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Sebastian, Joel; Richards, Deborah; Bilgin, Ayse – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: As a strategy for the identification and treatment of individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN), we sought to reduce stigmatising attitudes concerning AN among members of their potential social network. Design: Three forms of stigma were focused upon: traditional, positive volitional and negative volitional. Stigmatising attitudes were…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Intervention, Undergraduate Students, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Ahmed, Rafiuddin – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Students' use of test information to prepare for a test in a controlled or supervised test environment has been examined in studies outside Australia. This paper reports the findings of the use of test information and its value, in terms of an improvement/decline in marks, in an actual test of an undergraduate subject taught at an Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Student Surveys
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Connell, Sharon; Fien, John; Sykes, Helen; Yencken, David – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2014
There is a paucity of research in Australia on the nature of young people's attitudes, knowledge and actions. This paper reports on the findings from one such study of Australian high school students. The research was based on a survey of 5,688 students form Melbourne and Brisbane. These young people identified protection of the environment as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beliefs, Adolescent Attitudes, High School Students
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Sharma, Bishnu; Harker, Michael; Harker, Debra; Reinhard, Karin – Journal of Youth Studies, 2010
The transition from living at home to living independently has been characterised as a time of stress, and there is evidence to suggest that this transition from youth to young adulthood influences food choice. The current study explores this phenomenon and compares 18-24-year-old university students' motivation for food choice in Australia and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Nutrition, Familiarity, Motivation
Ainley, John; Fraillon, Julian; Freeman, Chris – Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2010
Australia's national educational goals place considerable importance on the place of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education. The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians of December 2008 asserted that "in this digital age young people need to be highly skilled in the use of ICT" (MCEETYA,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Programs, Testing Programs, National Competency Tests
Thomson, Sue; De Bortoli, Lisa – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2007
As countries continue to invest in information and communication technologies (ICT) and they become even more common in the workplace, there is an increasing demand for schools to produce technologically literate students. This report presents results from the "Programme for International Student Assessment" (PISA) 2003, and examines how…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Foreign Countries, Geographic Location, Socioeconomic Background