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It looks like you, it sounds like you, it moves like you. And it can get you your degree
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (499+ words) On the screen, it looks just like you. It has your looks, your voice and even your mannerisms. But it's not you; it's an AI deepfake created to undertake exams, tutorials and other course requirements before you " the real you…...
This was the hardest ATAR exam question WA students faced. Can you solve it?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (489+ words) For Dr Vesife Hatisaru, solving mathematics equations can be likened to watching Netflix or going for a walk along the beach " in other words, it's something she does to unwind and have fun. But Hatisaru, a lecturer in mathematics education…...
These schools cut back on take-home assessments. Their HSC results speak for themselves
1+ week, 4+ day ago (745+ words) In 2024, St George Christian School in south-west Sydney took a gamble. Caroline Lee, the head of its senior school, noticed her students were overly stressed and were submitting an increasing number of requests for disability provisions due to anxiety. The…...
Revealed: The best public, private and Catholic schools for HSC maths
1+ week, 5+ day ago (682+ words) When children come in for an enrolment interview at Aquinas Catholic College in Menai, principal James Clancy looks over their primary school report card. While parents might care about grades, Clancy looks at how a student has been scored by…...
Inside the algorithm that scales high school subjects, and what it means for your marks
3+ week, 24+ min ago (872+ words) Kira Hansen is hoping to study psychology at university, but she fears her subject choices may have weakened her chances of getting in. The year 12 graduate from Ipswich needs near-perfect scores on her external ATAR exams to clear the entry…...
Australia might have an AI plan, but critical thinking isn’t automatable
4+ week, 16+ hour ago (630+ words) Former US president Ronald Reagan famously used the phrase "trust, but verify" when negotiating a nuclear arms deal with the Soviet Union. I was surprised this week when my preferred AI chat tool used the same phrase with me to…...
More WA students are getting top ATARs. Here’s why
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (391+ words) Hundreds more West Australian students scored an ATAR above 90 in 2024 than five years ago, data shows, with the number of students ranking above 99 in their university admission scores also increasing. That is despite a declining proportion of people in the…...
Go figure! If we catch them young, kids will solve our numeracy crisis
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (588+ words) How do we fix the alarming decline in numeracy among young Australians? The answer is to catch them when they are very young. So it is reassuring that a targeted review of the national maths curriculum, announced at last Friday's…...
I’m a cardiologist but terrible at maths. Here’s how to turn weaknesses around
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (609+ words) When we think about education " whether our own, children's, or students' " we tend to dwell on the past or focus on the present. Yet, like Ebenezer Scrooge, we often forget Charles Dickens' all-important Christmas ghost: the Ghost of the Future....
The high-scaling HSC subjects students are abandoning – and the ones they are flocking to
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (795+ words) The number of HSC students taking extension English courses has plummeted in the past two decades, with more pupils now studying the hardest maths course than English at any extension level. Teachers say the decline is being driven by multiple…...