“Aussie STEM Stars” is an inspiring children’s series that celebrates Australia’s experts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The fifth book in the series is about [...]

Research shows parents have a significant influence on their children’s learning, but some lack the confidence to provide at home support. ‘The Conversation’ asks ACER Senior [...]

ACER’s 2019 TIMSS assessment in ‘Teacher’ online magazine.

The country’s biggest education system wants to make maths compulsory, reversing the long slide in maths enrolments and culminating nearly a decade of maths-teaching reform. Robert Bolton [...]

Leanne McMahon enlists the journalistic/maths educator talents of Vicky Kennard and Cassandra Lowry to review some highlights of the 2020 Mathematics Association of Victoria Virtual Conference. [...]

“The increased result at Year 8 level is highly encouraging and shows the value of AMSI’s work across the sector” Professor (Asha) Rao said. Read more at ‘The Educator’.

Tuesday 08 December 2020 1530AEDT Australian school students elevated into global top-10 for mathematics performance Data released overnight from the latest quadrennial TIMSS testing reveals [...]

High schools are doing better than ever at science…mathematics results mixed. Maaike Wienk commentary in the ‘Financial Review’ [Nine Media paywall access may be required].

Australian high school students have achieved their best-ever results in the latest international maths and science tests, finishing in the world’s top 10 on the back of a significant [...]

“There’s a whole ethos in education departments at state government level, which believes it’s absolutely fine for teachers to teach students even if they don’t have a strong grounding in the [...]