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O'Connor, Bronwyn Reid – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021
This study investigated the implementation of a primary mathematics initiative in an Australian Indigenous community school designed to improve students' mathematical proficiency. Throughout the 7-month initiative, four classes ranging from Year 2 to Year 6 participated in the initiative. Findings indicated an increase in mathematics achievement…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Indigenous Populations, Mathematics Skills
Fletcher, Anna – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2016
Contemporary learning in Australia necessitates that students develop the capability to play an active role in their own learning. Yet, the student's role as an active agent in the learning process has not been fully examined. Drawing on the notion of assessment as generations informed by conflicting theoretical viewpoints, this paper explores how…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Social Cognition, Foreign Countries, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Way, Jennifer; Reece, Amelia; Bobis, Janette; Anderson, Judy; Martin, Andrew – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
The phenomenon of the "middle-years dip" in mathematics engagement and achievement has been a cause of concern for over a decade. This paper presents an example of one upper-primary classroom identified as having higher than average levels of student engagement, with the purpose of documenting specific teaching strategies that align with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Mathematics Education
Cho, George – 1996
This paper is a report of a project that was undertaken to produce a self-teaching manual for students wishing to acquire technical skills in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Such skills are required in the analysis of locational data such as those found in aerial photographs, satellite images and digital maps. The self-teaching manual…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Geography, Higher Education
Davis, Lester; Hase, Stewart – 2001
Using the metaphor of a river to describe continuous and lifelong learning, this paper details an action research project aimed at developing effective learning environments in a large, distributed organization called Thiess Contractors Proprietary Limited, an Australian mining and construction company. Two major outcomes of the project are…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Adult Education, Developed Nations
2001
This document contains three papers on workplace learning issues and human resource development. "The Impact of Self-Management on Training Participation" (Jasper B. van Loo, Andries de Guip, Jo G.L. Thijssen) combines HRD and economic theory to in an attempt to explain the relationship between self-management and training participation.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education, Economic Factors, Economics