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Generic Skills In Arts Education: Their Use And Usefulness, Jennifer Bryce, Adrian Beavis

Dr Jennifer Bryce

No abstract provided.

A Structure For Quality Mathematics Instruction, Hilary Hollingsworth, David Clarke

Dr Hilary Hollingsworth

The intention of the authors in this paper is to set out a possible structure by which teachers might incorporate the products of recent curriculum initiatives into their mathematics teaching. They have chosen to focus on Chance and Data as the academic content of their examples.

Using Technology To Meet The Inquiry Graduation Standard, Vivian Johnson

Vivian Johnson

Call And Culture: Assessment And Response, Ralph Saubern

Ralph Saubern

This paper discusses the Perspectives Interaction Paradigm of Squires and McDougall (1994) which is a tool that teachers can use to assess CALL and generate appropriate classroom responses.

The Effect Of Interlocutor And Assessment Mode Variables In Overseas Assessments Of Speaking Skills In Occupational Settings, T Mcnamara, Tom Lumley

Dr Tom Lumley

The increasing demand for performance assessment of speaking skills in second languages has led to logistic complications, for example, the delivery of tests in overseas locations. One solution to the problem has been to train native interlocutors to carry out a series of oral interactions with the candidate, with assessment from audiorecordings of the test session postponed and conducted centrally by a small team of trained raters. But these procedures raise questions about the effect of such facets of the assessment situation as interlocutor variables and the quality of the audiotape recording. This article examines these issues in the context …

A Numeracy Curriculum, Dave Tout, B Marr

David (Dave) Tout

Outlines the rationale and development of a curriculum for adults based on realistic purposes and uses of mathematics, and discusses its potential for use with secondary students who are not coping with a more formal curriculum.

Conceptual Change In Working Physics Classrooms, John Clement, J. Monaghan

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

The School Based Key Competencies Levels Assessment Project: Final Report, Doug Mccurry, Jennifer Bryce

Dr Jennifer Bryce

This project aimed to explore the school based assessment of levels of student performance on the constructs nominated by the Mayer Committee in their report 'The Key Competencies (1992)'. In a trial assessment 110 teachers in 10 schools across the country were asked to give global assessments of each of the key competencies for a total of 629 Year 11 students they were currently teaching using the key competencies framework developed for the purpose during the project. Also surveyed were the reactions of employers to a report format including the summary levels of performance developed in the assessment trial. At …

Acquiring English Language And Literacy Simultaneously, Linda Evans

Linda S. Evans

No abstract is currently available.

Country Note: Australia: Report To The Australian Government And The Oecd Arising From The Transition Review Visit, March 1997, Phil Mckenzie, Abrar Hasan, Erik Nexelmann, Robert Schwartz

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.

Developing A Conceptual Framework Of Students' Understanding Of Human Respiration, John Clement, M. A. Rea-Ramirez

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Perspectives On Democratic Pedagogy And Selected Educational Innovations, Thomas Kelly

Thomas E. Kelly

No abstract provided.

Conceptual Models Of Human Respiration And Misconceptions That Present Possible Impediments To Students' Understanding, John Clement, M. Ramirez

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Resources Bonanza., Gerald White

Dr Gerald K. White

The Education Network Australia (EdNA), an electronic directory service of resources and information on the Web, has been up and running since early 1995. The author of this article describes this inexpensive service has to offer learners and teachers.

Higher Education And National Development Planning In Africa, Andrew Ewoh

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.

The Multidimensional Random Coefficients Multinomial Logit Model, Ray Adams, M Wilson, W Wang

Prof Ray Adams

A multidimensional Rasch-type item response model, the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model, is presented as an extension to the Adams and Wilson (1996) random coefficients multinomial logit model. The model is developed in a form that permits generalization to the multidimensional case of a wide class of Rasch models, including the simple logistic model, Masters' partial credit model, Wilson's ordered partition model, and Fischer's linear logistic model. Moreover, the model includes several existing multidimensional models as special cases, including Whitely's multicomponent latent trait model, Andersen's multidimensional Rasch model for repeated testing, and Embretson's multidimensional Rasch model for learning and …

“No Place Like Home: The Founding Of Jersey Homesteads, New Jersey”, Sora Friedman

Sora Friedman

No abstract provided.

Profiling Esl Children: How Teachers Interpret And Use National And State Assessment Frameworks, M Breen, C Barratt-Pugh, B Derewianka, H House, C Hudson, Tom Lumley, M Rohl

Dr Tom Lumley

No abstract provided.

In Search Of Dissonance: The Evolution Of Dissonance In Conceptual Change Theory, John Clement, M. Rea-Ramirez

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Australia, John Ainley

Dr John Ainley

No abstract provided.

