Showing papers by "Australian Catholic University published in 1992"
TL;DR: This paper found that Papua New Guinea bilingual students competent in both their languages scored significantly higher on two different types of mathematical tests compared to collegues who had low competence in their languages, even though the monolingual students attended schools that had many more teaching resources.
Abstract: It is argued that bilingual students should not be categorized as a unidimensional group. Their level of competence in each language is important if academic activity is considered. As an example of this, results from the present study indicate that Papua New Guinea bilingual students competent in both their languages scored significantly higher on two different types of mathematical tests compared to collegues who had low competence in their languages. Further, there was some indication that bilingual students competent in both languages performed better than monolingual students, even though the monolingual students attended schools that had many more teaching resources. Such results were seen as support for the new Papua New Guinea govemment policy of using students' original languages in school. The use of the students' original languages may also open the way for easier access to traditional mathematical concepts in classrooms.
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TL;DR: This article found that students' level of competence in their original tongue and in English, the language of their regular schooling, were significant influences on mathematical performance and that bilingualism should not be taken as a unidimensional entity when carrying out research and when making educational decisions.
Abstract: There has been continuing discussion in the literature as to the effects of bilingualism on cognitive tasks. Much of the research has been carried out with immigrant students in developed countries. This study is set in a developing country and was based on the theoretical work of Cummins. Grade 6 students from five urban Community Schools in Papua New Guinea completed several mathematics and language tests, a survey form eliciting information on home background, and a test of cognitive development. The data supported the thesis that students' level of competence in their original tongue and in English, the language of their regular schooling, were significant influences on mathematical performance. In particular these results supported Cummins's threshold hypothesis. They also support the notion that bilingualism should not be taken as a unidimensional entity, and that allowance should be made for its multidimensional nature when carrying out research and when making educational decisions.
65 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the factors which motivate Australian managers to decide what proportion of their advertising budget should be invested in sponsored events and found that increases in product and brand awareness and market share and the use of sponsored events for client hospitality were two relevant motivating factors.
Abstract: Data drawn from an overall study of sponsorship in Australia are used to investigate the factors which motivate Australian managers to decide what proportion of their advertising budget should be invested in sponsorship. Factor and multiple regression analysis are used to identify two relevant motivating factors. These are increases in product and brand awareness and market share and the use of sponsored events for client hospitality. The results are discussed in relation to those reported in other sponsorship studies.
60 citations
TL;DR: The artificial provision of nutrition and hydration to those with end-stage malignant disease is addressed and it is hypothesized that it is the synthesis of the powerful symbols of food and family that is at the root of behaviour in this area.
42 citations
TL;DR: The authors investigated the quality of responses given under different grouping conditions, at a range of levels of schooling, using alternate wordings, and with varying types of teacher direction, finding that students can respond correctly at a variety of levels.
Abstract: An important determinant of the quality of learning in classrooms is the quality of questions teachers ask and the quality of tasks teachers set. This is the report of a four stage investigation into the responses which students give to a particular type of mathematics question. The questions used were open but content specific. The study investigated the quality of responses given under different grouping conditions, at a range of levels of schooling, using alternate wordings, and with varying types of teacher direction. The results indicate that this type of question has potential to be useful in classrooms since students can respond correctly at a variety of levels.
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TL;DR: In the binocular condition neural circuits receiving input from the left eye, and therefore likely to be on the right side of the brain, are specialized for the activation of copulation, which confirms previous findings using chicks treated with testosterone.
10 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the major results of a survey of Australian companies using sponsorship are discussed and various factors relating to the perceived value of the use of sponsorship and the methodology employed in its use are examined.
Abstract: This paper details the major results of a survey of Australian companies using sponsorship. Numerous factors relating to the perceived value of the use of sponsorship and the methodology employed in its use, are examined. The paper concludes that while some Australian companies are sophisticated users of sponsorship, there are still a number of companies which can improve their usage.
9 citations
TL;DR: The authors found out urban Aboriginal children's views of schools and teachers, particularly the things they enjoy and find valuable in their schooling experience and their ideas on what changes they would like to see.
