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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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McNaught, Keith; Hoyne, Gerard – Issues in Educational Research, 2013
In response to staff concerns about literacy and numeracy standards of commencing students, the School of Health Sciences at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) Fremantle campus worked with academic support staff from the University's Academic Enabling and Support Centre (AESC) to develop a Post Entrance Numeracy Assessment (PENA).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Sciences, Student Evaluation, Numeracy
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Berlach, Richard G.; McNaught, Keith – Issues in Educational Research, 2007
Outcomes based education (OBE), which emphasises a radical reinterpretation of the enterprise of education, is a phenomenon enveloping the Australian compulsory education sector. This paper examines the theoretical tenets of OBE as articulated by its chief exponent, William Spady. It then explores the effects that OBE implementation is having on…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum