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Will Learning to Solve One-Step Equations Pose a Challenge to 8th Grade Students?
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Ngu, Bing Hiong; Phan, Huy P. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2017
Assimilating multiple interactive elements simultaneously in working memory to allow understanding to occur, while solving an equation, would impose a high cognitive load. "Element interactivity" arises from the interaction between elements within and across operational and relational lines. Moreover, operating with special features…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Equations (Mathematics), Problem Solving
Identifying High Academic Potential in Australian Aboriginal Children Using Dynamic Testing
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Chaffey, Graham W.; Bailey, Stan B.; Vine, Ken W. – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2015
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of dynamic testing as a method for identifying high academic potential in Australian Aboriginal children. The 79 participating Aboriginal children were drawn from Years 3-5 in rural schools in northern New South Wales. The dynamic testing method used in this study involved a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Talent Identification, Academically Gifted
Influencing Pre-Service Teachers' Intentions to Teach in Rural Locations
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van Rensburg, Henriette; Noble, Karen; McIlveen, Peter – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2015
Education is seen as a vehicle for supporting sustainability in rural and regional contexts, but attracting and retaining teachers in rural and regional contexts remains an area of concern across Australia as well as internationally. Therefore attracting teachers to rural and remote locations requires targeted intervention during pre-service…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Intention, Geographic Isolation, Teacher Education Programs
Comparison of a Targeted Intervention Program Delivered Face-to-Face and by Personal Videoconferencing for Primary and Middle School Students with Mathematical Learning Difficulties
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Kestel, Eugénie – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
This paper describes part of a mixed-methods study comparing the effectiveness of an individual, conceptual instruction based, tuition program delivered face-to-face and by personal videoconferencing (PVC) for 30 upper primary and middle school students with mathematical learning difficulties (MLDs). The experimental intervention targeted number…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students
It's in the Bag: Parental Involvement in a Numeracy At-Home Program
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Muir, Tracey – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
This paper describes a project conducted with the parents of children in early childhood classes from two different district high schools. The project investigated the perceptions held by these parents in relation to mathematics education, and used an intervention program designed to encourage them to engage in numeracy activities with their…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Intervention, Parent Participation, Numeracy
Are We Doing Enough? Assessing the Needs of Teachers in Isolated Schools with Students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Mainstream Classrooms
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McLean, Fiona; Dixon, Roselyn – Education in Rural Australia, 2010
The Vinson report (2001) into public education highlighted the growing incidence of behavioural problems within the NSW public school system. One disorder that is currently causing particular concern is Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) as the outcomes for students with ODD who do not receive intervention are dire. Barcalow (2006) claims that…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Qualitative Research, Intervention, Foreign Countries