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Cartwright, Katherin – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
Fluency is an important aspect of mathematics learning and plays a major role in developing proficiency as students are required to use skills and apply knowledge. This paper draws upon findings from a large project that aimed to explore primary students' mathematical fluency. Data from 160 primary students (K-6) from a NSW Departmental school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills
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Livy, Sharyn; Muir, Tracey; Downton, Ann – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2017
One of the challenges facing teacher educators is providing our pre-service teachers (PSTs) with authentic experiences that cross the boundaries between Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and the classroom. An additional challenge facing the mathematics teacher educator, is addressing and deepening PSTs' mathematical content knowledge (MCK), which…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teacher Education
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Yeung, Daniel; Curwood, Jen Scott – English in Australia, 2015
Prior scholarship suggests that many boys are disengaged from school-based literacy because they do not see its value or significance in their lives. In response, this study investigates the role of popular culture and new literacies in motivating adolescent boys within secondary English. Drawing on sociocultural approaches to literacy research,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Males, Literacy
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Phillips, Carol L.; Marston, Rip E. – Physical Educator, 2008
The effects of Physical Education Teacher Education program modifications upon selected characteristics identified with effective teaching were assessed utilizing the Teacher Work Sample (TWS). Data were collected from all student teacher candidates during the 2002 student teaching sessions. Based upon the 2002 data, interventions were made to a…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Physical Education, Teacher Effectiveness