Economic Literacy Project: School Report - Year 11: Pilot Study, Capricornia Region, 1997, Dieter Kotte, Petra Lietz

Dr Petra Lietz

This report of the study of year 11 economics students in the Capricornia region of Queensland is comprised of descriptive statistics and results of the economic literacy survey conducted in September 1997. For the purpose of this study, economic literacy was defined as the knowledge required to understand news about economic issues in the media. In addition teachers completed background surveys which examined their teaching experience, qualifications, and teaching methods, as well as school size, school resources and enrolment figures in 'economics'.

Applications Of Item Response Theory In The Third International Mathematics And Science Study, E Gonzalez, Ray Adams, Marg Wu

Prof Ray Adams

The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a survey of mathematics and science achievement sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. With more than 45 participating countries, three target populations, more than thirty languages, 15,000 schools, more than half a million students, TIMSS is the largest and most ambitious international study of educational achievement ever undertaken. Students participating in the assessment were administered one of eight achievement tests that contain items in mathematics and science, using a variety of item formats. As TIMSS is an international study, many audiences will look at the results …

Economic Literacy Project: School Report - Year 12: Pilot Study, Capricornia Region, 1997, Dieter Kotte, Petra Lietz

Dr Petra Lietz

This report of the study of year 12 economics students in the Capricornia region of Queensland is comprised of descriptive statistics and results of the economic literacy survey conducted in September 1997. For the purpose of this study, economic literacy was defined as the knowledge required to understand news about economic issues in the media. In addition, teachers completed background surveys which examined their teaching experience, qualifications, and teaching methods, as well as school size, school resources and enrolment figures in 'economics'.

Cross-Sectional Research Methods, Petra Lietz, John Keeves

Dr Petra Lietz

During the past decade new approaches to educational measurement have become more widely recognized and the use of computer programs has been developed to make sound use of the procedures and techniques associated with item response theory. However, the implications of these developments for research methodology have not yet been fully recognized. This Encyclopedia will address not only these changes for which the extent of developments are currently becoming evident but will also look forward to the major advances in the methods employed in empirical research which will arise from the use of improved measurement and scaling procedures.The Encyclopedia is …

Mathematics, Creating The Future: Proceedings Of The 16th Biennial Conference Of The Australian Association Of Mathematics Teachers, Melbourne, July 1997

Dr Hilary Hollingsworth

No abstract provided.

The Acquisition Of Literacy In A Non-Native Language By Two Hispanic First Graders In A Mainstream Classroom. Dissertation, Linda Evans

Linda S. Evans

The purpose of the study was to provide an in-depth view or the processes employed by two Hispanic first-grade children for the simultaneous development of English language and English literacy skills in a mainstream classroom. As a qualitative case study utilizing naturalistic inquiry with an emergent design, the study included detailed observations of the school, school personnel, classroom environment, instruction, and the two students.

The major guiding question follows: How do first grade students who are limited in their English proficiency experience the dual processes of acquiring the English language and acquiring English literacy in a mainstream classroom?

Supporting questions …

Schooling In An Age Of Information: Governmental Rationality & The Care Of The Child, David Shutkin

David S. Shutkin

No abstract provided.

Voltammetric Studies Of Mn@C82, Mark Anderson, Harry Dorn, Paul Burbank, James Gibson

Mark R. Anderson

The voltammetry for a series of related endohedral metallofullerenes is reported. It is found that as additional metal atoms are inserted into the fullerene cage, the first reduction of the metallofullerenes shifts to more negative potentials. This is consistent with more charge being transferred to the fullerene cage from the additional metal atom; however, the magnitude of the shift is much smaller than expected.

Rasch Models Of Multidimensionality Between Items And Within Items, W Wen-Chung, M Wilson, Ray Adams

Prof Ray Adams

This chapter focuses on Rasch measurement and extends it to multidimensional Rasch models. The author first clarifies multidimensionality at two levels: the item level and the test level. With this two way classification, three kinds of tests are formed: undimensional tests, multidimensional between-item tests, and multidimensional within-item tests. The author describes a multidimensional Rasch model, the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit (MRCML) model, for multidimensional tests. The model, when applied to multidimensional between-item tests, is more efficient than are unidimensional models in terms of model fit and reliability indices. The model can also be applied to investigate scale interaction of …

Lifelong Learning And Employability, Phil Mckenzie, Gregory Wurzburg

Dr Phillip McKenzie

'Lifelong employability' — the capacity to be productive and to hold rewarding jobs over one's working life — is no longer guaranteed by the education and training received in childhoodand youth. The continuous structural changes affecting all OECD economies have increased the importance of up-to-dateskills and competences. Responding to this requirement calls for the development of effective strategies for lifelong learning.