Articles (Refereed)

Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in student achievement : the role of home and school factors (with Gary Marks and John Cresswell), Educational Research and Evaluation (2006)
 

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The influence of IT : perspectives from five Australian schools (with D Banks and M Fleming), Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (2002)
 

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School governance : research on educational and management issues (with Phil McKenzie), International Education Journal (2000)
 

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Generic interests and school subject choice (with Gerald R. Elsworth, Adrian Beavis, and Sergio Fabris), Educational Research and Evaluation (1999)
 

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Student participation in mathematics courses in Australian secondary schools (with Peter Daly), Irish Journal of Education (1999)
 
School effectiveness : where to from here?, Leading and Managing (1995)
 
Beyond the compulsory years : transitions in New South Wales high schools (with M Sheret), Australian Journal of Career Development (1993)
 
Students' views of primary school (with S Bourke), Research Papers in Education (1992)
 
Differences among high schools in their influence on students to stay beyond the minimum leaving age (with J Foreman and Michael Sheret), Journal of Educational Research (1991)
 

Books

Learning to read in the early years of school (with Marianne Fleming) (2000)
 
Progress through high school: a study of senior secondary schooling in New South Wales (with Michael Sheret and New South Wales. Dept of School Education) (1992)
 

Contributions to Books

National policies and practices on ICT in education : Australia, Cross-national information and communication technology : policies and practices in education (2009)
 
Students in a digital age : some implications of ICT for teaching and learning (with Dara Searle), International handbook on information technology in primary and secondary education (2009)
 
Technology and learning : access in schools around the world (with R Anderson), International Encyclopedia of Education (2009)
 
Evaluating literacy advance in the early years of school, Research methods in the social sciences (2004)
 
Australian national policies and practices on ICT in education (with A Allan), National policies and practices on ICT in education (2003)
 
Participation in science courses in the final year of high school in Australia : the influences of single-sex and coeducational schools (with Peter Daly), Gender in policy and practice : perspectives on single-sex and coeducational schooling (2002)
 

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Educational Systems: Australia, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2001)
 
Non attendance at school (with Michelle Lonsdale), Research reports for the Prime Minister's Youth Pathways Action Plan Taskforce, Appendix B (2001)
 

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Mapping educational research and its impact on Australian schools (with Allyson Holbrook, Sid Bourke, John Owen, Phil McKenzie, Sebastian Misson, and Trevor Johnson), The impact of educational research (2000)
 

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The influence of school factors (with Phil McKenzie), Australia's young adults : the deepening divide (1999)
 
Assessment in primary schools, The primary school in changing times : the Australian experience (1998)
 
Longitudinal research and participation in further education (with Michael Long), The market for vocational education and training (1998)
 
Australia (with Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)), National contexts for mathematics and science education : an encyclopedia of the education systems participating in TIMSS (1997)
 
ACER report 2: curriculum and organisation in Queensland primary schools, Shaping the future : review of the Queensland school curriculum (1994)
 
Participation by disadvantaged young people in postcompulsory education and training (with Phil McKenzie), Young people's participation in post-compulsory education and training (1991)
 
School laboratory work, The science curriculum and the student laboratory (1990)
 

Articles

Improving science learning, Lab Talk (2007)
 

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Improving Science Learning, Research Developments (2006)
 

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Year 12 subjects and further study, LSAY Briefing (2005)
 

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Measuring Australian Students' ICT Literacy, Research Developments (2005)
 
Aussies schools are not so 'undemocratic' (with Adrian Beavis, Gary Marks, and Ken Rowe), Educare News (2003)
 

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Participation in science courses in senior secondary school, Research in Science & Technological Education (1993)
 

Conference Papers and Presentations

Differences in science teaching and learning across Australian states, Second IEA International Research Conference : proceedings of the IRC-2006: volume 1 : Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (2007)
 
Purposeful task design and the emergence of transparency (with L Bills and K Wilson), 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2005)
 
Spreadsheets, pedagogic strategies and the evolution of meaning for variable (with Kirsty Wilson and Liz Bills), 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2005)
 
The dolls' house classroom (with D Pratt), 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2005)
 

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Individual and School Influences on Interdependence, ACER Research Conference (2004)
 

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Information And Communication Technologies in Classrooms : Perspectives from an International Study (with Diana Banks and Marianne Fleming), ACER Research Conference (2002)
 

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Mapping educational research and exploring research impact: a holistic, multi-method approach (with Allyson Holbrook, Sid Bourke, John M. Owen, and Phil McKenzie), American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (2000)
 

