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Effects of a Cognitive Acceleration Programme in a Low Socioeconomic High School in Regional Australia (2012)
Journal Article

This paper presents research on the effects of a cognitive acceleration intervention in science lessons on low socio-economic students in a government high school in regional Western Australia. Thinking Science Australia is a program currently being... Read More about Effects of a Cognitive Acceleration Programme in a Low Socioeconomic High School in Regional Australia.

Towards an understanding of neuroscience for science educators (2011)
Journal Article

Advances in neuroscience have brought new insights to the development of cognitive functions. These data are of considerable interest to educators concerned with how students learn. This review documents some of the recent findings in neuroscience, w... Read More about Towards an understanding of neuroscience for science educators.

An exploratory case study of Olympiad students’ attitudes towards and passion for science (2011)
Journal Article

Much is known about high school students’ attitudes towards science but there is almost no research on what passion for science might look like and how it might be manifested. This exploratory case study took advantage of a unique group of highly gif... Read More about An exploratory case study of Olympiad students’ attitudes towards and passion for science.

The impact of a cognitive acceleration program in science on students in an academically selective high school
Journal Article

This paper describes the impact of a thinking skills program in science on the cognition of students in an academically selective high school. The research followed a sequential explanatory design with the collection and analysis of quantitative data... Read More about The impact of a cognitive acceleration program in science on students in an academically selective high school.