Engagement with video games can potentially advance student digital competence
however, there is a digital skills gap by the time young people progress into adolescence …

This study of first year high-school students in South Australia focussed on the effectiveness
of using an innovative project-based mathematics strategy to improve the classroom …

Australia's education system reflects its history of federalism. State and territory governments
are responsible for administering education within their jurisdiction and across the sector …

The NAPLAN Review has been commissioned to determine what the objectives of national
standardised assessment should be, to advise on how well the National Assessment …

Background While the relationship between school socioeconomic composition and student
academic outcomes is well established, knowledge about differential effects is not extensive …

With an increased level of interest in promoting science, technology, engineering, and maths
(STEM) careers, there are many ways in which drone and geospatial technology can be …

STEM education is relatively new in the Australasian education landscape but is beginning
to forge a place in school curricula. Driving the attention to STEM education are calls for the …

The limited research into leading STEM education in rural schools internationally tends to
adopt a deficit view, with a focus on the poor achievement and aspirations of rural students …

There has been a strong narrative in Australia of falling attainment in high school science,
with much of the campaign informed by results from international standardised tests such as …

A whole school (K-12) Reading for Pleasure program was implemented at an independent
girls' school in Sydney, Australia. This paper reports on the results of a teacher survey …