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One of the most important goals for teaching statistics is to prepare students to deal with the statistical information that increasingly impacts on their everyday lives. Students need to be able to...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This companion article reports initial findings of a case study of longer learning periods in one school. It examines whether teachers perceive longer lessons to make a difference to teaching...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How do students understand concepts in school history curriculum and assessment documentation?
"Switched-on" history teachers tap into students' conceptual understandings, promote conversations...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The implementation of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) has posed a challenge for curriculum leaders and teachers in all learning areas. These challenges have been...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
Students' perspectives on teacher questioning are discussed as a component of formative assessment in a Year 13 chemistry class at a large coeducational urban New Zealand high school. The authors...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Technology students often have widely varying knowledge and skills, so making qualification credits accessible to all is a challenge for the teacher. This study focused on real-life contexts,...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers are constantly urged to develop higher-level thinking skills in their students. This article describes one school's approach to developing these skills in Year 9 students in a way that is...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Secondary school students develop new reading strategies and a positive attitude toward reading through an effective literature circle.
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Some schools are busy challenging the assumptions Richard White details in item No.7, particularly the assumption that children of equal age must all be taught the same curriculum, and...
| Year published: 1993 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Some children find listening and comprehending very difficult - all sorts of things get in the road. Susan Gray got students to tell her what those blocks are. Then she shows how they...
| Year published: 1993 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article