Identifying and Analysing Processes in NSW Public Schooling Producing Outstanding Educational Outcomes in Mathematics

Title
Identifying and Analysing Processes in NSW Public Schooling Producing Outstanding Educational Outcomes in Mathematics
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Pegg, John Edward
Panizzon, Debra Lee
Lynch, Trevor
Editor
Editor(s): Jane Watson and Kim Beswick
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Place of publication
Adelaide, Australia
UNE publication id
une:11084
Abstract
This paper reports on a project that identified and explored the factors leading to outstanding mathematics outcomes in junior secondary public education in NSW for students across the ability spectrum. Once a sample of mathematics faculties was identified by drawing upon the extensive quantitative and qualitative data-bases within the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET), seven intensive case studies were conducted to identify faculty-level factors. Seven common themes are reported and these are the strong sense of team, staff qualifications and experience, teaching style, time on task, assessment practices, expectations of students, and teachers caring for students.
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Citation
Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, v.2, p. 611-620
ISBN
9781920846145
Start page
611
End page
620

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