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There are two main traditions in the psychology of reading. The most familiar tradition is educational, based on the study of children learning to read: its theoretical base is in the theories of...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
One of the distinctive marks of reading programmes in New Zealand schools is the extent to which story-reading is used in the classroom. Recent surveys show that most primary school children expect,...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
During the 1960s there was a dramatic increase in the amount of both experimental and theoretical work devoted to the topic of short-term memory. The field had become enormously complicated, so in an...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Theories of how we learn to read are important springs for research and as research data piles up their strengths and weaknesses are being revealed. Meanwhile, back in the classroom, trial and error...
| 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
The books used to teach children to read in New Zealand schools present a narrowed view of reality which may be harmful to girls. This is the general finding of an inquiry completed earlier this year...
| Year published: 1974 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A grab bag of information on various topics, including current research projects and new periodicals.
| Year published: 1974 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
For most lowest-achieving children, Reading Recovery offers a second chance to catch. What about those who are the hardest-to-teach - those who need a third chance? This study shows that they too can...
| Year published: 1999 | 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
Despite hard times the information explosion continues. As a result, professional people who aim to be well informed and abreast of current developments find that the task becomes more burdensome...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article