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Research Summaries

Below are some summaries of education-related research sorted into various conceptual areas. New research summaries will be added over time.

Conceptual Areas

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Achievement

• Relationships among perceived competence, intrinsic value and mastery goal orientation in English and Maths new window 111k
• Boys and motivation new window 63k

Adolescents

• Mentoring for delinquent children: An outcome study with young adolescent children new window 121k
• Mentoring for high ability high school students new window 120k
• Seniors offering a support program for students, families, and teachers new window 125k
• Relationships among perceived competence, intrinsic value and mastery goal orientation in English and Maths new window 111k
• Beyond the myth of the 'Cyberkid': Young people at the margins of the information revolution new window 61k
• Online discourse in a teen chat room: New codes and new modes of coherence in a visual medium new window 561k
• Zining: The unsanctioned literacy practice of adolescents new window 62k
• Children online: Learning in a virtual community of practice new window 108k

At-risk children

• Music education and mentoring as intervention for at-risk urban adolescents: Their self-perceptions, opinions and attitudes new window 39k

Attitudes

• Music education and mentoring as intervention for at-risk urban adolescents: Their self-perceptions, opinions and attitudes new window 39k
• Facing the future: A focus on mathematical literacy among Australian 15-year-old students in PISA 2003 new window 42k

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B

Behaviour Management

• Mentoring for delinquent children: An outcome study with young adolescent children new window 121k
• Whole-school positive behavior support effects on student discipline problems and academic performance new window 123k

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C

Comparative education

• Facing the future: A focus on mathematical literacy among Australian 15-year-old students in PISA 2003 new window 42k

Critical Literacy

• Critical literacy for whom? new window 119k
• Zining: The unsanctioned literacy practice of adolescents new window 62k

Critical Social Theory

• Critical literacy for whom? new window 119k

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E

Early Intervention

• Lessons from the technology of skill formation new window 118k
• The effects of an early reading curriculum on language and literacy development of Head Start children new window 120k

Early Years

• Lessons from the technology of skill formation new window 118k
• The effects of an early reading curriculum on language and literacy development of Head Start children new window 120k
• The cultural construction of family involvement in early childhood education: Some Indigenous Australian perspectives new window 71k
• Observing the self-selection of an emerging literacy learner new window 107k
• The contribution of classroom setting and quality of instruction to children's behavior in kindergarten classrooms new window 63k

Educational change

• Whole-school approaches to sustainability: An international review of whole-school sustainability programs new window 69k

Environmental education

• Whole-school approaches to sustainability: An international review of whole-school sustainability programs new window 69k

Equity

• Facing the future: A focus on mathematical literacy among Australian 15-year-old students in PISA 2003 new window 42k

Evaluation

• Mentoring for high ability high school students new window 120k
• Lessons from the technology of skill formation new window 118k

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G

Gender

• Tech-savviness meets multiliteracies: Exploring adolescent girls' technology-mediated literacy practices new window 109k
• Pedagogic discourses, learning and gender differentiation new window 124k
• Under the microscope: A decade of gender equity projects in the sciences new window 69k
• Zining: The unsanctioned literacy practice of adolescents new window 62k
• Boys and motivation new window 63k

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H

Home

• Beyond the myth of the 'Cyberkid': Young people at the margins of the information revolution new window 61k

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I

Identity

• Critical literacy for whom? new window 119k
• Tech-savviness meets multiliteracies: Exploring adolescent girls' technology-mediated literacy practices new window 109k
• Children online: Learning in a virtual community of practice new window 108k

Indigenous education

• The cultural construction of family involvement in early childhood education: Some Indigenous Australian perspectives new window 71k

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L

Learning/learning communities

• Children online: Learning in a virtual community of practice new window 108k

Literacy

• Observing the self-selection of an emerging literacy learner new window 107k
• The effects of an early reading curriculum on language and literacy development of Head Start children new window 120k
• A principal's perspective on multiliteracies in an Australian show community: Implications for learning as rural engagement new window 63k
• Online discourse in a teen chat room: New codes and new modes of coherence in a visual medium new window 561k
• Zining: The unsanctioned literacy practice of adolescents new window 62k
• First steps towards a full and flexible literacy: Case studies of the Four Resources Model new window 106k
• Interactive whole class teaching in the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies new window 65k

