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Michael D. Carey; Shelley Davidow; Paul Williams – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2022
According to creative writing pedagogies academic Susanne Gannon ("English in Australia, 54"(2), 43-56, 2019), and the Federal government-commissioned NAPLAN review (McGaw et al., 2020), NAPLAN has restricted how writing is taught in secondary schools. A NAPLAN-influenced structural approach to teaching writing has subsumed the…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Creative Writing, Writing Evaluation, National Competency Tests
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Bishop, Jessica P.; Lamb, Lisa L.; Philipp, Randolph A.; Whitacre, Ian; Schappelle, Bonnie P. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2018
We share a subset of the 41 underlying strategies that comprise five ways of reasoning about integer addition and subtraction: formal, order-based, analogy-based, computational, and emergent. The examples of the strategies are designed to provide clear comparisons and contrasts to support both teachers and researchers in understanding specific…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Numbers, Numeracy, Comparative Analysis
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Botts, Ryan T.; Carter, Lori; Crockett, Catherine – PRIMUS, 2018
The efforts to improve the quantitative reasoning (quantitative literacy) skills of college students in the United States have been gaining momentum in recent years. At the same time, the blended learning approach to course delivery has gained in popularity, promising better learning with flexible modalities and pace. This paper presents the…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Outcomes of Education
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Sawbridge, Jenny L.; Qureshi, Haseeb K.; Boyd, Matthew J.; Brown, Angus M. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2014
The ability to understand and implement calculations required for molarity and dilution computations that are routinely undertaken in the laboratory are essential skills that should be possessed by all students entering an undergraduate Life Sciences degree. However, it is increasingly recognized that the majority of these students are ill…
Descriptors: Computation, Mathematics Skills, Workshops, Undergraduate Students
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Samiei, Shahin; Bush, Andrew J.; Sell, Marie; Imig, Doug – Reading Psychology, 2016
This study evaluated participation in the "Imagination Library" early childhood literacy enrichment program and children's pre-literacy and pre-numeracy skills at kindergarten entry in an urban school district. Previous studies have demonstrated that program participation is associated with greater early childhood reading practices.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Emergent Literacy, Numeracy
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Dorsett, Richard; Rienzo, Cinzia; Rolfe, Heather; Burns, Helen; Robertson, Barbara-Anne; Thorpe, Benjamin; Wall, Kate – Education Endowment Foundation, 2014
Mind the Gap sought to improve the metacognition and academic attainment of pupils in Year 4. There were two aspects to the intervention. The first involved training teachers in how to embed metacognitive approaches in their work, and how to continue to effectively and strategically involve parents. This training took place over a day and was…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Elementary School Students, Intervention, Teaching Methods
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Baldi, Stephane, Ed.; Kutner, Mark; Greenberg, Elizabeth; Jin, Ying; Baer, Justin; Moore, Elizabeth; Dunleavy, Eric; Berlin, Martha; Mohadjer, Leyla; Binzer, Greg; Krenzke, Thomas; Hogan, Jacqueline; Amsbary, Michelle; Forsyth, Barbara; Clark, Lyn; Annis, Terri; Bernstein, Jared; White, Sheida – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) assessed the English literacy skills of a nationally representative sample of more than 19,000 U.S. adults (age 16 and older) residing in households and correctional institutions. NAAL is the first national assessment of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS). The…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Scaling, Numeracy, Field Tests
Lemke, Mariann; Miller, David; Johnston, Jamie; Krenzke, Tom; Alvarez-Rojas, Laura; Kastberg, David; Jocelyn, Leslie – US Department of Education, 2005
The Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL) is an international comparative study conducted in 2003 to provide participating countries with information about the skills of their adult populations. ALL builds upon earlier national and international studies of adult literacy. Information from ALL addresses questions such as: (1) What is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, International Studies, Familiarity
Lockheed, Marlaine; Harris, Abigail; Gammill, Paul; Barrow, Karima; Jayasundera, Tamara – Academy for Educational Development, 2006
The New Horizons for Primary Schools (NHP) was implemented in 72 government schools in Jamaica, from 1998-2005. The program provided support to schools on the basis of needs identified through the preparation of a School Development Plan (also called a School Improvement Plan). This independent evaluation report first compares the schools in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Surveys, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Kambouri, Maria; Francis, Hazel – 1994
A two-phase study examined the incidence and nature of dropout and progression from basic skills programs in England and Wales. During the first (retrospective) phase, data about 1,920 students' attendance/dropout patterns and reasons' for finishing/leaving their basic skills programs were obtained from 82 tutors (of more than 300 contacted) in 8…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Johnston, Betty; Baynham, Mike; Kelly, Sheilagh; Barlow, Kerry; Marks, Genee – 1997
The question of whether unemployed youths would benefit from different pedagogical techniques when learning numeracy skills was examined in a multifaceted qualitative study. Data were collected from the following activities: case studies in which a kit of everyday materials was used to stimulate discussion about numeracy practices with 30 selected…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques