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'The more TV that children watch, the worse they will do at school, particularly when it comes to reading.' That is one popular belief. Another is that, for children who have difficulty...
| Year published: 1979 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Children are not failures in the normative sense when they arrive at school but the process of labelling a child as a failure begins early in his school career. The early school years a:re...
| Year published: 1982 | 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
Does the introduction of a new teaching technique help children learn? Would it be better to reduce class size, get a new teacher, send the children home? New statistical ways of...
| Year published: 1993 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This small booklet is a guide for classroom and pre-school researchers anxious to arrive at valid results without·elaborate laboratory equipment or endless time. Many examples are included. (From set...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Modern technology has made possible a range of new research techniques. This article provides a useful guide for those interested in using the videorecorder for early childhood research.
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Most of what we know about children comes from watching carefully what they do. Proud parents entertain their friends - or bore them out of their minds - with the latest tales of their offspring's...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Several of the research reports summarized below have been published by the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales (NFER). This research organization, which was set...
| Year published: 1974 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This issue of Research Briefs includes a summary of a report published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in April 1974. Many New Zealand teachers will be familiar with some of...
| Year published: 1974 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
At Dunedin Teachers College, all students who graduate with a B.Ed. degree are required to carry out an independent
research study as part of their programme. This study (known as Teaching Practice...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article