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Forgasz, Helen – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2010
"Streaming" for mathematics remains a contentious issue and particular forms of the practice have been considered inequitable. In the study reported here, the focus was on the extent to which streaming is used for mathematics at years 7-10 in Victorian secondary schools. Also of interest were the forms of streaming adopted and the…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods
Baturo, Annette R. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
With consistently low levels of academic performance and high rates of absenteeism (Bourke & Rigby, 2000), the students in this study are the most educationally disadvantaged group in Australia with respect to mathematics. This paper reports on a study undertaken with Years 5-7 students in a Queensland aboriginal community to determine their…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions