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De Courcy, Michele – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
This report discusses an investigation on the processes involved in the acquisition of French by students in late immersion programs in Australia. An ethnographic style of data collection was used in the study, which covered a full year. (Contains 14 references.) (JL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, French
Western Australia Dept. of Education Services, Perth. – 1999
This report of the Australian Ministerial Committee on Middle Schooling examines emerging conceptions of middle schooling and educational arguments regarding adoption of middle schooling, weighs financial implications, and provides several brief policy recommendations. Chapter 1, "Introduction," reviews the establishment of the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Black, Rosalyn – Online Submission, 2006
Australia is a high performing but low equity country with regards to educational attainment. Low socio-economic background students and schools with large numbers of these students perform less well than higher socio-economic background students and schools. Yet some schools are turning around student learning outcomes despite the impact of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement, Financial Support
Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp., IN. – 1988
This social studies curriculum guide is designed to challenge academically talented middle school students, encourage them to acquire and use critical thinking skills, and recognize the importance of global awareness. Areas of study include Latin America and Canada for grade six, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia for grade seven, and U.S.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Area Studies, Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment
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Miller, Diane – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Focuses on the language used in mathematics instruction and the ways in which teachers assist students in constructing the formal language of mathematics. Strategies to help students connect vocabulary with mathematical concepts include using teacher modeling, writing, cooperative learning, and having students define words in their own language.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Definitions
Queensland Board of Teacher Education, Toowong (Australia). – 1984
Teacher educators, teachers, parents, and principals participated in a 1983 seminar in Australia on early adolescents. A literature review on schooling for early adolescents was prepared as background reading for seminar participants. The opening address was given by Professor Colin Power, Flinders University of South Australia, who outlined the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Allen, Sheilah M. – 1995
An action research project in Canada set up a penpal program between preservice teachers and middle school children. Its purpose was to promote the literacy development of the younger students and to provide the preservice students with an understanding of adolescents. Although the first year was especially successful and rewarding--the highlights…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
Geelan, David R. – 1997
This paper explores questions about the ways in which students, teachers, administrators, and parents negotiate new sets of roles and expectations for schooling in the innovative climate of a new middle school. A new school in an Australian city has implemented a coordinated package of approaches including integrated curriculum, portfolio…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Epistemology
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McGregor, Steven J. R.; Forlin, Chris – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2005
When establishing inclusive or whole schooling practices, the attitudes of students towards their peers with differing abilities to themselves is potentially a critical determinant in the success of schools to manage diverse student populations. This research investigates any potential changes in peer attitudes following the inclusion of…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Lokan, Jan; Ford, Phoebe; Greenwood, Lisa – 1997
This report is the second in a series of monographs in which the results of Australian student performance in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) are presented. The main purpose of these reports is to describe the schools, teachers, and students who participated in TIMSS and to present student achievement results.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Golley, Priscilla, Ed.; Hassard, Jack, Ed. – 1994
The Global Thinking Project at Georgia State University and the Department of Middle Secondary Education and Instructional Technology sponsored a Symposium on Global Thinking Research, in November, 1993. The following 11 papers were presented at the symposium: (1) "Teaching Students to Think Globally" (Jack Hassard); (2)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
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Rennie, Leonie J.; And Others – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1992
This paper describes the evaluation of three curriculum models to teach technology. The three modules present technology as a design process involving problem identification and analysis; generation and evaluation of alternative solutions; planning and construction of models; and trialing, modification and evaluation. Participating pupil's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Educational Studies, 1996
Investigates the relationships between the characteristics of a parenting model and children's school outcomes. Utilizes interviews to identify and define parenting styles. Discovers that parenting styles affect academic achievement and school attitudes but do little to influence the relationship between intellectual ability and school outcomes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Causal Models, Cognitive Ability, Family School Relationship
Ainley, John; Sheret, Michael – 1992
This book provides an overview of a 4-year longitudinal study of senior secondary schooling in the government high schools of New South Wales, Australia. The study followed the progress from year 9 to year 12 of 3,000 students from 22 government secondary schools in 2 metropolitan and 2 nonmetropolitan regions. The book is divided into 10…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Curriculum Evaluation, Dropout Prevention
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