Math instruction is stuck in the last century. How can we change teaching methods to move past rote memorization and help students develop a more meaningful understanding – and be better at math?
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Assessment should be a part of teaching and learning at universities. It’s important because it will subvert exclusion and allow all students to take responsibility for their work.
In March 2018, all Australian universities will be submitting key performance indicators (KPIs) on their engagement and impact to the Australian Research Council. These measure how well universities engage…
Teachers – get to really know your kids, their families, their community and its history, and what’s going on at home. While school policies are important, relationships are the real keys to success.
Our current way of assessing students doesn’t let them see the progress they are making over extended periods of time.
Despite significant reform agendas over the past decade, no real progress in outcomes has been achieved.
The role of private tuition plays a part in the overall success of students in Singapore, with around 80% of primary-school children having at least three hours of private tuition a week.
If we want excellence in our schools, we have to provide a system with the incentives, enablers and rewards for improvement built in.
Politicians need to stop meddling with education policy and invest in teachers if Australia’s science, mathematics and reading standards are to improve.
Rather than leaping to conclusions about a failing education system, we need to look at what the data tells us about student performance at a state level to help us make more informed decisions.
Exams do have a purpose, but they shouldn’t be used to assess the recall of meaningless facts.
Latest TIMSS report shows that students in Australia make very little – if any – progress in maths from Year 4 to Year 8.
Being able to sound out letters in words doesn’t mean you can understand them. There is no clear evidence that a new phonics screening test for children in Year 1 will help improve reading levels.
There are ways to manage exam anxiety so that it doesn’t hugely impact your performance.
There is little evidence that external inspections and evaluation measures produce better teachers.
Homeschooling regulations vary from state to state. And loopholes in these regulations could excuse parents from actually reporting the results.
We could be fooled into thinking pay-for plagiarism is a modern, high-tech invention. However, the internet merely supports the logistics.
In recent weeks, students across high school and university classrooms have been breathing sighs of relief. Exams are officially over, and celebrations have begun. For many students, exams seem a necessary…
The essay, as the primary form of assessment, should be dead. This is the kind of comment that terrifies academics everywhere – but it is an idea that I think we all need to consider. The “news” that there…
Think of university assessment and it probably conjures anxiety. As David Boud notes: even successful, able and committed students – those who become university teachers – have been hurt by their experiences…
Principales colaboradores
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Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies & Professor, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor, Brock University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Te Wānanga Toi Tangata Division of Education; Professor of Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Educational Assessment, Macquarie University
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CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice, Lancaster University
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Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University
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Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
