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The Research Files Episode 37: Dr Sue Thomson discusses PIRLS 2016
No full textResults from the latest cycle of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) show the literacy achievement of Year 4 students in Australia has improved. However, there are significant achievement gaps by gender, Indigenous status, socioeconomic status and school location. ACER Deputy CEO (Research) Dr Sue Thomson, joins Teacher to discuss the results further
Dorothy Sue Cobble Interview
No full textJennifer Thomson, assistant professor of History at Bucknell University, interviews Dorothy Sue Cobble, professor at Rutgers University in the departments of Labor Studies and Employee Relations and the department of History. Thomson and Cobble discuss the feminism movements in the United States and the intersection of women\u27s movements with labor and class movements. Cobble discusses grassroots activism, movements for equal rights and equal pay, and the changing objectives of feminists. Thomson and Cobble conclude by discussing contemporary issues and the historical precedent of affecting change at the state level
Declining PISA outcomes : time to stop the slide
No full textSue Thomson discusses the implications of Australia\u27s results from the latest international assessment of mathematics, science and reading
Aussie students equal fifth in financial literacy
No full textSue Thomson reports on the achievement of Australia’s 15-year-olds in the latest PISA financial literacy assessment
Low student performance – and what to do about it
No full textA new OECD report confirms ACER analysis of students’ low performance in PISA. Sue Thomson explains why multiple approaches are required to address the issue
Giving students a lesson in fake news
No full textACER Deputy CEO Dr Sue Thomson says COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of developing strong literacy skills in order to evaluate information online
Australian education at the crossroad
No full textSue Thomson reports on the declining science, reading and mathematics skills of Australian 15-year-olds, and what it will take to reverse that decline
Australian problem-solving skills in context
No full textSue Thomson reports on the findings of an international assessment of problem-solving skills that shows Australian teens persist at thinking it through
Australian teens show financial nous: PISA
No full textAustralian students rank in the top five in the world’s first international assessment of young people’s financial literacy, according to the latest PISA report by Sue Thomson
What makes a student academically resilient in the face of disadvantage?
No full textDr Sue Thomson, ACER Deputy CEO (Research), looks at what we can learn from academically resilient students who participated in PISA, as featured in a new ACER report
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