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It is generally the case that teachers, instructing young children to read single words, present these sight-words in the company of pictures representing the same objects. For example, when teaching...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
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
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
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
Decoding has always been controversial. Rather than an ally, it has often been seen as the enemy of comprehension. The problem is that poor comprehenders are usually poor decoders as welt which...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2012). Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school. Otago University Press. Reviewed by Jennifer Tatebe
Kalantzis, M., & Cope,...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article