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Indigenous, female, migrant and low-SES students are the most anxious about their schoolwork, according to a new look at PISA data.
For the first time, equal proportions of male and female winners have been revealed in the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge.
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Early findings from a study of a professional learning and mentoring program in Timor-Leste are showing positive results. Jennie Chainey reports.
An ACER study reveals how an animated TV series supports Indigenous children’s transition to school by improving pedagogical approaches and bolstering pride and identity in Indigenous children.
Darren Matthews reports on the development and piloting of an assessment of university support services for regional, rural and remote students on transition to university.
Dan Cloney reports on an evaluation of literacy programs being delivered to vulnerable children in Papua New Guinea.
A program designed to help children with autism express and manage their emotions has been honoured by Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect).
The ACER Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Australian Council for Educational Research, has helped support schooling in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
A research paper about Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) co-authored by ACER Deputy CEO Ralph Saubern has received a prestigious award at the 2019 Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE) conference in Las Vegas.
This story in EducationHQ by ACER's Dr Anne-Marie Chase looks at how to capture hard-to-quantify skills.
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