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Associate Professor
BEd (TESL) Concordia; MEd (Hons) Massey; PhD Auckland |
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gtlbrown@ied.edu.hk |
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My research is in the psychology of assessment in education. This means my research focuses on measuring academic performance or school achievement and on investigating how assessment is perceived by students and teachers. Specifically, I seek to determine for both teachers and students which beliefs about and practices of assessment are most powerfully linked to increased academic performance.
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| 2008-2010. Co-Investigator, Teachers’ Conceptions and Practices of Assessment in Chinese Contexts, Joint project of Hong Kong Institute of Education and South China Normal University |
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| Prof. K. J. Kennedy, Dr. S.K.F. Hui, Dr. W. M. Yu, & Dr Gavin T L Brown |
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| 2008-2009. Principal Investigator, Measuring Teachers’ Assessment Practices: Exploring How Thinking, Practices, and Outcomes are Linked. University of Auckland, New Zealand. |
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| Dr Gavin T L Brown, Dr Lois Harris, & Dr Jennifer Harnett |
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2008. Sole Investigator, Teachers’ Thinking about Education: Reflections on OECD Future Schooling Scenarios.
2006-2008. Sole Investigator. Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment: Queensland and New Zealand. New Staff Research Fund, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
2005-2007. Sole Investigator. Research Preparation for Independent Study Project. Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
2005-2006. Co-Investigator, Conceptions of Assessment and Feedback in Secondary School Mathematics and English and their impact on learning and pedagogy, Teaching & Learning Research Initiative contract, NZCER, Wellington, NZ. |
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| Dr E. R. Peterson, Dr. S. E. Irving, Dr. M. Haigh, Dr. H. Dixon, & Dr Gavin T L Brown |
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| 2000-2005. Co-Investigator, Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning (asTTle), educational testing research & development project at the University of Auckland, for the Ministry of Education, Wellington, NZ. |
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| Prof. J. A. Hattie, Dr Gavin T L Brown, & Dr. P. J. Keegan |
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Brown, G. T. L., Kennedy, K. J., Fok, P. K., Chan, J. K. S., & Yu, W. M. (in press). Assessment for improvement: Understanding Hong Kong teachers’ conceptions and practices of assessment. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice. |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2009). Teachers’ self-reported assessment practices and conceptions: Using structural equation modelling to examine measurement and structural models. In T. Teo (Ed.), Structural Equation Modeling in Educational Research: Concepts and Applications (pp. 243-266). Rotterdam, NL: SensePublishers. |
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Brown, G. T. L., Irving, S. E., Peterson, E. R., & Hirschfeld, G. H. F. (2009). Use of interactive-informal assessment practices: New Zealand secondary students’ conceptions of assessment. Learning & Instruction,19(2), 97-111. |
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Brown, G. T. L., Lake, R., Matters, G. (2009). Assessment policy & practice effects on New Zealand and Queensland teachers’ conceptions of teaching. Journal of Education for Teaching, 35(1), 61-75. |
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Hirschfeld, G. H. F., & Brown, G. T. L. (2009). Students’ conceptions of assessment: Factorial and structural invariance of the SCoA across sex, age, and ethnicity. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 25(1), 30-38. |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2008). Models for integrating teachers’ conceptions of assessment, teaching, learning, curriculum, and efficacy. New York: Nova Science Publishers. |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2008). Conceptions of assessment: Understanding what assessment means to teachers and students. New York: Nova Science Publishers. http://tinyurl.com/2c5qdr |
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Brown, G. T. L., Irving, S. E., & Keegan, P. J. (2008). An Introduction to Educational Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation: Improving the Quality of Teacher-Based Assessment (2nd ed). Auckland, NZ: Pearson Education NZ. http://tinyurl.com/5pnl37 |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2008). Assessment literacy training and teachers’ conceptions of assessment. In C. Rubie-Davies & C. Rawlinson (Eds.). Challenging Thinking about Teaching and Learning (pp. 269-285). New York: Nova Science. |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2008). Integrating Teachers' Conceptions: Assessment, Teaching, Learning, Curriculum and Efficacy. In J. N. Casey and R. E. Upton (Eds.). Educational Curricula: Development and Evaluation (pp. 315-363). New York: Nova Science. |
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Hattie, J. A. C. & Brown, G. T. L. (2008). Technology for school-based assessment and assessment for learning: Development principles from New Zealand. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 36(2), 189-201. |
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Brown, G. T. L., & Hirschfeld, G. H. F. (2008). Students’ conceptions of assessment: Links to outcomes. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, 15(1), 3-17.
