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Practice guide
Punctuation: What’s the point?
This practice guide complements AERO’s simple, compound and complex sentence practice guides. It provides an overview of essential punctuation for writing in schools.
Practice guide
Writing in subject English: Simple, compound and complex sentences in student writing
This practice guide was developed for secondary English teachers, and is one in a series of 3 focusing on types of sentences in English, Science, and Health and Physical Education writing.
Practice guide
Writing in Science: Simple, compound and complex sentences in student writing
This practice guide was developed for secondary Science teachers, and is one in a series of 3 focusing on types of sentences in English, Science, and Health and Physical Education writing.
Practice guide
Writing in Health and Physical Education: Simple, compound and complex sentences in student writing
This practice guide was developed for secondary Health and Physical Education teachers, and is one in a series of 3 focusing on types of sentences in English, Science, and Health and Physical Education writing.
Practice resource
Australian Early Development Census Language and Cognitive Skillmap
This tool shows how the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) Language and Cognitive skill domain items align to both the Australian Curriculum (English and Maths) and the National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions (NLNLP).
Research summary
Skills for future literacy and numeracy learning: Research summary
This document summarises key findings and recommendations from an analysis of Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) data conducted by AERO in 2022.
Research report
Which skills are important for future literacy and numeracy?
This report details how children's learning and development progresses in the early years of school, using findings from national linked data from the Australian Early Development Census and National Assessment Program.
Practice resource
Language and communication: Trajectory
This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory looks at children’s progress in language and communication to help teachers and educators plan the next steps in their learning and development.
Article
Why AERO is working to support a whole-school approach to writing
Christine Jackson and Annie Fisher discuss the need to support teachers to teach writing in all subject areas.
Research report
Supporting students significantly behind in literacy and numeracy
This review aimed to identify gaps in knowledge about supporting students behind their peers in Years 7 and 9.
Research summary
Supporting secondary students lacking foundational literacy and numeracy skills
This research summary presents the key findings from 2 reports on better supporting students who enter secondary school with gaps in their foundational literacy and numeracy skills.
Practice guide
Complex sentences
This practice guide helps teachers explain complex sentences, enabling students to produce more sophisticated writing. It's the third and final in a series of guides designed to help teachers explain and demonstrate the fundamentals of writing to their students.