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Current national and international research indicates the summer break can negatively affect students’ reading achievement. To counter this effect, our primary school with a range of students worked...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2017_1_029.pdf | Content type: Set article
With the ever-increasing rate of social change, we need more than ever to provide a variety of opportunities for New Zealand students to ask questions about current social issues and...
| Year published: 2016 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The Electoral Commission’s vision is that young people become active and engaged citizens who understand and value what it means to live in a democracy, who have confidence in their...
| Year published: 2016 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Despite policies recommending schools collaborate with whānau and Māori communities, and research that indicates why these connections are important, what remains less obvious is how these...
| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In this edition of Assessment News education advisor Cathie Johnson encourages schools to consider how they can reflect and report on dimensions of engagement and learning that cannot be...
| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2015_3_058.pdf | Content type: Set article
Literacy and numeracy are high-stakes, and we do our students a disservice if we do not grow their capabilities in these areas. However, we also do them an immense disservice if we ignore...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Ethics is a valuable way to approach science in primary school because grappling with ethical issues engages students. Focusing on ethics encourages students to extend their understanding of...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article discusses some findings from recent studies on the mental health of young people. It then uses findings from an evaluation of Travellers—an early intervention programme for secondary...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The teaching and learning of languages additional to English (L2) in English-dominant societies has reached a crisis point, with teachers often facing considerable challenges with recruiting, and...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
This project explored how ICTs in primary classrooms can enhance the teaching and learning of the practical and theoretical aspects of science. By building on teacher and Years 7/8 student prior...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article