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In the last 10 years subsidised laptops have been rolled out to classes at all levels and ICT has become more common in the classroom. How are teachers using ICT to teach junior science and what is...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Two Years 7/8 teachers planned, implemented and reflected on teaching a unit about erosion and landforms with the support of ICT tools. They used videos, photos, animations and digital microscopes—as...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In a world where schools are accountable for ensuring that all of their students are academically well prepared to enter “the knowledge society”, using assessment in the service of learning is a...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
This is one teacher’s story of how connecting her science teaching to the cultural background of her Māori students increased their motivation and enthusiasm. By linking a topic on forest ecology...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers are keen to adopt new ICTs to support student learning. This article looks at one example—interactive whiteboards. Skilfully used by the teacher, sequences of magnified images wowed students...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This paper describes an instance of classroom assessment and then moves on to consider the ways that examples such as this may illustrate, and be informed by, the principles for curriculum decision...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Jane McChesney and Bronwen Cowie explore the key competencies of thinking and using language, symbols, and text in terms of Mathematics and Statistics, Science, and Technology. What do these...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
This article focuses on planning as a strategy for enhancing teacher pedagogical content knowledge.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Here, the focus is on ways to build continuity, coherence, and connections in learning over time.
| Year published: 2008 | 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