Robyn M Gillies
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 2746629 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Robyn M Gillies |
| NOMBRES | Robyn M |
| APELLIDO | Gillies |
| FIRMA | GILLIES R M |
| AFILIACIONES | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9522-5258 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 33 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Future doctors, future scholars
Teacher relationships and social connectedness
Languages are increasingly marginalised in schools, as educational policies worldwide prioritise subjects such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). As a consequence, many language teachers are isolated in their schools, teaching and representing a challenged and often embattled subject area. This paper develops a Framework of Teacher Social Connectedness that posits the need for beyond school ‘Third Places’ of professional develo…
Career indecision among medical students
BACKGROUND: While career indecision is well-studied in vocational psychology, its application in medical education remains limited. This scoping review examined sources of indecision, associated factors, and strategies to support medical students' career decision-making. METHODS: A systematic search of PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, and ERIC identified relevant studies published from January 2014 to December 2024. Two reviewers independently screened ar…
Enhancing Student Engagement and Outcomes
Based on social interdependence and social constructivism theories, the authors of this study examined the effects of a cooperative learning (CL) pedagogical model on the engagement and outcomes of undergraduate students in an Ethiopian university’s classrooms. We did this by using a quasi-experimental post-test control group design. The study participants included undergraduate students enrolled in the courses “Risk Management and Insurance” (n …
Teaching cooperative learning through cooperative learning environment
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of cooperative learning (CL) on the academic achievement of student teachers. A mixed-methods sequential explanatory design was implemented in which quantitative data were collected first, followed by qualitative data to clarify the results of the experimental study. Achievement test, interviews, and classroom observations were used for data collection. The results showed that there was a signi…
A new model for tracing interest
Motivation is an interdisciplinary concept which encompasses various theories, concepts and frameworks. This paper aims to bring various motivational theories together, with interest development at its core, to develop a more streamlined framework of interest development. Interest is believed to play a vital role in student learning, and this “Growth cycle of interest” framework aims to provide a deeper understanding of interest development in th…
The Solio taxonomy
Assessing student learning outcomes has been an integral and central component of schools and academic institutions, both as a measure of how well the school is performing and how well individual students are progressing. However, standardised tests might not be able to fully capture holistic aspects of learning such as self-regulatory competencies, motivation and interest. The Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes (SOLO) taxonomy has been used…
Challenges and strategies for navigating Australian healthcare access
Our study identifies barriers to healthcare access for Chinese international students in Australia, including culture-specific challenges. To mitigate these issues, we recommend self-directed health promotion, targeted support by education institutions, enhanced cross-cultural communication and expanded telemedicine by hospitals, and attention to insurance coverage. Future research should explore optimising these approaches to improve support sys…
The TEK Design Principles
People engage in learning in various settings and environments. This involves learning in a formal learning environment like a classroom and less formal environments such as museums and online. Interest is one of the key motivational theories and plays an important role in learning, as it can not only initiate and propel individuals to pursue an area of knowledge but also motivate them to maintain this pursuit in the long term. There has been a l…
The Influence of Student Diversity on Applying Cooperative Learning in Ethiopian Polytechnic Colleges
Cooperative learning is more effective in a well-managed classroom with diverse ethnic, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. To that end, this study examined the state of applications of cooperative learning and student diversity in polytechnic colleges in southwest Ethiopia. A qualitative research methodology, specifically grounded theory design was employed to achieve the research purpose. The empirical data was gathered from 20 educational o…
Using Cooperative Learning to Enhance Students’ Learning and Engagement during Inquiry-Based Science
Much attention over the last two decades has been given to inquiry-based learning in science as a way of capturing students’ interest and participation in learning. However, while the research on inquiry-based learning consistently demonstrates that students do attain higher learning outcomes than peers who are taught by traditional transmission approaches, little research has been attached to researching the key elements of this approach that co…
Perceptions of nursing students on the effect of cooperative learning on academic achievement and learning environment
Although previous studies have highlighted the positive effects of cooperative learning (CL) on academic achievement as well as the learning environment, they have not shown how this happens. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of CL in the field of nursing, as well as to identify students’ perceptions of how these effects occur. In this mixed methods, sequential explanatory design data were collected through achievement …
Psychophysiological methods to study the triggers of interest
Self-regulated learning (SRL) perspectives and strategies of Australian primary school students
