Tables of contents

Learning in a networked world: Global Summit 2006

Karen Bonanno

Commentary: Teacher librarians and school leadership

Cheryl O'Connor

Editorial: Executive report - bleak future for nation without teachers

Anette Ainsworth

In the workplace FAQ: problem shared, problem solved

Researchers engage preschoolers to unlock learning secrets: A worthy winner: Carol Miller

Lorene Furmage

Profile: Long-distance librarian: profile of Giselle Pryer

Tara Burton

Bringing teacher to the library

Isobel Williams

Honey, I shrunk the library: Technology, cyberspace and knowledge culture

Karen Brooks

Reviews: A tale of hard work, betrayal and prejudice

George Diek

Teaching

Passion for poetry

Barbara Guest

Information skills and information literacy: The Hamilton experience

Carol Miller

Going graphic: Using graphic novels to engage boys in school reading

Di Laycock

Building national professional standards

Fran Hinton

The world as we speak

Forum for changes in world languages

New Mexico milestone

Mary Jen Habermann Lopez

Flying the flag for Chinese

Madeline K Spring

Motivational teaching

Quality Quinn

Taking Mexico to a higher level

Hannah Zeiler

World views

Domino Maceri

Reviews

Isabel Schon

Last writes: the lyrical Irish tongue

Richard Lederer

Fostering continuous improvement and learning through peer assessment: Part of an integral model of assessment

Nancy T Davis, Evrim Genc Kumtepe, Mehmet Aydeniz

113

Comparing state high school assessments to standards for success in entry-level university courses

Richard S Brown, David T Conley

137

The effect of including pretest items in an operational computerized adaptive test: Do different ability examinees spend different amounts of time on embedded pretest items?

Abdullah A Ferdous, Barbara S Plake, Shu-Ren Chang

161

An index to measure the ability of first year science students to transfer mathematics

A L Roberts, M D Sharma, S Britton, P B New

429

Few fractional order derivatives and their computations

D D Bhatta

449

Mathematical under-preparedness: the influence of the pre-tertiary mathematics experience on students' ability to make a successful transition to tertiary level mathematics courses in Ireland

M Hourigan, J O'Donoghue

461

Irrational numbers on the number line - where are they?

N Sirotic, R Zazkis

477

An algebra content upgrading course for in-service mathematics teacher: a Singapore experience

Tin-Lam Toh

489

Responsive curriculum design in a statistics service unit 501 - 515

P F Coutis

501

Nonlinear resonance and Duffing's spring equation II

T H Fay, Stephan V Joubert

517

Classroom notes

529