• Relationships among perceived competence, intrinsic value and mastery goal orientation in English and Maths new window 111k
• Under the microscope: A decade of gender equity projects in the sciences new window 69k
• Teachers' tolerance for discomfort: Implications for curricular reform in mathematics new window 111k
• Clever teachers, clever sciences. Preparing teachers for the challenge of teaching science, mathematics and technology in 21st century Australia new window 68k
• Seeing the complexity of standing to the side: Instructional dialogues new window 58k

Mathematical literacy

• Facing the future: A focus on mathematical literacy among Australian 15-year-old students in PISA 2003 new window 42k

Mentoring

• Increasing self-esteem and school connectedness through a multi-dimensional mentoring program new window 120k
• Mentoring for delinquent children: An outcome study with young adolescent children new window 121k
• Mentoring for high ability high school students new window 120k
• Seniors offering a support program for students, families, and teachers new window 125k
• Teaching by proxy: Understanding how mentors are positioned in relationships new window 167k
• Music education and mentoring as intervention for at-risk urban adolescents: Their self-perceptions, opinions and attitudes new window 39k

Middle Years

• Mentoring for delinquent children: An outcome study with young adolescent children new window 121k
• First steps towards a full and flexible literacy: Case studies of the Four Resources Model new window 106k

Mobile Phones

• Schooling the mobile generation: The future for schools in the mobile-networked society new window 273k

Motivation

• Relationships among perceived competence, intrinsic value and mastery goal orientation in English and Maths new window 111k
• Boys and motivation new window 63k

Multiliteracies

• Tech-savviness meets multiliteracies: Exploring adolescent girls' technology-mediated literacy practices new window 109k
• Beyond the myth of the 'Cyberkid': Young people at the margins of the information revolution new window 61k
• A principal's perspective on multiliteracies in an Australian show community: Implications for learning as rural engagement new window 63k
• Online discourse in a teen chat room: New codes and new modes of coherence in a visual medium new window 561k
• Zining: The unsanctioned literacy practice of adolescents new window 62k
• Taking up online opportunities: Children's uses of the internet for education, communication and participation new window 405k

Music

• Music education and mentoring as intervention for at-risk urban adolescents: Their self-perceptions, opinions and attitudes new window 39k

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N

New Technologies

• Schooling the mobile generation: The future for schools in the mobile-networked society new window 273k
• Tech-savviness meets multiliteracies: Exploring adolescent girls' technology-mediated literacy practices new window 109k
• Beyond the myth of the 'Cyberkid': Young people at the margins of the information revolution new window 61k
• Online discourse in a teen chat room: New codes and new modes of coherence in a visual medium new window 561k
• Zining: The unsanctioned literacy practice of adolescents new window 62k
• Taking up online opportunities: Children's uses of the internet for education, communication and participation new window 405k
• Children online: Learning in a virtual community of practice new window 108k

Numeracy

• Seniors offering a support program for students, families, and teachers new window 125k
• The cultural construction of family involvement in early childhood education: Some Indigenous Australian perspectives new window 71k

Pedagogy

• Relationships among perceived competence, intrinsic value and mastery goal orientation in English and Maths new window 111k
• Pedagogic discourses, learning and gender differentiation new window 124k
• Teaching by proxy: Understanding how mentors are positioned in relationships new window 167k
• The effect of using a woodland community analogy to teach about energy transfer in a cave community new window 63k
• Teachers' tolerance for discomfort: Implications for curricular reform in mathematics new window 111k
• Seeing the complexity of standing to the side: Instructional dialogues new window 58k
• The contribution of classroom setting and quality of instruction to children's behavior in kindergarten classrooms new window 63k
• Interactive whole class teaching in the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies new window 65k