There is currently widespread interest in how to promote self-regulated learning (SRL) among young learners to prepare the stage for success in later years. Yet, there is little research that explores primary school students’ perspectives and strategies which are known to directly influence their SRL engagement. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 68 students aged between 5 and 12 years in Prep, Year 1, Year 4, and Year 7. The findings s…
Exploring the Unexpected Transition to Online Learning Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic in an Ethiopian-Public-University Context
In this paper, we present the initial changes and continuing challenges that are faced by teachers and students due to the unexpected transition to online learning from the COVID-19 pandemic at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. For this, the authors applied a phenomenological-case-study design, collecting qualitative data from purposively selected Ph.D. students (n = 10) and teachers (n = 4), examiners (n = 2), as well as the postgraduate coordinat…
Teacher Questions
Teacher questions have long been considered important in mediating students’ learning in language classrooms. This paper examined the mediated-learning behaviors involved in teacher questions during whole-class instruction in high schools of China. Five lessons of different topics were observed. Conversation analytic approach was applied to analyze teachers’ verbal interactions with students during whole-class teaching. Teachers’ questions and st…
A Case Study
Interest plays a critical role in learning and development. It is able to compel students toward short term exploration, motivating them toward the pursuit of future goals, as well as leading to the development of knowledge and cognitive abilities. Interest also enables students to rise above perceived restrictions and limitations to achieve their goals. Interest therefore plays a significant role in learning and development. Currently, most of t…
Advantages and Challenges of Cooperative Learning in Two Different Cultures
Cooperative learning (CL) is a teaching and learning pedagogy that has been used widely in school but there is limited information on instructors’ perceptions of CL nor observations of how CL is implemented in higher education settings. In this study, we used an interpretative-qualitative approach to investigate the advantages and challenges of embedding CL in instructors’ teaching in Iran and Australia. Data were collected through interviews and…
The effects of informal cooperative learning pedagogy on teaching effectiveness, task orientation, and learning satisfaction in undergraduate classrooms in Ethiopia
While cooperative learning (CL) has gained considerable attention in the current discourse about undergraduate quality education, it is minimally used in higher education classrooms, particularly in the developing countries context. Using a non-equivalent control groups design and a sample of undergraduate students (n = 340) from Jimma University, Ethiopia. This study examined the effects of informal CL on teaching effectiveness, task orientation…
Promoting self-regulated learning through experiential learning in the early years of school
A key question concerning educational researchers is how to promote students’ self-regulated learning (SRL) in regular classrooms. We address this question by examining the beliefs and practices of a primary school teacher who supported students’ SRL by employing an experiential learning approach. We gathered data throughout an 11 weeks long academic term in the teachers’ classroom through participant observations and semi-structured interviews. …
Teachers and the Teaching of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL)
Teachers are effective agents who can introduce and support students’ self-regulated learning (SRL) in classrooms. This qualitative study presents an integrative, ecological model of SRL-in-context from the teachers’ perspectives. Data were obtained from in-depth interviews, participant observations and informal conversations gathered from the classrooms of six teachers working in three different state primary schools located in Queensland, Austr…
Dialogic Teaching during Cooperative Inquiry-Based Science
Teachers play a critical role in promoting dialogic interaction in their students. The purpose of this case study was to investigate how one very effective teacher taught two, cooperative, inquiry-based science units to her Year 6 class. In particular, the case study focused on how she used different discourses to capture students’ curiosity in the inquiry-based tasks, provided hands-on activities to enable them to test out their hypotheses and d…
Shifting the instructional paradigm in higher education classrooms in Ethiopia
Using visual, embodied, and language representations to teach the 5E instructional model of inquiry science
Assessing the dimensionality and educational impacts of integrated ICT literacy in the higher education context
The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to introduce a conceptual model for assessing undergraduate students’ integrated information and communication technology (ICT) literacy capacity that involves 12 items generated from the modified version of the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) questionnaire (Coates, 2010); second, to illustrate the construct validity and internal consistency of the model as implemented in a sample o…
Teachers' reflections on cooperative learning
Co-operative learning processes of students
Background. This article describes the outcomes of a longitudinal, multilevel observational study in which the relationship between the processes of co-operation and giving explanations was compared between classes trained in communication skills and classes that were untrained. Aims. This study examined the effects of training in basic communication skills on the processes of co-operation and giving explanation in co-operative groups. In particu…
Collaborative writing in Arabic as a second language (ASL) classrooms
The study reported in this article investigated the processes and the effects of collaborative writing on 64 students’ writing skills in two Arabic as a second language (ASL) teachers’ classrooms. The authors employed a mixed methods approach that integrated a qualitative case study and a quasi-experimental design. The data collected included classroom observations and audiotapes of verbal interactions. Pre- and post-test scores of students in co…
