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Yes, DI Did It: The Impact of Direct Instruction on Literacy Outcomes for Very Remote Indigenous Schools
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Pearson, Noel – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2021
In the journal article "Did DI do it? The impact of a programme designed to improve literacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in remote schools," Guenther and Osborne (2020) compare schoolwide NAPLAN reading scale scores for 25 Very Remote Indigenous schools implementing Direct Instruction through the Flexible Literacy…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Rural Areas, Rural Schools
NAPLAN Language Assessments for Indigenous Children in Remote Communities: Issues and Problems
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Wigglesworth, Gillian; Simpson, Jane; Loakes, Deborah – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assessments are designed to assess literacy and numeracy of all Australian school children in years 3, 5, 7 and 9, and to act as diagnostics as to whether children are meeting intended educational outcomes. Tests began in May 2008, and have been run annually since then. Results of the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Indigenous Populations
Literacy Skills of Bachelor of Education (Primary) Students
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Thwaite, Anne – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2008
This article describes a project which identified the skills and abilities in written literacy of pre-service teachers, as well as their needs in this area. An intervention to address their needs is evaluated and its outcomes assessed, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses. Results show that it is possible to improve these…
Descriptors: Intervention, Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries