John Pegg

Director, SiMERR National Research Centre at the University of New England

John Pegg is Director of the SiMERR National Research Centre at the University of New England. He has been the team leader on numerous large-scale research projects, and continues to foster strong links with schools and educational authorities in Australia. Internationally, he leads multi-year projects to promote national ‘system’-based reforms in quality teaching and school leadership. He is also known internationally for his contribution to theory-based cognition research linked to the SOLO Model, and his advocacy for, and research into, rural and regional education. He was a Chief Investigator for the brain-based, ARC Australian Science of Learning Research Centre at the Queensland Brain Institute 2014-2019.

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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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