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PROF PATRICK EDWARD GRIFFIN



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: CHAIR OF EDUCATION (ASSESSMENT)
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Homepage: http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/public/staff_profile.cgi?id=2008
Work: 8344 8205
Fax: 8344 8790
Room: 406
Level: 04
Building: Alice Hoy Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Assessment and evaluation; Measurement; Item response modeling; Testing Australia
Comparative education; Cross national studies Australia
Vocational education and training; Competency assessment Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Singapore Singapore Institute of Management Research
United States of America Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System Research
Canada UNESCO Institute for Statistics Research
Viet Nam Hanoi Pedagogical Institute Research, Technical Assistance/Training
France UNESCO - The International Institute for Educational Planning Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Viet Nam Vietnam National University, Hanoi Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Institute of Education Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Viet Nam University of Danang Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne
Master of Education University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy Florida State University 18-Sep-1980
Trained Secondary Teachers Certificate University of Melbourne

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE) 31-Jul-1997
Fellow of the International Academy of Education (FIAE) 09-Jun-2006

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
MODELLING PERSON AND ITEM PARAMETERS OF COMPUTER ADMINISTERED PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES Chief Investigator NORTH SHORE DEVELOPMENT,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
Profiling developmental standards of learning for students with intellectual disabilities Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/03/2007

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
EVALUATION TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILOT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ICT TOOL ULTRANET Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 17/12/2004
DELIVERY OF RASCH MODEL SCALING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BASIC SURGICAL SCIENCE MCQ EXAMINATIONS Chief Investigator ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 31/03/2005
COMPARISON OF SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF PISA 2003 AND TIMSS Chief Investigator ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION & DEVELOPMENT 01/06/2005
EVALUATION OF INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 01/11/2005
VALIDATION OF THE HAY CAPABILITY STATEMENTS AND LEVEL INDICATORS FOR THE SERGIOVANNI'S CULTURAL, TECHNICAL, HUMAN, EDUCATIONAL AND SYMBOLIC LEADERSHIP DOMAINS Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 01/02/2006
EDUCATION AND TRAINING RESEARCH PANEL Chief Investigator SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF VIC,
DEPT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING (VIC),
DEPT OF EDUCATION & EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT		 01/03/2006
(BILITERACY) LITERACY ASSESSMENT PROJECT Chief Investigator CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE 15/03/2006
CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT BETWEEN ACER AND UOM Chief Investigator AUST COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH LTD 31/03/2006
STANDARD SETTING AND EXAMINATION PROCESSING FOR RACS BASIC SURGICAL SCIENCES MCQ EXAMINATION Chief Investigator ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 14/09/2006
RESEARCH AGREEMENT - DOET WISHES TO EXPLORE AND ANALYSE INDICATORS AND MEASURE OF SUITABILITY, QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS AMONG TEACHERS AS PART OF ITS BROADER REVIEW OF THE CURRENT CAREER FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHERS Chief Investigator DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 07/05/2007
RESEARCH AGREEMENT - DEVELOPMENT OF ESL CONTINUUM FOR ESL VELS Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING (VIC) 02/07/2007
FUNDING AGREEMENT - GE03/0139: LITERACY ASSESSMENT PROJECT Chief Investigator CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE 15/10/2007
RANZCOG DELIVER OF RASCH MODEL SCALING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE RANZCOG FSEP MQC EXAMINATION Chief Investigator ROYAL AUST & NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICS & GYNACOLOGISTS FOUNDATION 24/10/2007

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
ANALYSIS OF DATA ON BILITERACY RESEARCH PROJECT Chief Investigator SCHOOL OF ENTERPRISE
ANALYSIS OF THE LONGITUDINAL DTA SET - THE SCHOOL ENTRY HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE Chief Investigator SCHOOL OF ENTERPRISE
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE NATIVE-SPEAKING ENGLISH TEACHER/ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING ASSISTANT (NET/ELTA) SCHEME FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS (CONTRACT VALUE ABOVE IS FOR 2006- 2007 SERVICES ONLY - EST. AMOUNT TO EDUCATION 06/07) Chief Investigator 876-MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRIVATE GROUP
PRIMARY TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (CONTRACT VALUE DEPARTMENT FEES FOR 2006) Chief Investigator 876-MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRIVATE GROUP