Teachers’ discourse during cooperative learning and their perceptions of this pedagogical practice
The maintenance of cooperative and helping behaviours in cooperative groups
Background. This study was a full-year investigation of whether children, who had previously been trained to cooperate and help each other, were able to use these behaviours in reconstituted groups without additional training one year later. Aims. (i) To examine whether children who have previously been trained to cooperate demonstrate more cooperative and helping behaviours in their groups than children who had not been trained and (ii) to deter…
Using visual, embodied, and language representations to teach the 5E instructional model of inquiry science
Teachers' and students' verbal behaviours during cooperative and small-group learning
Background. Teachers play a critical role in promoting interactions between students and engaging them in the learning process. This study builds on a study by Hertz-Lazarowitz and Shachar (1990) who found that during cooperative learning teachers' verbal behaviours were more helpful to and encouraging of their students' efforts while during whole-class instruction, their verbal behaviours tended to be more authoritarian, rigid, and impersonal.Ai…
The effects of gender and ability on students' behaviours and interactions in classroom‐based work groups
This study examined the effects of mixed gender and ability compositions on students' behaviours and interactions in structured work groups. The students in the study were 440 Year 6 children (age range 10 years 1 month to 11 years 4 months) who worked on class‐based activities in small groups which were structured so that all the members had to cooperate in order for the group to achieve its academic objectives. Contrary to expectations and the …
The maintenance of cooperative and helping behaviours in cooperative groups
Background. This study was a full-year investigation of whether children, who had previously been trained to cooperate and help each other, were able to use these behaviours in reconstituted groups without additional training one year later. Aims. (i) To examine whether children who have previously been trained to cooperate demonstrate more cooperative and helping behaviours in their groups than children who had not been trained and (ii) to deter…
Co-operative learning processes of students
Background. This article describes the outcomes of a longitudinal, multilevel observational study in which the relationship between the processes of co-operation and giving explanations was compared between classes trained in communication skills and classes that were untrained. Aims. This study examined the effects of training in basic communication skills on the processes of co-operation and giving explanation in co-operative groups. In particu…
Teachers' and students' verbal behaviours during cooperative and small-group learning
Background. Teachers play a critical role in promoting interactions between students and engaging them in the learning process. This study builds on a study by Hertz-Lazarowitz and Shachar (1990) who found that during cooperative learning teachers' verbal behaviours were more helpful to and encouraging of their students' efforts while during whole-class instruction, their verbal behaviours tended to be more authoritarian, rigid, and impersonal.Ai…
Teachers’ discourse during cooperative learning and their perceptions of this pedagogical practice
Teachers' reflections on cooperative learning
Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning is widely recognized as a pedagogical practice that promotes socialization and learning among students from pre-school through to tertiary level and across different subject domains. It involves students working together to achieve common goals or complete group tasks – goals and tasks that they would be unable to complete by themselves. The purpose of this paper is to review developments in research and practice on cooperati…
Assessing the dimensionality and educational impacts of integrated ICT literacy in the higher education context
The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to introduce a conceptual model for assessing undergraduate students’ integrated information and communication technology (ICT) literacy capacity that involves 12 items generated from the modified version of the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) questionnaire (Coates, 2010); second, to illustrate the construct validity and internal consistency of the model as implemented in a sample o…
Collaborative writing in Arabic as a second language (ASL) classrooms
The study reported in this article investigated the processes and the effects of collaborative writing on 64 students’ writing skills in two Arabic as a second language (ASL) teachers’ classrooms. The authors employed a mixed methods approach that integrated a qualitative case study and a quasi-experimental design. The data collected included classroom observations and audiotapes of verbal interactions. Pre- and post-test scores of students in co…
Using visual, embodied, and language representations to teach the 5E instructional model of inquiry science
Teachers and the Teaching of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL)
Teachers are effective agents who can introduce and support students’ self-regulated learning (SRL) in classrooms. This qualitative study presents an integrative, ecological model of SRL-in-context from the teachers’ perspectives. Data were obtained from in-depth interviews, participant observations and informal conversations gathered from the classrooms of six teachers working in three different state primary schools located in Queensland, Austr…
Dialogic Teaching during Cooperative Inquiry-Based Science
Teachers play a critical role in promoting dialogic interaction in their students. The purpose of this case study was to investigate how one very effective teacher taught two, cooperative, inquiry-based science units to her Year 6 class. In particular, the case study focused on how she used different discourses to capture students’ curiosity in the inquiry-based tasks, provided hands-on activities to enable them to test out their hypotheses and d…
