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Jane Watson; Noleine Fitzallen; Ben Kelly – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2024
Incorporating an evidence-based approach in STEM education using data collection and analysis strategies when learning about science concepts enhances primary students' discipline knowledge and cognitive development. This paper reports on learning activities that use the nature of viscosity and the power of informal statistical inference to build…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, STEM Education, Statistics
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Kathryn Richardson; Greta Rollo – Australian Journal of Education, 2024
The National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is intended to assess all Australian students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 to ensure equity and inclusion. This paper explores the extent to which equity and inclusion are achieved for students with disability through NAPLAN reporting. Document analysis of publicly accessible NAPLAN…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Student Evaluation, National Competency Tests
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Jane Watson; Noleine Fitzallen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2024
Statistics need data and data need context. Contexts from across the curriculum can be the most powerful in creating interest, reward, and enthusiasm for both teachers and students. The activity described here is based in STEM, employing aspects of each field to create and solve a hypothetical problem of escaping from an erupting volcano (Science)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science