students’ success. The pamphlet argues that the aim of a ’vigorous and progressive education’ should be to promote student independence.

The Appraisal Of Results, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet suggests It is a common thing to find a lower average and a greater range of marks in a mathematics than a literary examination ( e.g. arithmetic as against English). Does this tell you anything about the difficulty of the subject, or is it due to the marking system?

It has been urged that the true appraisal of the quality of schooling is found in the quality of community life years later. Can this statement be reasonably supported? Do any other factors weigh as much as schooling in creating this community life? Are there …

Highways Of Expression, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet discuses how a teacher may go about encouraging creative expression. The fundamental problem of creative expression in schools is the problem of ensuring for each child an interested listener or reader.

The essential quality of artistic creativeness is that the product shall arise from an inward urge to use imagination creatively. The teacher's role is to devise situations in which children will feel the urge.

The Purposes Of Teaching, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet explores topics such as "What does it mean to be taught?" and "What does it mean to be human?" but also how these can be related to the more customary purposes of teaching. It also explains the teacher purpose in guiding the different kinds of development including physical, social, emotional-aesthetic, intellectual and moral-spiritual.

Power Over Words, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet suggests ways to extend and improve the quality of children vocabularies through reading, expression, language activities and formal lessons. It also examines the planning of courses in spelling and shows the lack of agreement amongst states when it comes to what words should be on spelling lists.

Priorities In The Primary School, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet is concerned with the primary school and outlines a curriculum based on activities which cover different aspects such as imagination experiences and social studies. It also covers the place of the three R's with an activity campaign as well as the importance of English and arithmetic in further detail.

Children In Groups, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet explores some examples of group work in classrooms. The effect of groups is also examined and also how the best results can be achieved when creating groups and group work for children.

The following is a summary of what is needed for a group to work well.

1. It must be doing definite work for a purpose known to, and accepted by, each child in the group.

2. Each child must feel that he can help to achieve the purpose.

3.The purpose itself must satisfy some need perceived by each child as important.

4.The …

Ends And Means In Arithmetic, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet suggests there is need for a new approach to the subject of applied arithmetic. But social utility, if not the sole justification of arithmetic, is the main one. If it were applied as a touchstone to the litter of wearisome material that clutters up the present courses, much would be found false and useless. Perhaps if we could agree upon the ends that arithmetic should serve, we would have gone a long" way towards finding the means to attain them.

Errors In The Use Of English By A Group Of Pre-School Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

Information Bulletin No. 21 reported the pronunciation errors of a group of pre-school children in an inner suburb of Melbourne. This bulletin reports their errors in English Usage.

The group consisted of twelve boys and twelve girls, all of whom in 1951 enrolled for the first time at a state school in Melbourne. They were observed, and their speech recorded, for the ten days November 20-24, and November 27-December 1st while in a special group formed for the purpose at the Lady Gowrie Centre in Melbourne. Their ages ranged from 4 years 10 months to 5 years 8 months. The …

Pronunciation Errors In The Spontaneous Speech Of A Group Of Pre-School Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

Between 20th November and 1st December 1950, a study was made of the spontaneous vocabulary of a group of twenty-four pre-school children in an inner suburb of Melbourne. The main purpose of the study was to examine the quantity and quality of vocabulary used by the children in a variety of situations, together with as many related factors as possible. Through the co-operation of a speech therapist associated with a speech clinic at the Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, a phonetic record was made of samples of the spontaneous speech of each of the twenty-four children. [p.1, ed]

There was no …

The Structure Of The Spontaneous Speech Of A Group Of Pre-School Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

This bulletin reports the results of an analysis into certain categories of about 12,000 spontaneous utterances of a group of pre-school children. It is hoped that it will be found useful in providing suggestions as to the base from which oral expression work in the infant grade might start. [p.1, ed]

The group consisted of twelve boys and twelve girls, all of whom in 1951 enrolled for the first time at a state school in Melbourne. They were observed, and their speech recorded, for the ten days November 20-24, and November 27 -December 1st, 1950, while in a special group …

A Speech Vocabulary Of Australian Pre-School Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

Between 20th November and 1st December 1950, the A.C.E.R. brought together a group of twenty-four children at the Lady Gowrie Child Centre in Melbourne for the purpose of studying their vocabulary.

Stenographers recorded as much as possible of the spontaneous speech of the children during play and other activities. Complete records were also obtained of their speech while talking the Terman-Merrill, Rorschach, Buhler and Murray tests, and while talking about a series of twenty-there pictures portraying a wide range of scenes and activities.

From those records (with the exception of the Murray test) a list of all the words used …

Physical And Health Education In The Universities And Colleges Of Canada, The United States Of America And Great Britain., R. K. Gray, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

This report sets out information gained from a survey of the professional training and service or required programmes of Physical and Health Education in the universities and colleges of Canada, United States of America, and Great Britain. It contains an account of departmental organisation, staffing, course duration, facilities, course content, time allocation and degrees conferred at each institution visited. From this data an attempt has been made to distinguish the common pattern existing in each of these countries and to draw some implications for Australian purposes. It is hoped that the information contained herein will be of value to physical …

Acer 1949-1950 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of Some Aspects Of Grade Placement Of Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

The three investigations reported here deal with three aspects of the grade placement of children of the same age. Originally, they were carried out as independent projects, but as the conclusions became obvious it was seen that they were really closely related. The first attempts to answer the question "How many children pass through all stages of primary education without repeating a stage?”. The second compares the achievements in reading skills of children in the same grade but of different ages. The third is purely factual and compares the performances of children who are repeating a grade with those of …