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Bravo-Torija, Beatriz; Jiménez-Aleixandre, María-Pilar – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
This paper outlines an initial learning progression for the use of evidence to support scientific arguments in the context of decision-making. Use of evidence is a central feature of knowledge evaluation and, therefore, of argumentation. The proposal is based on the literature on argumentation and use of evidence in decision-making contexts. The…
Descriptors: Evidence, Decision Making, Academic Achievement, Models
Jameson, Ellen; Whitney-Smith, Rachael; Macey, Darren; Morony, Will; Benson-Lidholm, Anne-Marie; Leigh-Lancaster, David – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021
This paper reports on a new initiative of collaborative work between the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and Cambridge University as part of the 2020-21 review of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Foundation -- Year 10. The ACARA mathematics curriculum development team worked with the Cambridge Mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, National Curriculum, Secondary School Students, Grade 10
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Brooks, Maneka Deanna – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2017
Educators are expected to take into account students' linguistic experiences when designing literacy instruction. However, official school records traditionally provide limited information about students' linguistic histories. This article presents educators with a linguistic survey that can help bridge this gap. The survey is an easy-to-use…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Surveys
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Papadopoulos, Ioannis; Iatridou, Maria – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2010
This paper examines the way two 10th graders cope with a non-standard generalisation problem that involves elementary concepts of number theory (more specifically linear Diophantine equations) in the geometrical context of a rectangle's area. Emphasis is given on how the students' past experience of problem solving (expressed through interplay…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Grade 10, Problem Solving, Geometric Concepts
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Yap, Siew Fong; Dawson, Vaille – Teaching Science, 2014
This research focuses on the use of ethical frameworks as a pedagogical model for socio-scientific education in implementing the "Science as a Human Endeavour" (SHE) strand of the Australian Curriculum: Science in a Year 10 biology class in a Christian college in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. Using a case study approach, a mixed…
Descriptors: Biology, Ethics, Science Activities, Science Instruction
Korzh, Alla – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative multi-site case study, situated in the context of Ukraine's post-Soviet political economy, examined how orphanage educators' expectations and beliefs about orphans' academic abilities and potential, curriculum, peer relationships, and education policy shaped orphans' post-secondary education decisions and trajectories. Examination…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educationally Disadvantaged, Equal Education, Children