Gerry McCloughan

Education consultant and Research Fellow at the SiMERR National Research Centre, University of New England

Gerry is currently an education consultant providing expert advice in school improvement in a range of settings. He is also a part-time research fellow, developing curriculum-related science learning tools for the Science of Learning Research Centre at the SiMERR National Research Centre, University of New England (UNE). Gerry has previously held state and regional level roles leading school performance and improvement processes (2005-2015), and leading state science curriculum implementation (1996-2004). He has 18 years’ experience as a science head teacher and teacher in NSW.

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From theory to practice – implementing learning progressions in science

Mar 07,2022

‘To make a real difference to the way students learn science, we think it is important to link cognitive growth to learning progressions through formative assessment in everyday practice.’ In today’s article, academics from the SiMERR National Research Centre at the University of New England share how the Chemical Science learning progression they developed can be implemented in the classroom.

science, evidence-based practice, measurement, assessment, curriclum implementation, long reads

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