Western Australian Institute for Educational Research 25th Annual Research Forum at Edith Cowan University, Building 17, Mt Lawley Campus Forum 2010 Program Presentations on Saturday 7 August [Abstracts] [Forum Invitation] [Contents of Proceedings]

The Forum activities are in Building 17. We recommend car parking on the northern side adjacent to the Central Avenue entrance, and near Building 17, as parking in other areas of the campus may be congested by other activities - see ECU Campus Maps (select Mt Lawley). Saturday parking is free.

The program given below is a draft subject to change. We estimate that the allocations of times for presenters will be finalised by about midday 4 August 2010. If you have a pressing need for a particular timing for your presentation, e.g. morning or afternoon, please advise by email to c.mcbeath@bigpond.com before end Tuesday 3 Aug.

9.30-10.00	Registration and Coffee and Muffins in the Foyer of Building 17 [ Refreshments will be available ongoing ]		Foyer
10.00-10.15 Plenary	President's Welcome in Lecture Theatre 17.203		17.203
Time	Session presenters	Title	Room
10.20-10.50 Parallel 1	Tessa Groen	The perceived influence of student accommodation arrangements on the first year experience	17.123
	Krystal Ng and Jade Roberts	An analysis of student perceptions and expectations of their transition into Law School at UWA	17.125
	Elaine Lopes	Schools of Isolated and Distance Education: Background, functions and challenges	17.203
	Tim Pitman	The use of RPL in the Australian higher education sector	17.218
	Karen Murcia	Multimodal representations of science in a primary school interactive whiteboard classroom	17.219
	Elaine Lewis, Catherine Baudains and C. Mansfield	Silos, systems and circles: Case study on the impact of AuSSI-WA at a primary school	17.220
10.55-11.25 Parallel 2	Fiona Nunn	"Taking away the stars": The first year rural student experience at UWA	17.123
	Ciara O'Loughlin	Voice from the law: An analysis of student perceptions of the transition to studying law	17.125
	Jasmine McDonald	Schools of Isolated and Distance Education: A school of last resort for students with an autism spectrum disorder	17.203
	Richard Hewison	Predicting the academic performance of international students within the Australian higher education sector	17.218
	Maureen Michael	Understanding and fostering the effective use of multimodal representations in science learning and teaching	17.219
	Joanne Faulkner and Irene Styles	Developing a measure of phonological awareness in pre-primary students: Extending the performance indicators	17.220
11.30-12.00 Parallel 3	Cybèle McNeil	Other voices: Four female students talk about their first year experience	17.123
	Catherine Bapty	The effectiveness of orientation activities for first year Bachelor of Education combined course students at UWA	17.125
	Michele Toner	University students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and their first year: A theory of developing empowerment	17.203
	Rachael Hains-Wesson	All the world's a stage: The impact of performance skills on students' attitudes towards the learning experience	17.218
	Geoffrey Lowe	Class music and student values: Why students drop out of music programs in lower secondary school	17.219
	Annamaria Paolino	The use of the Orff-Schulwerk approach as a pedagogical tool for the teaching of Italian to upper primary school students	17.220
12.05-12.35 Parallel 4	Bernadette Podesta-Meaney	The mature age student: Pressures of the first year experience	17.123
	Adelle Main	Design students' first year experience in an Australian university	17.125
	Jan Gray	Staying at school: Narratives of resistance and transition	17.203
	Richard Patrick Branson	Using interpretative phenomenological analysis in educational research	17.219
	Sophia Bickford, Nancy Longnecker and Grady Venville	Maximising benefits of field trips and guest speakers in secondary science education	17.220
12.40-1.30	Lunch in Cafeteria
1.35-2.50 Plenary	Presentation of Postgraduate Awards Presentation of WAIER Fellowships Presentation of Early Career Award		Lecture Theatre 17.203
2.55-3.25 Parallel 5	Nichola Burton	Forging ties during transition: First year students and social support	17.123
	Justin A. Manzano	"Like a kid in a candy store": Liberal education, autonomy, and the first year experience	17.125
	Erasmus K. Norviewu-Mortty	Principals' strategies for improving students' academic achievement in rural junior high schools in Ghana	17.203
	Leanne Fried	Regulating emotions in the classroom	17.218
	Patricia Konigsberg and Adriano Truscott	More than words: An investigation into the misunderstanding of Standard Australian English texts	17.219
	Tara Tuchaai	Critical literacy practices and higher order thinking in a Western Australian literature course	17.220
3.30-4.00 Parallel 6	Jonathan Poh	First year international students' perception of language support as a way of coping with studying at an Australian university	17.123
	Virginia Gogan	The Peer Assisted Study Sessions program: Does PASS assist first year students in their transition to university?	17.125
	Laszlo Bubrik	The invisible-visible teacher: Perceptions about relief teachers and relief teaching in secondary schools	17.203
	Susan Beltman, Caroline Mansfield, A. McConney, Anne Price and Lina Pelliccione	Teacher resilience: A systematic review of recent literature	17.218
	Philip Paioff	Building leaders, building communities: Ten things you wanted to know about the role of an Aboriginal Islander EO	17.219
	Lisette Kaleveld and Lisa Alcock	Literacy and numeracy interventions for low achieving students, through the training and deployment of paraprofessionals	17.220
4.05-4.35 Parallel 7	Stefania Giamminuti	Pedagogical documentation in the Reggio Emilia educational project: Values, quality and community in early childhood	17.123
	Kate Ryan	Teachers' perspectives of students' first year experience in higher education	17.125
	Agatha Inkoom	Effectiveness of education reform in Ghana	17.203
	Jennifer Bejr, Rebecca Garfield and Janna Somers	Dare to differentiate: A strategy for gifted students	17.218
	Geraldine Ditchburn	What's the problem? Pausing to reassess the reasons for a national curriculum	17.220
4.40-5.30	Post Conference Happy Hour		Foyer

Sponsor: per Brendon Adams, Business Development Officer		Sponsor: Australian Council for Educational Research per Maxine O'Shannassy

Sponsor: per Amanda Brandt Business Development Officer

Sponsor: per Jess Howard Marketing Manager

Sponsor: per Shane Dirou State Business Development Manager