•  On Jul, 17, 2022
•  Tarwala1

The positive effect of parents’ socio-economic standing (SES) is less than it used to be and the negative effect of staff turnover in larger primary schools is now greater.

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
•  Tarwala1

Enquiry Learning Needs Overhaul Enquiry Learning Needs Overhaul as it is not working well. Information needs to be presented to students in an orderly and structured way. Enquiry methods do not allow for this. Some academics and teachers include practical tasks in Enquiry Learning. If it is included, it has always been with us. Taking a […]

•  On May, 08, 2022
•  Tarwala1

Readers can confuse because each publisher uses their own reading level codes. Levels vary between schools depending on the publisher used.

•  On May, 08, 2022
•  Tarwala1

You could find that Grade 3 material is being taught as if it is Grade 2. And children are being assessed for Grade 2 on Grade 3 materials.

•  On May, 15, 2019
•  Mary Keating

Are children as young as 5 really suffering maths anxiety and crying on their way to school?

•  On Mar, 15, 2019
•  Mary Keating

An enquiry task is often given to students with almost no introduction to the topic. That’s often the norm. Kids are learning very little from this method of teaching unless given a lot more support.

•  On Aug, 30, 2018
•  Mary Keating

Maths and Science, TIMSS Looking over the Maths and Science, TIMSS Reports for 2011 — They give us the long range view of student progress. TIMSS stands for Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study.  Discussion of the Report can be found at: http://www.acola.org.au Call science what it is! It’s not so hard! Overall improvement There’s […]

•  On Aug, 19, 2018
•  Mary Keating

We can’t have the next generation saying, “Oh, sorry, I can’t take any notes because I haven’t got my iPad”.

•  On Aug, 05, 2018
•  Mary Keating

A further 13% of 4th graders in Australia scored at the Low Benchmark. So 20% are reading at or below the Low Benchmark. Influencing these results is the rate of tiredness and hunger on arrival at school.

•  On Aug, 03, 2018
•  Mary Keating

Good readers can skim and scan for general ideas but they must learn to read carefully for detail.