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Conceptions of Creativity in Elementary School Science. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Newton, L., & Newton, D. (2009, December). Conceptions of Creativity in Elementary School Science. Presented at Excellence in Educatin 2008: Future Minds and Creativity., Paris

Creativity is generally seen as something good but it is commonly viewed as something which happens in the arts rather than in the sciences. This study of trainee teachers identified their conceptions of creativity in the context of elementary school... Read More about Conceptions of Creativity in Elementary School Science..

The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2009, December). The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge. Presented at International Association for Statistics Education Satellite conference: Next Steps in Statistics Education, Durban, SA

Many statistical agencies are attempting to inform citizens about the state of society, and current social changes. The literature on statistical literacy suggests that this might be an uphill struggle. Here, we use a press release from Ireland's Cen... Read More about The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge..

One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicholson, J., Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2009, December). One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens. Presented at International Association for Statistics Education Satellite conference., Durban, SA

OECD has launched its Global Project that aims to develop new measures of the nature and progress of societies and to increase the capability of citizens to understand and use this information. We contend that this needs to be accompanied by a develo... Read More about One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens..

Accuracy feedback in dynamic testing (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., & Elliott, J. (2009, December). Accuracy feedback in dynamic testing. Presented at European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Frame-of-reference effects in the measurement of personality: Evidence from self- and peer ratings in a management sample (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bowman, D., & Beckmann, N. (2009, December). Frame-of-reference effects in the measurement of personality: Evidence from self- and peer ratings in a management sample. Presented at 8th Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences (ACPID), Sydney, Australia

It depends how you look at it – on the relationship between conscientiousness and neuroticism. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beckmann, N., Wood, R., & Minbashian, A. (2009, December). It depends how you look at it – on the relationship between conscientiousness and neuroticism. Presented at 8th Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences (ACPID), Sydney, Australia

Invited Workshop: The Accelerated Learning Laboratory’s approach to accelerated learning (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bowman, D., Beckmann, J., Minbashian, A., Beckmann, N., MacCann, C., Birney, D., & Wood, R. (2009, December). Invited Workshop: The Accelerated Learning Laboratory’s approach to accelerated learning. Presented at 8th Australasian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Accuracy feedback in dynamic testing (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., & Elliott., J. (2009, December). Accuracy feedback in dynamic testing. Presented at 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Learning and Instruction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Event-sequence time series analysis in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
de Almeida, U. B., Chadwick, P., Daniel, M., Nolan, S., & McComb, L. (2009, December). Event-sequence time series analysis in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. Presented at High energy gamma-ray astronomy: 4th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Heidelberg

The recent, extreme episodes of variability detected from Blazars by the leading atmospheric Čerenkov experiments motivate the development and application of specialized statistical techniques that enable the study of this rich data set to its furthe... Read More about Event-sequence time series analysis in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy..

The Benefit of Being Naive but Knowing it: The Impact of Semantic Embedment in Complex Problem Solving Tasks (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Goode, N., & Beckmann, J. (2009, December). The Benefit of Being Naive but Knowing it: The Impact of Semantic Embedment in Complex Problem Solving Tasks. Presented at 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Learning and Instruction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands