Numeracy and Indigenous Students
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The Indigenous Education Research unit at ACER has been involved in a number of projects which involve research that focuses on numeracy learning experiences of Indigenous students. Recent ACER publications in this area include:
Achievement of Australia’s Early Secondary Indigenous Students: Findings from TIMSS 2003
(TIMSS Australia Monograph No 10)
By Sue Thomson, Pippa McKelvie and Hannah Murnane (2006).
Australia's Indigenous Students in PISA 2000: Results from an International Study.
(ACER Research Monograph No. 59.)
By Lisa De Bortoli and John Cresswell (2004).
Supporting English Literacy and Numeracy Learning for Indigenous Students in the Early Years.
(ACER Research Monograph No. 57).
By Tracey Frigo, Matthew Corrigan, Isabelle Adams, Paul Hughes, Maria Stephens & Davina Woods (2004).
A Good Start to Numeracy: Effective numeracy strategies from research and practice in early childhood.
A report to DEST by Brian Doig, Barry McCrae & Ken Rowe ( 2003).
Spatial and other numeracy abilities of Indigenous young children at entry to school: Maximsing numeracy outcomes
By Nola Purdie and Tracey Frigo
© 2012 Australian Council for Educational Research
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