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Fletcher, Anna – Educational Research, 2021
Background: On an annual basis, students across Australia in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are assessed on their literacy and numeracy skills via the National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), with the student performance data used for purposes including national accountability. Purpose: Against this backdrop of large-scale national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, National Programs, Scoring Rubrics
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Quane, Kate; Brown, Leni – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2022
Mathematics educators and researchers have advocated for the use of manipulatives to teach mathematics for decades. The purpose of this article is to provide illustrative uses of a readily available manipulative rather than a complete list. From an Australian perspective, Pop-it fidget toys can be used across the mathematics curriculum. This paper…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Toys, Manipulative Materials, Foreign Countries
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Mulligan, Joanne; Kirk, Melinda; Tytler, Russell; White, Peta – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2021
In this article the authors provide an overview of the Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Science project conducted in Grades 1 to 6 in four Australian schools. The project teachers implemented an enquiry-based pedagogical model through 12 interrelated topics. This paper details how a range of mathematics and science concepts can be effectively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
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Keen, Deb; Adams, Dawn; Simpson, Kate – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
Academic underachievement, as measured on standardised assessments, is commonly reported among students on the autism spectrum. However, little is known about the factors that predict academic (under)achievement, limiting the development of effective and targeted interventions. This study explored teacher ratings of academic skills and enabling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Underachievement, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Ability
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Roberts, Pauline; Barblett, Lennie; Robinson, Ken – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
National Assessment Program for Numeracy and Literacy (NAPLAN) is the national assessment programme for literacy and numeracy in Australia administered to children in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 each year. The testing process was introduced in 2008 and is described by the developers as low stakes, however, research has highlighted that this is not the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, National Competency Tests, Literacy
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Roy, Amy K.; Breaux, Rosanna; Sciberras, Emma; Patel, Pooja; Ferrara, Erica; Shroff, Delshad M.; Cash, Annah R.; Dvorsky, Melissa R.; Langberg, Joshua M.; Quach, Jon; Melvin, Glenn; Jackson, Anna; Becker, Stephen P. – School Psychology, 2022
Among the many impacts of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, one of the most dramatic was the immediate closure of in-person schooling in March/April 2020 when parents were faced with much greater responsibility in supporting their children's learning. Despite this, few studies have examined parents' own perspectives of this experience.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Barriers
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MacDonald, Amy; Carmichael, Colin – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2018
International research suggests that early mathematical competence predicts later mathematical achievement. In this article, we explore the relationship between mathematical competencies at 4-5 years, as measured by teacher ratings, and later results on Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 "National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy" (NAPLAN)…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Instruction, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries
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Tytler, Russell; Mulligan, Joanne; Prain, Vaughan; White, Peta; Xu, Lihua; Kirk, Melinda; Nielsen, Christopher; Speldewinde, Christopher – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Against a backdrop of advocacy for interdisciplinary STEM curricula, this paper explores the design principles underpinning a three-year longitudinal research project that develops and evaluates interdisciplinary mathematics and science learning sequences involving multiple teachers and student cohorts across the primary school years. The research…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Elementary School Students
O'Connor, Bronwyn Reid – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021
This study investigated the implementation of a primary mathematics initiative in an Australian Indigenous community school designed to improve students' mathematical proficiency. Throughout the 7-month initiative, four classes ranging from Year 2 to Year 6 participated in the initiative. Findings indicated an increase in mathematics achievement…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Indigenous Populations, Mathematics Skills
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Fletcher, Anna Katarina – Educational Review, 2018
Effective feedback is an essential tool for making learning explicit and an essential feature of classroom practice that promotes learner autonomy. Yet, it remains a pressing challenge for teachers to scaffold the active involvement of students as critical, reflective and autonomous learners who use feedback constructively. This paper seeks to…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Feedback (Response), Writing Instruction, Writing Exercises
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Watt, Helen M. G.; Carmichael, Colin; Callingham, Rosemary – School Psychology International, 2017
The Best Practice in Mathematics Education project was funded by the Australian Office of the Chief Scientist, to examine promotion of students' learning, engagement and aspirations in this core learning domain. We draw upon cross-sectional survey data from 551 students in grades three to nine to examine how students' mathematics engagement…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Mathematics Education, Best Practices, Foreign Countries
Greenlees, Jane – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
The use of high-stakes assessment to measure students' mathematical performance has become commonplace in schools all over the world. Such assessment instruments provide national or international comparisons of student (and potentially teacher performance). Each form of assessment is specialised in nature and is characteristic of the culture and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 2
Forgasz, Helen J.; Leder, Gilah C.; Halliday, Jennifer – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
"Make It Count" was a large scale, government-funded, project aimed at improving the mathematics learning of Indigenous students. NAPLAN Numeracy test results were used as one measure of the effect of the program. In this paper we report on the performance on these tests of Indigenous students in schools involved in the project. Group…
Descriptors: Computation, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
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Barton, Georgina; Baguley, Margaret – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2014
Literate practice in the arts encompasses both aesthetics and creativity. It is also multimodal in nature and often collaborative. This article presents data collected from a small multi-age school, with children from Prep to Year 7, during their preparation for an end-of-year show. The children had studied the topics of conservation and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Learning Modalities, Mentors