A cognitive education program applicable across many classroom settings was evaluated with 147 Australian students in grades 4 through 7 who were or were not exposed to the Process-Based Instruction (PBI) approach. Results indicate the positive effects of PBI on student achievement and student and teacher attitudes. (SLD)

Studied the conceptions of formal learning held by 22 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from 3 Australian universities, a group with a high attrition rate in tertiary education. Results show that these students view and approach university learning in much the same way as other students, but the strategies these students used did not…

Used a 2-phase, isolated-interacting elements learning approach in 4 experiments involving 22, 25, 18, and 18 vocational education students or apprentices of high-school age in Australia. Results provide powerful evidence that for certain groups of learners, information is better learned through the isolated-interacting elements instructional…

Conducted a phenomenographic analysis of the conceptions of teaching and learning held by 16 secondary school teachers in 2 Australian schools. Identifies four categories derived from pooled data of the ways in which these teachers thought about teaching and learning, their teaching strategies, and their focus on student or content. (SLD)