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Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2007
In 2007, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) conducted an assessment of a sample of Year 6 and Year 10 students across Australia to assess their proficiency in civics and citizenship. The assessment of civics and citizenship is part of a national plan that has been put in place to monitor and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Educational Testing, National Programs
Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2007
In 2007, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) conducted an assessment of a sample of Year 6 and Year 10 students across Australia to assess their proficiency in civics and citizenship. The assessment of civics and citizenship is part of a national plan that has been put in place to monitor and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Educational Testing, National Programs
Wood, Fiona – 1981
A 1981 investigation by the Australian National University (ANU) library of the scope and nature of online bibliographic retrieval services provided by the 19 Australian university libraries and 5 of the Australian central Institute of Technology libraries, and a further study carried out in 1980-81 to assess the satisfaction of patrons with…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fees, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Curtis, David; Denton, Rob – 2003
A new authentic performance-based approach to assessing problem solving was developed for use in vocational education and other programs in Australia. The process of developing the problem-solving assessment instrument and process included the following phases: (1) exploration of the theoretical conceptions of problem solving; (2) identification…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Competency Based Education, Critical Thinking, Definitions
Johnston, Betty; Baynham, Mike; Kelly, Sheilagh; Barlow, Kerry; Marks, Genee – 1997
The question of whether unemployed youths would benefit from different pedagogical techniques when learning numeracy skills was examined in a multifaceted qualitative study. Data were collected from the following activities: case studies in which a kit of everyday materials was used to stimulate discussion about numeracy practices with 30 selected…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Every, Anne; Young, Metta – 2002
The issues of language, literacy, and numeracy (LL&N) in Aboriginal health worker (AHW) training in Australia were explored to determine how these issues interrelate, overlap, and influence the types of literacy practices required in indigenous contexts. Data were collected through two workshops and formal and informal discussions with a…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators