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Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/public/staff_profile.cgi?id=2053
Work: 03 8344 0975
Fax: 03 9348 2753
Room: G.29
Level: Ground
Building: 234 Queensberry St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Educational psychology; Vocational psychology: Multivariate statistics Australia
Assessment and evaluation; Intelligence achievement Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
India University of Punjab Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Graduate Certificate in University Teaching University of Melbourne 06-Feb-2006
Graduate Diploma in Education University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1974
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Education University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology Caulfield Institute of Technology 01-Feb-1983
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Senior Member Australian Psychological Society Fellow 30-Jun-1985
Registered Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria Registered Psychologist 03-Jun-1985

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (FAPSS) 26-Sep-1995

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
ENHANCING WELLBEING AND LEARNING IN MIDDLE YEAR CLASSROOMS Chief Investigator CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
The Young Learners Project: Identifying personalised teaching strategies for early literacy in children in preschool and the first year of school Chief Investigator AUSTRALIAN SCHOLARSHIPS GROUP,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT BETWEEN ACER AND UOM Chief Investigator AUST COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH LTD 31/03/2006
EARLY YEARS ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING (VIC) - DO NOT USE (124241) 16/04/2007
FUNDING AGREEMENT - GE03/0139: LITERACY ASSESSMENT PROJECT Chief Investigator CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE 15/10/2007

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
HIGHER ORDER TEST Chief Investigator UMEE LTD

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Language ability and verbal and nonverbal executive functioning in deaf students communicating in spoken English
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 531-545
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Reports

  • Enhancing Wellbeing and Learning in Middle Years Classrooms: Relationships, Wellbeing and Learning (RWL) Project Report
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Catholic Education Office Melbourne
    Publisher: University of Melbourne, Assessment Research Centre(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Equivalence of benchmark texts
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Catholic Education Office Melbourne
    Publisher: University of Melbourne, Assessment Research Centre(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The relationship between spoken language ability and intelligence test performance of deaf children and adolescents


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Deafness and Education International
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 147-164
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  • The Link Program: Investigating the relevance and implications of preschool theory and practice for primary school teacher professional development

    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Research in Early Childhood Education
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 95-105
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  • The realism and sex type of four- to five-year-old children's occupational aspirations
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Early Childhood Research
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 155-168
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Understanding engagement in the middle years of school: Relationships with coping and wellbeing
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Psychology Making an Impact: The 42nd Annual Conference of the
    Conference Publication: Psychology Making an Impact: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society
    Page numbers: 247-251
    Publisher: Australian Psychological Society(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Early years assessment of English


    Year: 2007
    Customer: University of Melbourne
    Publisher: Assessment Research Centre - ARC(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Analysis of the early literacy observation survey
    Year: 2007
    Customer: University of Melbourne
    Publisher: Assessment Research Centre - ARC(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2006

Reports

  • Development in English and Home Language in NSW Primary School Bilingual Literacy Programs


    Year: 2006
    Customer: Report to NSW Department of Education and Training
    Report No:: 2.24
    Publisher: Assessment Research Centre - ARC(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Strategies for monitoring and developing skill levels of educational leaders


    Year: 2006
    Customer: Victorian Department of Education and Training
    Report No:: 1.35
    Publisher: Assessment Research Centre - ARC(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • ACER Consultancy to British Council/NEAS, Pakistan
    Year: 2006
    Customer: British Council, Pakistan
    Publisher: Assessment Research Centre - ARC(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Computer Software Products

  • Educational Psychology for Learning and Teaching - Exam View Test Bank 
    Year: 2006
    Version:: 5.2
    Publisher: Thomson
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    Author(s):

Audio Visual Recordings

    Publications in 2004

    Journal Articles

    • Fluid and crystallised intelligence and their relationship to school outcome
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist
      Volume: 19
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 97-108
      Publisher: Australian Psychological Society
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • What do young children have to say about the future and their role in shaping it?
      Year: 2004
      Event name: Global conference on excellence in education and training 2004
      Conference Publication: Global Conference on Excellence in Education and Training - Conference Proceedings
      Page numbers: 1
      Publisher: Singapore Polytechnic
      Author(s):

    Publications in 2003

    Journal Articles

    • Cognitive factors associated with variance in language performance in students with severe-to-profound hearing loss.
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Australian Journal of Education of the Deaf
      Volume: 9
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 36-41
      Publisher: Australian Association of Teachers of the Deaf(Adelaide)
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    Computer Software Products

    • Educational Psychology for Learning and Teaching - Exam View Test Bank 
      Year: 2003
      Version:: 5.1
      Publisher: Thomson
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    Audio Visual Recordings

      Publications in 2002

      Journal Articles

      • The Relationship between Perfectionism and Intelligence in a Group of Adolescents
        Year: 2002
        Journal: Australasian Journal of Gifted Education
        Volume: 11
        Issue: 1
        Page numbers: 22-29
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