Making a Difference for Indigenous Children

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Making a Difference for Indigenous Children

The Make It Count project aims to provide better mathematical outcomes for Indigenous children, and, to that end, the Swan Valley cluster identified various initiatives. This paper reports on a research project that investigated those initiatives and resultant changes in practice. First, a modified...

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Main Authors:	Hurst, Chris, Armstrong, T., Young, M.
Other Authors:	J Clark
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	AAMT and MERGA 2011
Online Access:	http://www.merga.net.au/publications/counter.php?pub=pub_conf&id=1685 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27144

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