Student Engagement

Young people have told researchers how they withdraw from learning, but also what helps them to invest in it, contributing new insights for improving student engagement.

Australia’s 15-year-old students were the second-highest achieving creative thinkers in an assessment of 64 countries and economies, a new report shows.

ACER’s new analysis of PISA results shows where Australia’s 15-year-olds have belief in their skills and where they lack confidence.

A program fostering social and emotional skills in hundreds of Australian primary schools could improve students’ focus and their ability to find calm when worried, new research indicates.

Winning ideas in this year’s Australian STEM Video Game Challenge included a lone spaceship protecting Earth from shooting stars, a solar-powered city built on a sphere around the sun and interstellar golf.

Why are options and opportunities in life more visible to some people than others?  New research shows one approach to broadening the educational horizons for disadvantaged students is doing just that.