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Using of English in teaching Mathematics and Science: Is the performance satisfactory? [PDF]

, 2007
The policy of changing the medium of instruction in the teaching of Mathematics and Science from Bahasa Melayu to English is an important innovation affecting teachers of Mathematics and Science generally.
Mansor, Norudin
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Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Shuaijun Guo, Sharon Goldfeld, Meredith O'Connor, Cindy Pham, Sarah Gray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Traditional and Contemporary Instructional Strategies and Materials in the Elementary Mathematics Classroom [PDF]

, 2003
Elementary school teachers were surveyed about the strategies and materials they use to teach elementary school mathematics. A list of twenty strategies and materials derived from the Changes in Content and Emphasis sections of the National Council of ...
Riley, J. E.
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mathematical knowledge for teaching and the teaching of mathematics

, 2017
This paper reports on a review of 12 empirical studies framed to address the problem of whether and in what ways mathematical knowledge for teaching influences teaching practice. From a larger review of literature on mathematical knowledge for teaching, this qualitative synthesis examines the theoretical foundations, methods applied and claims made ...
Mosvold, Reidar, Hoover, Mark
openaire   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Kun matematiikan opettaminen ahdistaa

LUMAT
Matematiikka-ahdistus on ilmiö, joka koskettaa paitsi matematiikan oppimista ja käyttämistä arjessa, myös sen opettamista. Pahimmillaan opettajan kokeman matematiikan opettamisen ahdistuksen seurauksena opetuksen laatu ja siten oppilaiden ...
Sirpa Sneck, Pinja Tähti, Riikka Mononen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Students’ Achievement In Developing Instructional Material Of Junior High School Mathematics In English Through Implementation Of Peer Assesment In Cooperative Setting [PDF]

, 2011
This research proposes that to study students’ achievement in developing the instructional material of Junior High School Mathematics in English through implementation of peer assessment in cooperative setting.
Cholis , Sa’dijah
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Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn, Vanessa Langenberg, Kristy Harper, Libby Callaway, Hilary O'Connell, Eleanor Kennett‐Smith, Natasha Layton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching linear algebra at university

, 2002
Linear algebra represents, with calculus, the two main mathematical subjects taught in science universities. However this teaching has always been difficult. In the last two decades, it became an active area for research works in mathematics education in
Dorier, Jean-Luc
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