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PE lessons look full of stimulating and beneficial activity. But are they? You can try some of this research out yourself. It can lead to greater achievement and enjoyment.
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Mediation is a voluntary service, in which two mediators help the parties in dispute to find a way of resolving their problems. In mediation the disputants (or parties) are asked to tell their 'story...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In December 1986 ACER published a major report on this topic. Rates of participation have climbed a bit since then but the factors which influence who gets what education have not. The report itself...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Information becomes more meaningful as it is interrelated with what we already know. Learners may be helped to learn how new ideas should be fitted into their mental scaffolding through the use of...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Learning only testable facts will not be enough for survival. Learning fact-finding skills will not be enough. Independent thinking, being able to make good decisions, having clear values and a store...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Placing handicapped students in the regular classroom is the beginning of an opportunity to influence handicapped students' lives deeply by promoting constructive relationships between them and their...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
What is fairness?
NZCER concentrated on
(a) access (pre-school to continuing education);
(b) content and teaching style;
(c) allocation of educational resources;
(d) outcomes, e.g.,...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Homework is tradition that has survived waves of enthusiasm and of disenchantment. The famous report in the USA called A Nation at Risk, prescribed 'more homework' as one remedy for education's many...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set1988_1_015.pdf | Content type: Set article
Assessment in education serves several purposes. It can provide diagnoses of learning and teaching deficiencies. It can establish the level of achievement of a student or a group of students with...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Schools do not create jobs. They do create school leavers. However, there is no reason why they should create school-leavers who do not have the practical know how to participate competently in life...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article