Research

Involving a national sample of government, Catholic and independent schools, the key objectives of this 2-year Project of National Importance are to: (1) identify, implement and evaluate a range of school-based, ‘third wave’ intervention programmes and strategies to improve the literacy and numeracy learning of students with learning difficulties; (2) report the findings in such a way that they are accessible and useful to classroom teachers and other educators as a source of information about effective ‘third wave’ intervention; (3) investigate how teachers can develop professional partnerships with key specialists and researchers to support the literacy and numeracy learning of students with learning difficulties; (4) develop, implement and evaluate professional development programmes in the area of literacy and numeracy intervention for students with learning; and (5) develop sample professional development resources and effective delivery strategies suitable for a range of contexts (e.g., metropolitan, regional and remote) that could be taken up by schools and systems.