Media Release Archive - 2004
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15 December 2004
Release of Trends in International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS 2002/03) findings
The Australian results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMSS 2002/03) were released at 02.00am AEDT Wednesday 15 December.
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7 December 2004
Release of OECD Programme for International Student Assessment
(PISA) 2003 cycle findings
The Australian results of the 2003 cycle of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released at 10.00am today. Click here for media information on the report.
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24-25 October 2004
RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2004
Understanding values education
Teachers and students need to think more about the frameworks underpinning
their values education, according to Emeritus Professor Brian Hill of Murdoch
University who delivered a keynote address at Research Conference 2004 today.
Referring to the values education packages adopted in schools, Professor
Hill says busy teachers understandably welcome ready-made products, and many
have been drawn to packages developed outside our school systems, and even
outside Australia.
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Literacy, behaviour and auditory processing
Just one hour of professional development training for teachers in communicating with children with auditory processing difficulties can have 'significant positive effects' on their literacy achievement progress and attentive behaviours, according to Drs Kathy and Ken Rowe, and audiologist collaborator Jan Pollard. Speaking today in Adelaide at Research Conference 2004 Drs Kathy and Ken Rowe presented findings from an ongoing study into the prevalence of auditory processing difficulties among children and adolescents, and the positive impact on students' literacy progress and attentive behaviours when appropriate classroom management strategies for auditory processing difficulties are used.
Student goals and interest important for university success
Developing interest is critical to long-term success in university studies, according to a visiting US psychologist. Professor Judith M. Harackiewicz delivered a keynote address at the ACER Research Conference, Supporting Student Wellbeing, in Adelaide today.
Professor Harackiewicz is researching why some students become involved and interested in their studies, and why they continue in a particular academic discipline.
Yelling at students does not improve behaviour
Teacher aggression and, to a lesser extent punishment are ineffective in fostering
student responsibility, whereas hinting, discussion, recognition, and involvement
may be helpful in this regard an educational conference in Adelaide was told
today. Dr Ramon Lewis of La Trobe University examined the relationship between
Australian students' responsibility in classrooms and their teachers' discipline
strategies.
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The mental health and wellbeing of young people in Australia
Dr Michael Sawyer, a leading authority on adolescent mental health warned delegates at an Adelaide conference today that a combination of falling birth rates and increasing rates of adolescent mental health problems has the potential to adversely affect Australia's growth and development.
21 October 2004
LSAY Easy reference guide - what do we know about the experiences
of Australian youth?
A new resource will enable easier access to information about the experiences of Australian youth as they move through secondary school, into further education or training, and into the labour market and adult life. An Easy Reference Guide to Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth Research Reports, 1996-2003, by Robyn Penman, thematically summarises the 36 research reports published during those years.
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22 July 2004
ACER signs multi million dollar UAE test development contract
ACER has signed a multi million dollar deal to develop aptitude testing for higher education selection in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A Memorandum of Understanding between ACER and the UAE Ministry of Education and Youth was officially signed in Dubai earlier this month.
16 July 2004
Meeting the challenge of assessing behavioural problems
Assessment of behavioural, social and emotional problems faces several challenges, according to Professor Thomas Achenbach, from the University of Vermont, USA.
Professor Achenbach is a keynote speaker at the International Test Users' Conference 2004 hosted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in Melbourne. He is the author of the Child Behaviour Checklist.
15 July 2004
Methods of identifying behavioural problems are past their 'use-by-date'
Traditional checklists and rating instruments used to assist in the diagnosis of children and adolescents with behavioural problems - particularly inattentive behaviours - have long since passed their 'use-by-date,' according to Drs Ken and Kathy Rowe. They will speak next week at the International Test Users' Conference in Melbourne.
14 July 2004
Viewing organisations through the lens of type
Applying the lens of type to an organisation can help us to understand behaviour at work - both in terms of what we do as well as in terms of how we do those things according to visiting US academic Dr Katherine Hirsch.
Dr Hirsch will be in Melbourne next week to address the International Test Users' Conference hosted by the Australian Council for Educational Research.
12 July 2004
Is Emotional Intelligence related to cognitive intelligence and
behaviour?
World leaders in the assessment of intelligence, emotions and behaviour gather in Melbourne next week to consider issues in assessing the whole person across the lifespan. They will join around 170 delegates including participants from the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand taking part in the International Test Users' Conference 2004 hosted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).
1 July 2004
Students and employers endorse Graduate Skills Assessment
The Graduate Skills Assessment is a valuable addition to the personal employment portfolio of university graduates and has become popular with both students and employers, Australian Council for Educational Research CEO Professor Geoff Masters said today.
21 April 2004
Supporting Indigenous students' English literacy and numeracy learning
Indigenous Australian children begin school with similar levels of literacy and numeracy to their non-Indigenous classmates but fall behind as they move through the early years, new research shows. A longitudinaA report detailing the findings of the first two years of the study will be released on the 21st April 2004. l study conducted by ACER has been monitoring the growth in English literacy and numeracy achievement of a group of 152 Indigenous students in 13 schools through the early years of primary school.
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10 March 2004
Premier Bracks opens ACER Dubai office
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks opened the Dubai branch office of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) today in Dubai's Knowledge Village. Noel Campbell, Ambassador of Australia to the UAE and Qatar was also in attendance. Dubai is ACER's first overseas office. Its objective is to establish ACER as the leading provider of educational research and assessment services in the Middle East region.
18 February 2004
New effort needed to improve Indigenous education
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) today called for the establishment of a new and rigorous national research agenda into ways of improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students. The call coincides with the release of a review of Indigenous education research and policy which argues that, despite good intentions and considerable funding in recent years, educational outcomes for Indigenous students remain well behind those of non-Indigenous students.
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4 February 2004
Go back to school with your kids with a new online assessment
program
In a first for Australia, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has launched its latest initiative in online assessment with iAchieve at home , an educational support activity for children and parents at home.