A new study looks at how students’ capacity to handle adversity relates to their ability to manage changes at school.
- Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW
A new study suggests ‘effective teaching’ in Year 9 may play an important role in supporting students to stay on and finish Year 12.
Every day in class, students are encouraged to ‘visualise’, ‘imagine’ or ‘picture’ concepts in their minds. Some find this impossible.
There are 3 key things high schools can do right from the start to support students to stay until Year 12.
To protect against the ups and downs of student life, focus on the things you can control and set clear goals.
With the benefit of a bit more free time, some students might be wondering if they made the right decision when they chose their courses.
The study looked at students’ levels of confidence and anxiety, while monitoring their brain waves and sweat glands while they did a test.
A new international study confirms boys have more ‘academic buoyancy’ or resilience when it comes to common setbacks, such as a poor test result or heavy workloads.
New research shows early offers do not make a significant difference to how hard a student tries in their final exams or their results.
Our research shows teaching support is significantly linked with students’ motivation during adolescence. And this link strengthens as they get older.
In our new research we looked at what impact breakfast has on students’ motivation to learn and their academic achievement.
Research shows students who are confident about their ability to succeed tend to be more academically successful. A new Australian study shows how to boost student confidence.
The ATAR does not determine where students end up as much as it shapes where they start and the way they get there.
Our study – based on a survey of more than 70,000 NSW high school students – looked at what impacts upon their ‘academic buoyancy’.
A study of Australian students affected by COVID restrictions found the more adaptable ones had more confidence about online learning and made greater progress. So how can this skill be taught?
We conducted a study to see if students who set goals to try to improve on their past efforts were more engaged in school. We found the strategy was particularly helpful to disadvantaged students.
Students in year 12, as well as those who need foundational skills right before starting school, are among those the NSW government should prioritise during the staggered return to school.
Research has shown if students are not given problem-solving opportunities after they have learnt the basics, their learning can decline.
Ekspektasi yang diberikan guru kepada siswanya penting untuk menjaga motivasi dan meningkatkan potensi akademik. Meski demikian, ekspektasi yang berlebihan dapat berakibat buruk bagi sebagian siswa.
Study shows how to help students achieve their full potential.
When teachers are more adaptable, they’re better able to respond to the changing nature of teaching, and navigate a complex workplace.
There are four key styles to parenting high school students, and parents will likely need to move between two of them as their children grow up.
As retirement looms for elite sportspeople, there is a need to prepare for the transition to post-sport life. But there are also important things to consider for transition long before this.
There are lots of ways teachers greatly influence children’s outcomes, including improving motivation and resilience.
Amid debates about teacher quality and training, and with the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group soon to report on teacher education, we asked a panel of experts just what makes a good teacher…
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