Abstract: The study sets out to find out urban Aboriginal children's views of schools and teachers, particularly the things they enjoy and find valuable in their schooling experience and their ideas on what changes they would like to see. Literature indicates that whilst, on the one hand, Aboriginal parents and communities increasingly “want to help my children do better at school” (de Lacy, 1985, p..282), on the other hand very few succeed, especially once they have entered high school. A study by Goodnow and Burns (1985) has shown that primary school children are very discriminating judges of what helps them learn. Thus finding out what Aboriginal children actually say about their school experience may help educators to interpret their behaviour in the school setting more accurately and consequently to communicate with them more effectively. In the fairly extensive literature on Aboriginal children's education a number of relevant themes recur. One is the importance of personal relationships in Aboriginal children's learning. Affiliation is the basis of traditional Aboriginal relationships with individuality of the person secondary to the close knit family group. This is expressed as concern with affectionate relations in Aboriginal children's interactions with teachers and peers. It relates to what Honeyman (1986) calls traditional Aboriginal society's “humane teaching”, where education was through guidance rather than direct instruction. Another theme is the unpredictability of educational outcomes for Aboriginal students, particularly the nature of the acquisition of English literacy. “It is the most puzzling yet most debilitating characteristic of Aboriginal education to be recognised in recent times.” (Willmot, 1989, p.10) There are contradictory findings on Aboriginal adolescents' attitudes to school. Jordan (1984) in her South Australian study found that Aboriginal students had a “positive view of schooling and school personnel” (p.289).
5 citations
01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: In this paper, 50 primary and 52 secondary teachers were interviewed about their concerns and fears as first-year teachers in Catholic schools and found that the most frequently mentioned fears associated with meeting individual differences were ranked highest followed by content, content, control, motivation, teaching migrants, and communication.
Abstract: Fifty primary and 52 secondary teachers were interviewed about their concerns and fears as first‐year teachers in Catholic schools. Teacher variables of gender and maturity, as well as school variables such as socio‐economic status (SES), non‐English speaking background (NESB), school size and primary/secondary level were examined as sources of difference in expressed concerns and needs. Ranked concerns associated with meeting individual differences were ranked highest followed by ‘Content’, ‘Control’ and ‘Motivation’, ‘Teaching Migrants’, ‘Record Keeping’ and ‘Communication’. Open‐ended responses differed from ranked responses with ‘Efficacy’, ‘Control’ and ‘Content’ the most frequently mentioned fears. In general, no significant differences were found between rankings of concerns for primary/secondary levels or for teacher gender. However SES, NESB and teacher tender were significantly related to concerns for certain subsets of data.
2 citations
01 Apr 1992
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on a small-scale study of management attitudes to training provision and skill shortages in the engineering sector of the SE Hampshire local economy, revealing that despite the pressure of skill shortages and changing markets, many managements remain resistant to the adoption of human resource development techniques as a means of countering these pressures.
Abstract: Introduction This article reports on a small-scale study of management attitudes to training provision and skill shortages in the engineering sector of the SE Hampshire local economy. The study reveals that despite the pressure of skill shortages and changing markets, many managements remain resistant to the adoption of human resource development techniques as a means of countering these pressures. While we are clear that our findings cannot be generalised because of the small sample and its industry-specific nature, they do provide some insights into how the training and development process is operating at ’ground level’ and to what extent available provision is being utilised. Bearing these limitations in mind we suggest that the findings do provide some food for
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that if each gauge is densely differentiable then so is each convex function, and the generic version of this is equivalent to a conjecture which, for Gateaux differentiability and Banach spaces, is the long standing open question of whether X × ℝ is Weak Asplund whenever X is.
Abstract: The differentiability, of a specified strength, of a convex function at a point, is shown to be characterised by the convergence of subdifferentials in the appropriate topology on the dual space. This is used to prove that if each gauge is densely differentiable then so is each convex function. The generic version of this is equivalent to a conjecture which, for Gateaux differentiability and Banach spaces, is the long standing open question of whether X × ℝ is Weak Asplund whenever X is. Some progress is made towards a resolution.
TL;DR: A symposium on ageing research was held at the 7th Australian Developmental Conference in July 1992 as discussed by the authors, with the theme of the symposium being the effect of ageing on cognition.
Abstract: A symposium on ageing research was held at the 7th Australian Developmental Conference in July 1992. The theme of the symposium was the effect of ageing on cognition. Empirical and theoretical papers presented evidence for cognitive decline in late adulthood. However, discussion of the modifiability of cognition tempered the pessimistic view of cognitive ability in old age. Interdisciplinary studies such as the Berlin Aging Study provide hope for the discovery of factors affecting successful ageing by examining the interaction between health, personality, social factors, and cognition.