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Making Sense of Standardised Assessment Data: A Response to Snow et al. (2025)

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I write in response to the commentary by Snow et al. (2025) on the paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data published in this journal (Larsen 2024).
Sally A. Larsen
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing statistical literacy for prospective teachers: A systematic review of contemporary approaches and best practices

open access: yesJurnal Elemen
This study employs a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to explore the development of statistical literacy among prospective teachers, which is crucial in today’s data-driven educational landscape. The review synthesizes findings from 18 selected studies
Rahma Siska Utari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

W6: Statistical Literacy and Learning Objects

open access: yes, 2006
The 2002 Statistical Literacy Survey found that students, data analysts, and college instructors need help in forming ordinary English descriptions and comparisons of the rates and percentages presented in tables and graphs. The W.M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project developed a Web-based drill program that decodes students' descriptions and ...
Milo Schield, Cynthia Schield
openaire   +3 more sources

JSM 2013- Section on Statistical Education STATISTICS EDUCATION: STEADFAST OR STUBBORN

open access: yes, 2014
: This paper claims (1) that the introductory statistics course is essentially the same in content as it was 50 years ago, (2) that statistical education has ignored many – if not most – of the content changes proposed by leaders in statistical education,
Milo Schield   +2 more
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Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alcohol and Other Drug Vocational Education and Training in Australia: Changes in the Landscape From 2011 to 2024

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT People impacted by alcohol and other drugs (AOD) are supported across a range of health and social service settings, often by workers in generalist roles who may not have specialist training. Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in equipping AOD workers with the knowledge and skills required for practice, yet there is no ...
Kirrilly Thompson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How can eye-tracking data be used to understand cognitive processes when comparing data sets with box plots?

open access: yesFrontiers in Education
Tasks in which learners are asked to compare two data sets using box plots and decide which distribution contains more observations above a given threshold have already been investigated in research.
Martin Abt   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A National Survey of Informal Supporters' Experiences and Views of Behaviour Support Practitioners in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines informal supporters' experiences and views of NDIS behaviour support practitioners, including engagement, information needed to support selection, and perceptions of practitioners' knowledge, skill, and practice. It reports data from a cross‐sectional online survey of 123 informal support providers of participants receiving
Alinka Fisher   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Statistical Literacy in Schools in Australia

open access: yesInternational Statistical Review, 2007
We live in the information age. Statistical thinking is a life skill that all Australian children should have. The Statistical Society of Australia (SS AI) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have been working on a strategy to ensure Australian school children acquire a sufficient understanding and appreciation of how data can be acquired and
openaire   +3 more sources

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