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Direct linkNathan, N.; Wiggers, J.; Wyse, R.; Williams, C. M.; Sutherland, R.; Yoong, S. L.; Lecathelinais, C.; Wolfenden, L. – Health Education Research, 2017
Implementation of vegetable and fruit programs in schools is less than optimal. This study aimed to identify, using a theoretical framework, factors associated with implementation of a school vegetable and fruit program; that provides a time in class for children to consume a piece of vegetable or fruit they have brought from home. Three hundred…
Descriptors: Food, Telephone Surveys, Health Behavior, Foreign Countries
Pearson, Elissa L.; Dorrian, Jillian; Litchfield, Carla A. – Environmental Education Research, 2013
Despite the endangered status of the orangutan, very little research has sought to understand what people know about this species or the conservation challenges they face. As zoos are well placed to influence such understandings, the present study sought to explore knowledge following a visit to orangutan exhibits at three Australian zoos…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Animals, Wildlife, Conservation (Environment)
White, Kiri; Boehm, Emilia; Chester, Andrea – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
Peer review of teaching is a collegial process designed to help academics reflect on and improve their teaching practice. Considerable research supports the value of peer review of teaching. However, uptake of voluntary programs is typically low. Few studies have examined the predictors of engagement in voluntary peer review. This study surveyed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Peer Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation
Crook, Simon J.; Sharma, Manjula D.; Wilson, Rachel – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Our study capitalized on a unique natural experiment rather than a researcher-designed, randomized experiment whereby, thanks to the Australian Government's Digital Education Revolution, half of grade 9 students in 2008 received laptops and half did not. Consequently in late 2011, when these students sat for their grade 12 external examinations…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Secondary School Science, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers
Warren, Elizabeth; Miller, Jodie – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2013
This paper explores the outcomes of the first year of the implementation of a mathematics program ("Representations, oral language and engagement in Mathematics": RoleM) which is framed upon research relating to effectively supporting young Indigenous students' learning. The sample comprised 230 Indigenous students (average age 5.76…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Multiple Regression Analysis, Oral Language
Seethamraju, Ravi; Borman, Mark – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
With its multidisciplinary and applied foci, team-working skills are seen as especially critical in business courses in general and in business information systems courses in particular, and are specifically incorporated into desired graduate attributes by many universities. Past research has focused on the benefits of group working but little…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Information Systems, Program Effectiveness, Teamwork
Handal, Boris; Cavanagh, Michael; Wood, Leigh; Petocz, Peter – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This paper reports on a case study which examined factors leading to the adoption of graphics calculators (GCs) by secondary mathematics teachers in the state of New South Wales, Australia. In total, 587 teachers of the General Mathematics Course (Years 11 and 12) participated in the study. The median teachers' stage of adoption of GCs was found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Experience, Mathematics Instruction
Rothman, Sheldon; Hillman, Kylie – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2008
This report examines young people's participation in career advice activities while at school and their perceptions of the usefulness of the advice they receive. The data are from the 2003 15 year-old cohort of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). Most members of this LSAY Y03 cohort were in Year 10 in 2003. The present report…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Adolescents, Career Counseling, Longitudinal Studies
Winter, Neal – International Journal of Music Education, 2004
In order to evaluate the effects of an integrated curriculum on the learning of popular music, the Sting Curriculum was designed for senior secondary students of mixed ability. This nine-week program was presented to a sample of students aged between 16 and 18 years in urban Sydney (Australia). This article draws on some of the results from this…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Music Education, Music, Sequential Approach