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Brown, G. T. L., Lake, R., Matters, G. (2008). New Zealand and Queensland teachers’ conceptions of learning: Transforming more than reproducing. Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 8, 1-14. |
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Brown, Gavin T L (2007). An introduction to multi-battery factor analysis: Overcoming method artefacts. Practical Assessment Research & Evaluation, 12(7). Available online: http://tinyurl.com/2bt7fl |
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‘Otunuku, M., & Brown, G. T. L. (2007). Tongan students’ attitudes towards their subjects in New Zealand relative to their academic achievement. Asia Pacific Education Review, 8(1), 117-128. |
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Brown, G. T. L. & Hirschfeld, G. H. F. (2007). Students’ conceptions of assessment and mathematics achievement: Evidence for the power of self-regulation. Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 7, 63-74. |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2006). Integrating teachers’ conceptions: Assessment, teaching, learning, curriculum, and efficacy. In A. P. Prescott (Ed.). The Concept of Self in Education, Family and Sports (pp. 1-48). New York: Nova Science.
also appearing as:
Brown, G. T. L. (2006). Integrating teachers’ conceptions: Assessment, teaching, learning, curriculum, and efficacy. In B. Klein (Ed.). New Teaching and Teacher Issues (pp. 1-49). New York: Nova Science.
Brown, G. T. L. (2006). Integrating teachers’ conceptions: Assessment, teaching, learning, curriculum, and efficacy. In C. Roberts (Ed.). New Developments in Education Research (pp. 1-49). New York: Nova Science.
Brown, G. T. L. (2006). Conceptions of curriculum: A framework for understanding New Zealand’s Curriculum Framework and teachers’ opinions. Curriculum Matters, 2, 164-181. |
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Hattie, J. A., Brown, G. T. L., Ward, L., Irving, S. E., & Keegan, P. J. (2006). Formative evaluation of an educational assessment technology innovation: Developers’ insights into assessment tools for teaching and learning asTTle). Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation. 5. Available online: http://tinyurl.com/28yxuc |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2006). Teachers’ conceptions of assessment: Validation of an abridged instrument. Psychological Reports, 99, 166-170. |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2005). Teachers' conceptions of assessment: Overview, lessons, & implications. Invited NQSF Literature Review for the Australian National Quality Schooling Framework web site. Available: http://tinyurl.com/yvlk5p |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2005). Student information literacy: Psychometric validation of a self-efficacy report. Psychological Reports, 96, 1044-1048. |
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Hattie, J. A. C., Brown, G. T. L., Keegan, P. J., MacKay, A. J., Irving, S. E., Cutforth, S., Campbell, A., Patel, P., Sussex, K., Sutherland, T., McCall, S., Mooyman, D., & Yu, J. (2004, December). Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning asTTle) Manual (Version 4, 2005). Wellington, NZ: University of Auckland/ Ministry of Education/ Learning Media.
Brown, G. T. L. (2004). Teachers’ conceptions of assessment: Implications for policy and professional development. Assessment in Education: Policy, Principles and Practice, 11(3), 301-318 |
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Brown, G. T. L., Glasswell, K., & Harland, D. (2004). Accuracy in the scoring of writing: Studies of reliability and validity using a New Zealand writing assessment system. Assessing Writing, 9(2), 105-121. |
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Brown, G. T. L. (2004). Measuring attitude with positively packed self-report ratings: Comparison of agreement and frequency scales. Psychological Reports, 94, 1015-1024. |
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| Te Kotahitanga Project Research Report for Prof Russell Bishop, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| 2008 |
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| Monitoring and Evaluating Curriculum Implementation Project, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| 2008 |
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| University Assessment week-long course at IPTI, Johor Bahru, Malaysia for Auckland UniServices, New Zealand. |
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| 2008 - November |
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| NZ Ministry of Education seminar, New Zealand Education Experience and its Relevance for Chile, at Universidad Diego Portales seminar, Santiago, Chile. |
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| 2008 - June |
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| General Research Fund proposals to the Research Grants Council of the Universities Grants Committee, Hong Kong. |
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| 2008 - May |
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| Best Evidence Synthesis Project effect sizes calculation leadership project, Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| 2007 - 2008 |
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| Foundation Learning data analysis, Upskilling NZ, Department of Labour, Wellington, New Zealand. |
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| 2007 |
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| Assessment for Productive Learning: Developing a holistic conception of assessment’s contribution to student learning. QEF Project, Faculty of Professional and Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education. |
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| 2007 |
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| Web-based Delphi study, Asia-Pacific Evaluation Project, Center for Research on Educational Evaluation and Development, National Taiwan Normal University. |
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| 2007 |
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| Editorial Advisory Board, set: Research Information for Teachers |
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| 2006 - Current |
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| Editorial Advisory Board—Asia-Pacific Region, Assessment in Education: Policy, Principles and Practice |
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| 2006 - Current |
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| Classroom Assessment System for Enhancing Learning Proposal, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, Republic South Africa |
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| 2006 - 2007 |
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| Research Quality and Impact Audit, Faculty of Education, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland |
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| 2006 |
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| Special course Assessment Principles and Practices for Teacher Education Selection & Recruitment Branch Officials, Ministry of Education, Malaysia. |
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| 2005 - October |
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| Special course Use of School-Based Assessment for Educational Improvement delivered to Ministry of Education Officials and School Teachers and Principals hosted by Malaysian Examination Syndicate, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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| 2005 - January |
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| “The impact of facilitation on teaching and learning in the arts”, Auckland UniServices Contract with Ministry of Education, New Zealand. |
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| 2005 |
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