Research : Melbourne Graduate School of Education Research Institute: The University of Melbourne

Funded Research: Graduate School of Education Competitive Grants

Project Title	Investigators
School based mental health screening for secondary-aged deaf students	Dr Maria Remine
Item Response Modeling of Multiple Mini-Interviews for Graduate Selection	Professor Raymond Adams Mr Nathan Zoanetti
Identification of constructs underlying emergent literacy and developed literacy	Dr Linda Byrnes Ms Man Ching Esther Chan
Development of a teacher-administered screening tool for linguistically diverse students	Dr Esther Care Ms Amanda Thomas
Optimising large-scale lecture presentations in Engineering	Professor David Clarke
Enhancing classroom-based assessment in University English preparation programs	Dr Russell Cross Dr Kieran O'Loughlin
Operationalising Social and Emotional Coping Competencies in Preschool Children	Associate Professor Erica Frydenberg Ms Jan Deans
Re-finding and refining Shakespeare through the RSC	Professor John O'Toole Dr Kate Donelan
Rules of conversation: How do gifted children play the game?	Ms Louise Paatsch Dr Dianne Toe Associate Professor John Munro
Stability of link items used in item bank calibration	Ms Masa Pavlovic
Contemporary Aboriginal Arts Study in the Middle Years	Mr Andrew Michael Swainston

Project Title	Investigators
Young children’s literacy knowledge	Dr Linda Byrnes Associate Professor Margaret Brown Dr Anna Bortoli
Qifa Shi teaching: Confucian heuristics and mathematics teaching in Shanghai	Professor David Clarke
Crossing the Discipline Divide: A transdisciplinary approach to curriculum design	Dr Sally Godinho Mr Bradley Shrimpton
Supporting Schools in Challenging Circumstances	Dr David Gurr Dr Lawrie Drysdale
Musica Viva in Schools: A case study and evaluation	Dr Neryl Jeanneret Mr Andrew Swainston
Preparing beginning teachers of language and literacy in the Middle Years of Schooling	Dr Kristina Love Dr Julie Hamston Ms Janet Scull Dr Paul Molyneux
Outside-school-hours-care and children’s early school adjustment	Associate Professor Kay Margetts
Investigating effects on learners and teachers of interactive whiteboard use	Dr Tony Jones
Developing unbiased measures for students from different regions and socio-economic backgrounds	Dr Kim Cuc Nguyen
Benchmarking the University of Melbourne English Language Bridging Program	Dr Kieran O’Loughlin
Exploratory study of archival educational records fundamental to writing a Biography of Lawrie Shears	Professor Field Rickards Dr Eleanor Peeler
Mental health survey of young deaf people in Western Australia	Dr Maria Remine
Appropriateness of cognitive ability tests for non-English speaking background students	Ms Amanda Thomas Ms Masa Pavlovic Dr Esther Care

Project Title	Investigators
Video-based mediation between research and practice	Professor David Clarke
An ethnographic study of one school's Year 9 curriculum reform	Professor Lyn Yates
Reflective Practice Online for Graduate Teachers in the UAE	Dr Julie Hamston Dr Kristina Love Matthew Clarke
Predicting academic outcomes from social emotional characteristics of preschoolers	Dr Anna Bortoli Associate Professor Margaret Brown Ms Jan Deans
Globalisation, Identity and English in China	Dr Jane Orton Professor Joseph lo Bianco
Attachment from the perspective of the early childhood practitioner	Dr Sharne Rolfe
An evaluation of an intervention program targeting bully/victim problems	Dr Erica Frydenberg
Quality indicators for children's services in indigenous communities	Associate Professor Glenda MacNaughton
English language preparation for postgraduate study: The case of FELC	Dr Kieran O'Loughlin
Language and children's constructions of national identity	Mr Paul Molyneux
Investigating teacher professional development for using interactive whiteboards in secondary classrooms	Associate Professor Anne McDougall Dr Tony Jones
Stability of student perceptions of quality of teaching in Education	Dr Esther Care