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Graduate Skills Assessment. Summary Report, The Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer

Higher education research

n 1999 the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) was commissioned by the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) to develop a test of generic skills which could be administered at university entry and exit level. Following consultation with university representatives and other stakeholders, written communication, critical thinking, problem solving and interpersonal understandings were selected as the components of the initial Graduate Skills Assessment (GSA).

Educational Measurement: Assessment Resource Kit., Geoff N. Masters

Assessment Resource Kit

Educational measurement is the process of estimating students' locations (abilities) on a measurement variable from their responses to a set of items. Educational measurement is one in a series of magazines in the ACER Assessment Resource Kit (ARK). It contains five chapters: 1. What is 'measurement'?; 2. Aspiring to measure; 3. A model for measuring; 4. Mapping variables; 5. Reporting measures.

Codebook: The Lsay 1996 Teacher Survey Technical Paper No. 13, Stephen Lamb

LSAY Technical Reports

Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth is a program of surveys of young people conducted by ACER with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. The surveys focus on the education and labour market experiences of groups of young Australians, beginning from their middle years of secondary schooling. Data collected include basic demographic variables, as well as information about educational and labour force participation extending over a number of years. Students participating in LSAY were originally sampled in 1995 from 298 schools nationally. In 1996 the schools from which the original sample of students was drawn, …

Koinonia, David S. Guthrie, Laurie A. Schreiner, Jerry Pattengale, Tess Bradley, Jesse Brown, Calvin Miller

Koinonia

In This Issue
The Fabric of Our Faithfulness: Part 1, David S. Guthrie

What is the Sophomore Slump-and Why Should We Care?: Excerpted from Visible Solutions for Invisible Students: Helping Sophomores Succeed, by Laurie A. Schreiner & Jerry Pattengale

Around Campus
Servant Leadership, Tess Bradley

The 7 "Be's" of Student Leader Supervision, Jesse Brown

Spotlight on Speakers
John 7:53-8:11: The Politically Correct Version, Calvin Miller

Regular Features
President's Corner

Editor's Disk

ACSD Business: Placement Services 2001, Conference Thoughts: Something Old...Something New..., Submissions Sought

Teaching In Action: Multicultural Education As The Highest Form Of Understanding, Christine A. Stanley

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

To enhance the multicultural understanding of students, this essay offers conceptions and suggestions relating to course and curricular change. We can indeed all practice multicultural teaching!

Cooperative Learning: May The Circle Be Unbroken, Barbara J. Millis

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Fueled by new discoveries in cognitive development and the thrust toward active learning in general, cooperative learning in higher education is now widely accepted and widely practiced.

Academic Service-Learning: Myths, Challenges, And Recommendations, Jeffrey Howard

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

This essay reviews the essential elements of curriculum-based service-learning – meaningful community service, enhanced student learning, and preparation for democratic citizenship – as well as myths, challenges, and recommendations associated with this pedagogy.

Exploring Student Expectations, Janet Gail Donald, James Wilkinson

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

What do professors need to know about students to empower them as learners? We explore the dimensions of understanding students in terms of their goals, roles and the way they spend their time.

Teaching With Hospitality, John B. Bennett

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Fortunately, hospitality is practiced more than it is preached. A cardinal academic virtue, hospitality is essential in the classroom as well as in relationships with colleagues. This essay looks at why this is so.

Emotion Inthe Classroom, Edward Vela

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Theories of cognition give little attention to the role of emotion. Nevertheless, affect is intimately involved in learning. As educators we must understand emotional aspects of the learning environment.

Research Into The Numeracy Development Of Aboriginal Students : Implications For The Nsw K-10 Mathematics Syllabus, Tracey Frigo, Lee Simpson

Indigenous Education Research

This paper is intended to present an overview of the literature and identify critical issues related to the acquisition and on-going development of numeracy skills among Aboriginal students in the compulsory years of schooling in New South Wales. The scope of the research reviewed is intended to reflect the diversity of Aboriginal circumstances and communities across NSW and to take into account rural, remote and urban situations

Foreign Languages And Learning Disabled Students: Research And Potential Solutions, Todd Christopher Wheelden

MA TESOL Collection

This paper reviews the latest research on the struggles learning disabled (LD) students have in the foreign language (FL) classroom. Over the last ten years, there have been significant advancements in recognizing the fact that LD students do in fact face greater obstacles when acquiring a FL than their peers do. Over the past five years, advances have been made taking the information garnered from these discoveries and developing appropriate solutions. The paper attempts to summarize the most significant comprehension, reference, and implementation.

The paper begins with an overview of second language acquisition learning disabilities and how they may surface …

Catalogue 2001-2002, Bank Street College Of Education

Graduate School of Education

This course catalog from a past academic year is a resource for referring to previous course offerings, degree requirements, institutional policies, and more.

Course Experience Questionnaire 2000, John Ainley

Higher education research

This report describes the views of graduates from Australian universities regarding the courses that they completed. It focuses specifically on graduates who completed their courses of study in 1999 but also references previous cohorts of graduates. The data on which the report is based are taken from the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) that was administered during the year 2000 as part of 2000 Graduate Destination Survey.

