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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
We are, it seems, constantly being told that the main goal of education should be enabling students to build, rather than to “reproduce”, knowledge; and that knowledge building is...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In recent times a lot of attention has been focused on the importance of content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge for teachers of reading. This article presents the argument that...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Future-oriented theorists argue that if we want students to be future builders, we need to provide them with opportunities to do things with existing knowledge, rather than just reproduce...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
That students find working on multimodal texts engaging isn’t surprising—but what would be surprising is if that spilled over into increased engagement and achievement with traditional print texts....
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Reading Recovery is offered in most New Zealand schools, yet recent research shows that low-decile schools are less likely to offer it.
This article explores reasons for the lower uptake of...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article offers a new look at students' comprehension of poetry. Its findings will be of particular interest to English teachers and teachers working with students to extend their...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2006_2_007_0.pdf | Content type: Set article
Two strengths of the ARBs are their links to national curriculum statements and the range and control they give teachers and schools over what is to be assessed. They include a set of 96 writing...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article draws on the findings of a recent Ministry of Education commissioned evaluation of the CD ROM The Game and other stories. It focuses on possible reasons for the positive impact of...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article outlines the implications for teachers of the findings from a comparative study of students’ editing skills and processes when using word processors and pencils to write. An overview of...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article