Post-Structural Theory

• Critical literacy for whom? new window 119k

Power

• Schooling the mobile generation: The future for schools in the mobile-networked society new window 273k
• The cultural construction of family involvement in early childhood education: Some Indigenous Australian perspectives new window 71k
• Children online: Learning in a virtual community of practice new window 108k

Problem solving

• Facing the future: A focus on mathematical literacy among Australian 15-year-old students in PISA 2003 new window 42k

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R

Reading literacy

• Facing the future: A focus on mathematical literacy among Australian 15-year-old students in PISA 2003 new window 42k

Research

• Under the microscope: A decade of gender equity projects in the sciences new window 69k

Reflective practice

• Pedagogic discourses, learning and gender differentiation new window 124k
• The effect of using a woodland community analogy to teach about energy transfer in a cave community new window 63k
• Teachers' tolerance for discomfort: Implications for curricular reform in mathematics new window 111k
• Interactive whole class teaching in the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies new window 65k

Rural education

• A principal's perspective on multiliteracies in an Australian show community: Implications for learning as rural engagement new window 63k

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S

School-community relations

• The cultural construction of family involvement in early childhood education: Some Indigenous Australian perspectives new window 71k
• A principal's perspective on multiliteracies in an Australian show community: Implications for learning as rural engagement new window 63k

School Improvement

• Mentoring for high ability high school students new window 120k

Science

• Under the microscope: A decade of gender equity projects in the sciences new window 69k
• The effect of using a woodland community analogy to teach about energy transfer in a cave community new window 63k
• Clever teachers, clever sciences. Preparing teachers for the challenge of teaching science, mathematics and technology in 21st century Australia new window 68k

Scientific literacy

• Facing the future: A focus on mathematical literacy among Australian 15-year-old students in PISA 2003 new window 42k

Self Esteem/perception

• Increasing self-esteem and school connectedness through a multi-dimensional mentoring program new window 120k
• Relationships among perceived competence, intrinsic value and mastery goal orientation in English and Maths new window 111k
• Teachers' tolerance for discomfort: Implications for curricular reform in mathematics new window 111k
• Music education and mentoring as intervention for at-risk urban adolescents: Their self-perceptions, opinions and attitudes new window 39k

Social skills

• Social skills instruction for students with high-incidence disabilities: A school-based intervention to address acquisition deficits new window 63k

Students At Risk

• Increasing self-esteem and school connectedness through a multi-dimensional mentoring program new window 120k
• Mentoring for delinquent children: An outcome study with young adolescent children new window 121k
• Seniors offering a support program for students, families, and teachers new window 125k

Students with disabilities

• Social skills instruction for students with high-incidence disabilities: A school-based intervention to address acquisition deficits new window 63k

Sustainable schools

• Whole-school approaches to sustainability: An international review of whole-school sustainability programs new window 69k

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T

Teacher education/development

• Teaching by proxy: Understanding how mentors are positioned in relationships new window 167k
• Teachers' tolerance for discomfort: Implications for curricular reform in mathematics new window 111k
• Clever teachers, clever sciences. Preparing teachers for the challenge of teaching science, mathematics and technology in 21st century Australia new window 68k

Technology

• Under the microscope: A decade of gender equity projects in the sciences new window 69k
• Clever teachers, clever sciences. Preparing teachers for the challenge of teaching science, mathematics and technology in 21st century Australia new window 68k

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W

Whole-school approaches/change

• Whole-school approaches to sustainability: An international review of whole-school sustainability programs new window 69k
• Whole-school positive behavior support effects on student discipline problems and academic performance new window 123k

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Y

Youth Culture

• Critical literacy for whom? new window 119k
• Schooling the mobile generation: The future for schools in the mobile-networked society new window 273k
• Tech-savviness meets multiliteracies: Exploring adolescent girls' technology-mediated literacy practices new window 109k
• Beyond the myth of the 'Cyberkid': Young people at the margins of the information revolution new window 61k
• Online discourse in a teen chat room: New codes and new modes of coherence in a visual medium new window 561k

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