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Despite the considerable differences in the rates at which students learn, almost all pupils can satisfactorily understand and be proficient in school subjects.
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
If literacy learning needs to change for the 21st century, when students need to deal with new formats, such as blogs, sound clips and YouTube, what does this mean in practice in the classroom? This...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2010_2_002.pdf | Content type: Set article
In literacy learning situations, teachers frequently fix errors before helping children find errors. This can be a source of confusion for students, especially when they are experiencing difficulty...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article illustrates the potential of using multiple means to help express and develop ideas.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Three years’ research work with 14 primary school teachers and two principals in technology education has shown how effective research, development, and negotiated intervention strategies can be...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
There are differences between schools in terms of location, size, growth rates, and characteristics of their student populations. Are any of these characteristics related to the learning and teaching...
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Research into why six subject departments that appeared to be adding significantly more to pupil's achievements than might be expected from their intake found they share a number of things in common...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
What is good thinking? Creative thinking is always a pleasure. Critical thinking tends to get a bad press, but it is just as necessary. Here it is carefully analysed, and research adds insights on...
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers can successfully encourage learners to be better thinkers. A research study of techniques for teaching metacognition (thinking about thinking) to 8-year-olds leads to conclusions about how...
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
New Zealanders, self-satisfied, pat themselves on the back for their excellent teaching of reading. One of the long-time reading gurus, Frank Smith, has written this thoughtful, if...
| Year published: 1992 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article