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 2007

Book Chapters

  • Innovation in Learning: Global Vision or Dream?
    Year: 2007
    Book: The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education
    Publisher: Sage Publications(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Development of a scale to measure economic status of students in rural Vietnam
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Asia Pacific Education Review
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 205-215
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  • Mathematics achievement of Vietnamese grade 5 pupils
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Asia Pacific Education Review
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 233-249
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  • Standards-referenced assessment for vocational education and training in schools
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Education
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 19-38
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  • The comfort of competence and the uncertainty of assessment
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Studies in Educational Evaluation
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 87-99
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Applications of item response theory to identify and correct for suspect rater data


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Page numbers: 1-15
    Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluating psychometric properties of the primary school teacher standards: Implications for instrument development and assessment practice


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference
    Page numbers: 1-24
    Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education(Melbourne)
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  • Evaluation of learning within a framework of curriculum innovation


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Conference higher education: New curriculum for new times
    Conference Publication: Conference Higher Education: New curriculum for New Times
    Page numbers: 59-66
    Publisher: National Commission of Accreditation(Santiago)
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  • Generating criteria for assessing lecturers in Vietnam's universities: A conceptual paper


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Page numbers: 1-16
    Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education(Melbourne)
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  • Relationships between second language acquisition and home background factors for Hong Kong primary students


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Page numbers: 1-21
    Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education(Melbourne)
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  • The Development of Standards for the Assessment of Primary School Teachers in VietNam


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Borders, Boundaries, Barriers & Frontiers: Promoting Quality in Teacher Education - 52nd World Assembly of The International Council on Education for Teaching
    Conference Publication: Borders, Boundaries, Barriers & Frontiers: Promoting Quality in Teacher Education - ICET International Yearbook on Teacher Education
    Page numbers: 5-14
    Publisher: The International Council on Education for Teaching(Wheeling, Illinois)
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  • VET in schools: Analysis of business services training package


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2006
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Early years assessment of English


    Year: 2007
    Customer: University of Melbourne
    Publisher: Assessment Research Centre - ARC(Melbourne)
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  • Analysis of the early literacy observation survey
    Year: 2007
    Customer: University of Melbourne
    Publisher: Assessment Research Centre - ARC(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • What are the main cross-national studies?
    Year: 2006
    Book: Cross-national studies of the quality of education: Planning their design and managing their impact
    Publisher: UNESCO(Paris)
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Journal Articles

  • A 20-Year Study of Mathematics Achievement
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 167-186
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  • An Empirical Analysis of Primary Teacher Standards in Vietnam
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Planning & Changing
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 1&2
    Page numbers: 71-92
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  • Australian students' attitudes to learning about Asia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Research in International Education
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 97-117
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  • Effective Use of Assessment to improve Meaning Making in Years 3 and 4 students
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Learning Matters
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 58-61
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  • Family Functioning, Early Intervention Support, and Spoken Language and Placement Outcomes for Children with Profound Hearing Loss
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Deafness and Education International
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 207-226
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  • Innovation In The Classroom
    Year: 2006
    Journal: EQ Australia
    Volume: Summer 2006
    Page numbers: 6-7
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  • Reading achievements of Vietnamese Grade 5 pupils
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Assessment in Education
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 155-177
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Developing the Vietnam Primary School Teacher Standards
    Year: 2006
    Event name: The Scientific Conference on Developing the Primary Teacher Standards
    Conference Publication: Ministry of Education and Training Primary Teacher Development Project: Proceedings of the the Scientific Conference on Developing the Primary Teacher Standards
    Page numbers: 31-82
    Publisher: Vietnam National University Publishers(Hanoi)
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  • Teacher standards and their assessment
    Year: 2006
    Event name: the 2nd International Forum on Teacher Education: Teacher Professional Development for Quality Education for All (EFA)
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 2nd International Forum on Teacher Education: Teacher Professional Development for Quality Education for All (EFA): Policies, Research, Innovative Practice and Capacity Building
    Page numbers: 120-139
    Publisher: International Center of Teacher Education, East China Normal University
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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)
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  • Strategies for monitoring and developing skill levels of educational leaders


    Year: 2006
    Customer: Victorian Department of Education and Training
    Report No::