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Tag: Australia
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Behind The Scene In Schools, Post
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.
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Enquiry Tasks in Primary Schools, Post
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.
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Maths and Science TIMSS, Post
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…
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Technology Teachers and Myths, Post
We can’t have the next generation saying, “Oh, sorry, I can’t take any notes because I haven’t got my iPad”.
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PIRLS 2016 – Grade 4 Australia, Post
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.
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Handwriting – An Intellectual Activity, Post
Handwriting – An Intellectual Activity Why Handwriting is important. More areas of our brain are used to hand-print than to type on a keyboard. And more areas of the brain are used to write in script than to hand-print. There have always been children with poor handwriting but the quality of teaching over the last…