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The evaluation of the Numeracy Exploratory Study at Year 9 in secondary schools in 2001 showed that a programme for assessing, teaching, and reassessing numeracy was both necessary and effective for...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
To identify the specific needs of students with respect to literacy in the content areas, 21 students from Years 9-13 were interviewed about their views of themselves as readers and writers, and how...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Secondary school students develop new reading strategies and a positive attitude toward reading through an effective literature circle.
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Currently in secondary schools a special time allowance of 'up to five weekly teaching half days beyond regulation staffing' is available 'to permit schools to employ part time teachers when...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Philip, a fourth former in a Wellington high school, was not very keen on writing. He thought little of his own writing ability, tended to write very slowly and was of the view that his difficulties...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How can education help to break down unnecessary sex-stereotyping of school subjects? The issue was much discussed in the 70s. The 'Catch 22' situation in the diagram was common and it was realised...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
If we distinguish what it is that good readers learn to do that poor readers do not learn we are half way to knowing what to
do to cure a lot of problems, for 'Failure in reading, virtually means...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In The Confusing World of High School Reading (Part 1): What the Teacher Doesn't See I reported the results of a recent study which showed that teaching a class of high school pupils can be deceptive...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In 1984, in one hundred Form 2 (Year 7) classes and in one hundred Form 5 (Year 10) classes throughout New Zealand, six thousand children wrote three pieces each. Their work was collected and the 18,...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Sex education in schools has been a topic of considerable controversy for many decades. Some groups see it as the preserve of the family; others believe that the high number of sex-related casualties...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article