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On June 12, 1982, a little book with a long title, Ko Ngā Kupu Pū Noa o te Reo Māori: The First Basic Māori Word List, was launched by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. The 'basic-...
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Set1982_2_003.pdf It describes different types of solvent abuse, lists some of the signs and symptoms of sniffing, and makes some practical suggestions about ways of dealing with sniffing 'epidemics'. It is...
Of course fathers are important - aren't they? Fathers have always been important. Fathers provide for their families. Fathers supervise, discipline and train. Fathers teach children skills and...
Young children often play fantasy or pretend games. It's especially common between about 2 and 7 years or age. It starts in simple ways. The Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget described how as...
The term 'non-verbal test' is used to describe a range of paper-and-pencil tests designed to tap a selection of cognitive processes that are unlikely to involve verbal language. This does not...
The most gratifying academic research is that which helps to confirm something we already suspected to be true. That is why Dr Scott Armstrong, Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton...
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Set1982_2_008.pdf In order to convey information and notions about time adults use a complex set of conventions. Of interest is children's ability to grasp and use these conventions.
Pupils with IQs in the range 70- 90 are usually in regular secondary school classes. They make up some 5% to 10% of the average first year high school intake. Such pupils are frequently reported...
These scales are designed to obtain teacher estimates of a student's characteristics in the areas of learning, motivation, creativity, and leadership. The items are derived from the research...
We have all had the experience at some time of being given a good test which has been ruined or just made less 'do-able' by clumsy layout and unsatisfactory reproduction. Poor layout and...
There are pitfalls when immigrant and minority language students are given psychological tests. Educators in many countries are becoming aware of them. In Canada, for example, most of the school...
This item contains a short list of words about computers in education, then a computerese glossary light-heartedly compiled by Jef Raskin and first published in Apple, Vol.1, No.1, reprinted by...