Does Vet In Schools Make A Difference To Post-School Pathways?, Sue Fullarton

2001 - Understanding Youth Pathways

This paper reports on research examining a number of ways in which participation in vocational education and training (VET) in schools might be associated with different post school pathways. The paper describes levels of participation, examines post-school destinations, and presents evidence that there are gender differences in these destinations that are associated with the level of participation in VET in schools.

Developing Effective Learning Programs For Adults, Rosemary Cafarella

APC Monographs

Discusses the challenge of designing and delivering professional development that has an impact on the participants, not only at the time of the activity, but also transfers into their practice, and into that of others around them.

Values In Educational Leadership : Do They Really Matter?, Paul Begley

APC Monographs

The author discusses values and their importance in decision-making in environments where value conflicts are common - for example in terms of racial, ethnic and religious diversity, and where there is a lack of consensus on the purposes of education.

Recipe For Reading: A Handbook For Parents In A First Grade Classroom, Katherine R. Anderson

All Graduate Projects

A handbook, supported by research on parent involvement and reading was developed to help promote literacy in beginning readers. The handbook incorporates both parents and students as they are encouraged to participate in pre-assigned activities together. Each activity involves a different type of strategy designed to help their child become a successful reader.

A Model Curriculum And Intructional Program For Native American Studies Grades 11-12, Terry Cosentino

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to develop a model curriculum and instructional program for Native American Studies, grades 11 - 12 at Tenino High School, Tenino Washington. To accomplish this purpose a review of related literature was conducted. Additionally, information and materials from selected sources was obtained and analyzed.

The Importance Of Phonemic Awareness: Developing Phonemic Awareness In First Grade Students Through A Backpacking Program, Shannon Kaye Sanger

All Graduate Projects

The role of phonemic awareness in beginning reading acquisition was researched. Studies suggested that the presence of phonemic awareness in young children facilitates learning to read. Research also suggested a positive relationship between parental involvement and reading acquisition. A handbook containing activities designed for use in a backpacking program was created. The activities involve parents in developing phonemic awareness in their children. These activities are to be sent home with students and completed with the assistance of their parents. The handbook also contains assessments and instructions for teachers regarding the implementation of this backpacking program.

A Resource Guide For Bridging The Cultural Gap Between Hispanic Parents And Their Children's Teachers In An Elementary School Setting, Shawna D. Greene

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to increase the involvement of Hispanic parents to result in higher student achievement in the elementary school. Research on cultural barriers of Hispanic parent involvement and the programs that schools have implemented to overcome cultural barriers was examined. A resource guide for elementary school teachers was developed in order to help teachers find ways to overcome the cultural barriers of parent involvement in schools.

Common Data Set, 2001-2002, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College

Common Data Sets

No abstract provided.

Bridgewater State College Factbook, Academic Year 2000-2001, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College

Factbook

No abstract provided.

Nsu Achievements - Winter 2001, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Achievements

No abstract provided.

Summing Up : Australian Numeracy Performances, Practices, Programs And Possibilities., Brian Doig

Literacy and numeracy

Summing Up traces the history of the concept of numeracy and explores its place in current educational settings. It presents an up-to-date review of numeracy research and practices, as well as results of large-scale assessment studies.

Pisa In Brief From Australia's Perspective: Highlights From The Full Australian Report: 15-Up And Counting, Reading, Writing, Reasoning... How Literate Are Australia's Students?, Acer

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia

This pamphlet summarises results from PISA 2000. It tells us about how students performed and describes wider findings about what lies behind their results. The pamphlet focuses on Australia’s results, including how the Australian students performed in comparison with students from other countries. The full Australian report is called '15-Up and Counting, Reading, Writing, Reasoning … How Literate are Australia’s Students?' http://research.acer.edu.au/indigenous_education/7

PISA 2000 assessed students’ capacities to apply knowledge and skills in reading, mathematics and science. More assessment time was given to reading.

The Effects Of Physical Activity On The Behavior Of Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Amanda J. Love

Senior Honors Projects, 2000-2009

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of physical education class on the behavior of children diagnosed with Attention- Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Fourteen male and six female students in grades three through five were observed by their classroom teacher. Of the twenty students, then were diagnosed with ADHD and ten were not. Classroom teachers rated their students' behavior using the Iowa Connors Teacher's Rating Scale at two different time during the day for nineteen days (Pelham, W.E., Milch R., & Murphy, D.A., 1989). A higher score indicated greater inattention, hyperactivity, and impassivity while a score of …

Integrating Learning Strategies Into Teaching, Terry Doyle

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Students often lack the strategies needed to effectively learn course content. Integrating the teaching of “learning how to learn” strategies into course content is the best way for students to be successful.

Classroom Asessment: Guidelines For Success, Thomas A. Angelo

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

This essay defines and gives examples of Classroom Assessment and Classroom Research and provides guidelines for faculty based upon 15 years of research and practice.

Environmental And Social Responsibility Rhetoric Of Nike And Reebok, Nancy Landrum

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

Using the play "Tamara" as a metaphor, Landrum shows how the sharing of stories helps construct an image of what is happening in the athletic apparel industry. The rhetoric of Nike and Reebok from their letters to shareholders is reviewed.