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Langrall, Cynthia; Nisbet, Steven; Mooney, Edward; Jansem, Sinchai – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2011
Our research addresses the role that context expertise plays when students compare data. We report findings from a study conducted in 3 countries: Australia, United States, and Thailand. In each country, six middle school students analyzed authentic data relating to selected students' areas of interest. We examined the data analysis processes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Data Analysis, Statistics
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Lowrie, Tom; Diezmann, Carmel M. – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The capacity to solve tasks that contain high concentrations of visual-spatial information, including graphs, maps and diagrams, is becoming increasingly important in educational contexts as well as everyday life. This research examined gender differences in the performance of students solving graphics tasks from the Graphical Languages in…
Descriptors: Maps, Graphs, Spatial Ability, Gender Differences
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Carmichael, Colin; Callingham, Rosemary; Hay, Ian; Watson, Jane – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2010
This paper examines the relationship between key predictors of middle school students' interest for statistical literacy, including their self-efficacy for statistical literacy and their prior mathematics achievement. Given the lack of research in the statistical literacy domain, a review of the mathematics education literature confirms the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Statistics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement
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Francis, Marj; Paige, Kathy; Lloyd, David – Teaching Science, 2013
Increasingly, children today are becoming disconnected from the natural environments resulting in a diminished sense of self, place and community. In an attempt to find out their perceptions, attitudes and values about the natural world, twenty-five Year 6 and 7 students from a northern Adelaide primary school participated in a nature-play case…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Case Studies, Grade 6, Grade 7
Hassan, Ghali – Science Educator, 2011
There is relatively little research evidence that documents current students' views of science--particularly a comparison of secondary and tertiary science. Further, little is known about how students' views of science differ according to level of study. This study provides evidence of students' view of science from both school and university…
Descriptors: Evidence, Science History, Measures (Individuals), Secondary School Students
Pegrum, Mark; Oakley, Grace; Lim, Cher Ping; Xiong, Xi Bei; Yan, Hanbing – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper reflects on a 2013-2014 Australia-China Council project in which school students in Australia and China produced and shared digital stories about their everyday lives and local cultures, with students being invited to give feedback on the language and content of the stories produced by their overseas peers. The main lessons learned…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Cross Cultural Studies, Electronic Learning, Cultural Education
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Downs, Nathan; Larsen, Kim; Parisi, Alfio; Schouten, Peter; Brennan, Chris – Teaching Science, 2012
A practical exercise for developing a simple cost-effective solar ultraviolet radiation dosimeter is presented for use by middle school science students. Specifically, this exercise investigates a series of experiments utilising the historical blue print reaction, combining ammonium iron citrate and potassium hexacyanoferrate to develop an…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Investigations
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King, Donna; Winner, Evan; Ginns, Ian – Teaching Science, 2011
In Australia, there is a crisis in science education with students becoming disengaged with canonical science in the middle years of schooling. One recent initiative that aims to improve student interest and motivation without diminishing conceptual understanding is the context-based approach. Contextual units that connect the canonical science…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Science Education
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Garrett, Robyne; Wrench, Alison – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2011
In this research a number of approaches were used with pre-service physical education teachers in an attempt to foster inclusive and critical approaches to teaching physical education. Physical experiences, storytelling and lab school were used to highlight the multifaceted processes around students' engagement in physical education and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Laboratory Schools, Physical Activities, Physical Education Teachers
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Turel, Yalin Kilic – Computers & Education, 2011
The interactive whiteboard (IWB) has become a popular technology for instructors over the last decade. Though research asserts that the IWBs facilitate learning in different ways, there is a lack of studies examining actual IWB use in classroom settings based on learners' perspectives by means of valid instruments. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Validity, Student Surveys
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Dandy, Justine; Durkin, Kevin; Barber, Bonnie L.; Houghton, Stephen – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2015
There are ethnic group differences in academic achievement among Australian students, with Aboriginal students performing substantially below and Asian students above their peers. One factor that may contribute to these effects is societal stereotypes of Australian Asian and Aboriginal students, which may bias teachers' evaluations and influence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Educational Objectives, Indigenous Populations, Academic Achievement
Baratta, Wendy – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2011
The ability to solve linear equations sets students up for success in many areas of mathematics and other disciplines requiring formula manipulations. There are many reasons why solving linear equations is a challenging skill for students to master. One major barrier for students is the inability to interpret the equals sign as anything other than…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Algebra, Problem Solving, Mathematics Education
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Brown, Natalie; Watson, Jane; Wright, Suzie; Skalicky, Jane – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2011
Measurement is one of the key areas of study in mathematics and features prominently in the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics" (ACARA, 2010). In this set of investigations requiring students to estimate indirectly the height of a tree they are encouraged to use the "power of mathematical reasoning" and "apply their…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Measurement Techniques, Middle School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Vagle, Mark D., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
"Not a Stage!" is written for teachers, students, and scholars interested in the academic, social, and emotional needs of young adolescents. It is unique because it actively resists basing the practice, research, and theory of young adolescent education on developmentalism and the developmental stage of young adolescence. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Redmond, Trevor; Sheehy, Joanne; Brown, Raymond; Kanasa, Harry – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
This paper seeks to compare the reflective writings of two cohorts of students (Year 4/5 and Year 8/9) participating in mathematical modelling challenges. Whilst the reflections of the younger cohort were results oriented, the older cohort's reflections spoke more to the affective domain, group processes, the use of technology and the acquisition…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Comparative Analysis, Reflection, Cohort Analysis
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