Even in the very first year at school a few pupils are disruptive. They are called 'disruptive', 'immature', 'aggressive', 'lacking in concentration' and 'hyperactive' and in moments of stress a lot of worse names! I prefer to call them 'difficult to teach'. A week or more was spent in each ...

Teachers who understand that spelling is a complex developmental process can help students acquire spelling competency. Initially, the teacher must recognize five stages of spelling development. Once the stages are identified, the teacher can provide opportunities for children to develop cognitive strategies for dealing with English orthography, and assess the ...

Writing and going to school are intimately linked in the minds of many people. The second 'R; even more than reading, is regarded as a particularly school-like activity, and images of pupils huddled over desks gripping their pens, scrawling out lines on a clean page, readily spring to mind. The ...

Theories of how we learn to read are important springs for research and as research data piles up their strengths and weaknesses are being revealed. Meanwhile, back in the classroom, trial and error is as important as theory and data. In this item we have the experiences and methods of ...

What is work experience for? The main goal may be to make students more employable, or it may be to teach students about the community in which they live. It may be to help students to become more responsible and socially mature, or, to establish links between school and community ...

Most claims of bias in a test concern its content. Each of the three illustrations contains elements of content bias, which is the type of test bias that comes readily to mind for most people. A test with biased content contains questions that in one sense or another are 'unfair' ...

Using research findings from the United States which threw light on family stress, Professor Bronfenbrenner draws conclusions for N.Z. and points ways ahead. An address given at the Second Early Childhood Care and Development Convention, Christchurch, August 1979. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1979, No. 2)

In Ypsilanti, Michigan, a project has been underway for 20 years. It now shows that significantly more of those who have had pre-schooling have jobs, and stay out of prison. Pre-school education is a "headstart!" (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1979, No. 2)

Does a baby suffer irreparable harm if separated from its mother? This review of the evidence suggests that the question, and our old answers, come from Western Society's emphasis on individuals. (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1977, No. 1)

Is it safe, emotionally, to pass the baby from hand to hand, to leave it in a child centre, to take it to parties, to leave it in hospital? (From set: Research Information for Teachers, 1980, No. 1)