Shifting the instructional paradigm in higher education classrooms in Ethiopia
Teacher Questions
Teacher questions have long been considered important in mediating students’ learning in language classrooms. This paper examined the mediated-learning behaviors involved in teacher questions during whole-class instruction in high schools of China. Five lessons of different topics were observed. Conversation analytic approach was applied to analyze teachers’ verbal interactions with students during whole-class teaching. Teachers’ questions and st…
A Case Study
Interest plays a critical role in learning and development. It is able to compel students toward short term exploration, motivating them toward the pursuit of future goals, as well as leading to the development of knowledge and cognitive abilities. Interest also enables students to rise above perceived restrictions and limitations to achieve their goals. Interest therefore plays a significant role in learning and development. Currently, most of t…
Advantages and Challenges of Cooperative Learning in Two Different Cultures
Cooperative learning (CL) is a teaching and learning pedagogy that has been used widely in school but there is limited information on instructors’ perceptions of CL nor observations of how CL is implemented in higher education settings. In this study, we used an interpretative-qualitative approach to investigate the advantages and challenges of embedding CL in instructors’ teaching in Iran and Australia. Data were collected through interviews and…
The effects of informal cooperative learning pedagogy on teaching effectiveness, task orientation, and learning satisfaction in undergraduate classrooms in Ethiopia
While cooperative learning (CL) has gained considerable attention in the current discourse about undergraduate quality education, it is minimally used in higher education classrooms, particularly in the developing countries context. Using a non-equivalent control groups design and a sample of undergraduate students (n = 340) from Jimma University, Ethiopia. This study examined the effects of informal CL on teaching effectiveness, task orientation…
Promoting self-regulated learning through experiential learning in the early years of school
A key question concerning educational researchers is how to promote students’ self-regulated learning (SRL) in regular classrooms. We address this question by examining the beliefs and practices of a primary school teacher who supported students’ SRL by employing an experiential learning approach. We gathered data throughout an 11 weeks long academic term in the teachers’ classroom through participant observations and semi-structured interviews. …
Exploring the Unexpected Transition to Online Learning Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic in an Ethiopian-Public-University Context
In this paper, we present the initial changes and continuing challenges that are faced by teachers and students due to the unexpected transition to online learning from the COVID-19 pandemic at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. For this, the authors applied a phenomenological-case-study design, collecting qualitative data from purposively selected Ph.D. students (n = 10) and teachers (n = 4), examiners (n = 2), as well as the postgraduate coordinat…
The TEK Design Principles
People engage in learning in various settings and environments. This involves learning in a formal learning environment like a classroom and less formal environments such as museums and online. Interest is one of the key motivational theories and plays an important role in learning, as it can not only initiate and propel individuals to pursue an area of knowledge but also motivate them to maintain this pursuit in the long term. There has been a l…
The Influence of Student Diversity on Applying Cooperative Learning in Ethiopian Polytechnic Colleges
Cooperative learning is more effective in a well-managed classroom with diverse ethnic, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. To that end, this study examined the state of applications of cooperative learning and student diversity in polytechnic colleges in southwest Ethiopia. A qualitative research methodology, specifically grounded theory design was employed to achieve the research purpose. The empirical data was gathered from 20 educational o…
Using Cooperative Learning to Enhance Students’ Learning and Engagement during Inquiry-Based Science
Much attention over the last two decades has been given to inquiry-based learning in science as a way of capturing students’ interest and participation in learning. However, while the research on inquiry-based learning consistently demonstrates that students do attain higher learning outcomes than peers who are taught by traditional transmission approaches, little research has been attached to researching the key elements of this approach that co…
Perceptions of nursing students on the effect of cooperative learning on academic achievement and learning environment
Although previous studies have highlighted the positive effects of cooperative learning (CL) on academic achievement as well as the learning environment, they have not shown how this happens. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of CL in the field of nursing, as well as to identify students’ perceptions of how these effects occur. In this mixed methods, sequential explanatory design data were collected through achievement …
Psychophysiological methods to study the triggers of interest
Self-regulated learning (SRL) perspectives and strategies of Australian primary school students
There is currently widespread interest in how to promote self-regulated learning (SRL) among young learners to prepare the stage for success in later years. Yet, there is little research that explores primary school students’ perspectives and strategies which are known to directly influence their SRL engagement. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 68 students aged between 5 and 12 years in Prep, Year 1, Year 4, and Year 7. The findings s…
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