Summaries & explainers | Australian Education Research Organisation

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Positive teacher–student relationships: Their role in classroom management

This explainer describes how creating connections with students over time can help develop trust and positive relationships to support learning.

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Knowledge is central to learning

This explainer provides an introduction to the role of knowledge in learning, implications for effective teaching, and describes how building background knowledge facilitates higher-order thinking and learning outcomes.

Explicit instruction optimises learning

This explainer provides an introduction to explicit instruction, with a focus on explaining how it contributes to positive outcomes for students’ learning achievement and dispositions.

Managing cognitive load optimises learning

This explainer gives a brief introduction to cognitive load, focusing on ways to manage it for effective and efficient learning.

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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.

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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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Transitions between school and outside school hours care

This evidence summary supports the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)'s practice guide for transitions between school and OSHC. It describes the evidence base behind the guides and synthesises insights from available research.

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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 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.

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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Creating AERO's family engagement practice guides: Methodology and annotated reading list

This methodology and annotated reading list describe the process AERO used to synthesise available research to develop our family engagement practice guides.