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Transitions to school for children with disability or developmental delay: Research summary
This evidence summary supports AERO’s practice guide for transitions to school for children with disability or developmental delay.
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Evidence use and evidence-based practices in early childhood education and care
This research collects information from educators, teachers and leaders working in ECEC about the place research and evidence has in their professional practice.
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Supporting secondary students lacking foundational literacy and numeracy skills
This 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.
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Introduction to the science of reading
Understanding the cognitive science behind how students learn to read and the research on effective instruction makes it easier for educators to align policy and classroom teaching with evidence.
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Evidence use in schools national snapshot: Summary of findings
Summary of AERO's national snapshot providing a baseline of how evidence is used by teachers and leaders across Australian schools.
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Writing development: NAPLAN data analysis summary
This is a summary of findings from AERO’s 2022 analysis of student writing data – the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia.
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Evidence use in education policymaking: Key findings
Partnering with Learning First, we investigated issues influencing the effective use of evidence in policy development through a desktop review and interviews with senior policymakers.
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Examining equity in NAPLAN achievement
This research summary explains the methodology for a data analysis of students' backgrounds and their influence on literacy and numeracy achievement.
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Explicit instruction
Explicit instruction breaks down what students need to learn into smaller learning outcomes and models each step. It allows students to process new information more effectively.
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Formative assessment
In formative assessment, you gather and interpret information about student learning as it is happening in your classroom. It helps you to adapt your teaching to meet student needs.
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Mastery learning
Mastery learning is a way of designing units of work so that each set of tasks focuses on a particular learning objective and students must master a task to move onto the next one.
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Spacing and retrieval
Spacing and retrieval involves separating learning over multiple lessons and providing opportunities for students to recall what they have learned. This helps to commit learning to long-term memory.