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School achievement and labour market outcomes (with Gary Marks), Paper presented to the Centre for Economic Research, ANU Conference, Labour Market Trends and Family Policies : Implications for Children, 14-15 July 1999 (1999)
 

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Changes in mathematics achievement over the high school years, Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (1994)
 

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Combining quantitative and qualitative data in a study of progress through high school (with Michael Sheret), Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)/New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Joint Conference, Deakin University Geelong 22-26 November 1992 (1992)
 

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Favourable attitudes towards school and students' perceptions of curriculum choice (with M Sheret and L Fink), Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference (1990)
 

Reports

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Reporting and Comparing School Performances (with Geoff N. Masters, Glenn Rowley, and Siek Toon Khoo), Assessment and Reporting Projects (2008)
 

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Participation in Science, Mathematics and Technology in Australian Education (with Julie Kos and Marina Nicholas), ACER Research Monographs (2008)
 

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International civic and citizenship education study : assessment framework (with Wolfram Schulz, Julian Fraillon, Bruno Losito, and David Kerr) (2008)
 

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Schooling and youth participation in education and society (with Phil McKenzie), Centre for the Economics of Education & Training (CEET) (2007)
 

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In the balance : the future of Australia's primary schools (with Max Angus and Harriet Olney) (2007)
 

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National assessment program : ICT literacy years 6 & 10 report 2005 (with Julian Fraillon; Chris Freeman; and Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia) (MCEETYA)), National Sample Assessment of ICT Literacy (2007)
 
Postgraduate research experience 2006 : the report of the postgraduate research experience questionnaire (with Hamish Coates, B Guthrie, and T Friedman), Dr. Hamish Coates (2007)
 

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VET experiences: What the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth tell us (with David D. Curtis, Sheldon Rothman, and Phil McKenzie), Centre for the Economics of Education & Training (CEET) (2006)
 
Graduate course experience 2005 : the report of the course experience questionnaire (with Hamish Coates, T Johnston, and B Guthrie), Dr. Hamish Coates (2006)
 
Graduate course experience 2006 : the report of the course experience questionnaire (with Hamish Coates, T Johnston, and B Guthrie), Dr. Hamish Coates (2006)
 

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National assessment program : civics and citizenship years 6 and 10 report 2004 (with Suzanne Mellor, Julian Fraillon, and Nicole Wernert) (2006)
 

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Participation in and progress through new apprenticeships (with Matthew Corrigan), LSAY Research Reports (2005)
 

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Attitudes, intentions and participation (with Siek Toon Khoo), LSAY Research Reports (2005)
 
Course Experience Questionnaire 2004 (with Gradaute Careers Council of Australia) (2005)
 
Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire 2004 (with Graduate Careers Council of Australia) (2005)
 
Five years on : literacy advance in the primary years (with Marianne Fleming) (2004)
 

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Patterns of participation in year 12 (with Sue Fullarton, Maurice Walker, and Kylie Hillman), LSAY Research Reports (2003)
 

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Lessons from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (with Sue Thomson, Jan Lokan, and Lamb Stephen), TIMSS Australia Monograph Series (2003)
 

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Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (with A Sanson, J Nicholson, J Ungerer, S Zubrick, K Wilson, D Berthelsen, D Broom, L Harrison, B Rodgers, M Sawyer, S Silburn, L Strazdins, G Vimpani, M Wake, and M Bittman) (2002)
 
Postgraduate research experience questionnaire 2000 (with Adrian Beavis, Gerald Elsworth, and B Guthrie), Adrian Beavis (2002)
 
Three years on : literacy advance in the early and middle primary years (with Marianne Fleming, Margaret McGregor, Catholic Education Commission of Victoria (CECV), and University of Melbourne. Centre for Applied Educational Research) (2002)
 

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Subject choice by students in year 12 in Australian secondary schools (with Sue Fullarton), LSAY Research Reports (2000)
 

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Mapping educational research and its impact on Australian schools (with A Holbrook, S Bourke, J Owen, P McKenzie, S Misson, and T Johnson) (2000)
 
Schools and the social development of young Australians (with Margaret Batten, Cherry Collins, and Graeme Withers) (1998)
 

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School-industry programs national survey 1996 (with Marianne Fleming) (1997)
 
Gender and school education (with Cherry Collins; Margaret Batten; John Getty; Australia. Dept of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA); and Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (Australia) (MCEETYA)) (1996)