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Direct linkLovejoy, Valerie; Thomas, Damon; Mow, Laura; Edgar, Christine; Alford, Sophie; Prain, Vaughan – English in Australia, 2020
Despite an intense focus on improving Australian students' writing performance in recent years, and comprehensive instructional advice to English teachers, researchers have noted a lack of gains in standardised writing tests and negative effects on student engagement and learning. In this paper we claim that these outcomes are partly attributable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Achievement, Writing Instruction, English Instruction
White, Matthew Oliver – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2020
Academically engaging adolescents with learning difficulties continues to be a challenge for teachers and education authorities around the world. This paper reports on one part of a broader study to address the impasse present between research and practice in meeting the needs of adolescents with learning difficulties. Drawing on the mounting…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Positive Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
Download full textYates, Shirley M.; Lockwood, Michelle – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
Poor mathematics achievement in middle school students is evident in many countries. While some of the difficulties can be attributed to student related factors, there is considerable evidence that computational automaticity is essential for mathematics achievement. A QuickSmart (QS) mathematics intervention program was trialled with a group of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Middle School Students, Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
