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Getting help from peers can make up for individual attention the teacher wishes she could give but just cannot manage. And giving help also improves the young tutor's work.
| Year published: 1991 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
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
The old adage, 'It's not what you know but who you know ... ', has more often been used to explain success in business than success in education. One educational indicator of who you know, 'The old...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
As we write we construct knowledge, we manipulate information, we develop ourselves, and we get, as a bonus, the pleasure of authorship. Our writing develops and we use it for a wide range of...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
D o you agree with the following statements about poor farmers in India and Africa?
• They are poor through their own fault.
• They are poor because of the climate.
• They are poor because their...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
It is profoundly disturbing to learn that 70% of Australian 15-year-olds' expect the future to be ended by nuclear war. The research which revealed this was not elaborate. It was called 'Images of...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In New Zealand it is estimated that non-Maori girls now reach puberty, on average, at 12 years 6 months and Maori girls at 12.0. In Australia the age is between 12.4 and 13.0. That means that most...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
As soon as we consider teaching about Race Relations we strike a dilemma: how to promote desirable values and still let the children learn for themselves. Trying to persuade children to believe what...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How is the teacher to convert these private worries into informed and constructive thinking? It seems to be assumed that the two crucial components of education on nuclear issues are to increase...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A flowchart can describe what happens when we set out to copy a sentence; the factors and skills which operate during this task. The model is not about 'meaning' or 'word choice' or 'self-expression...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article