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New NZCER Information Skills tests explore students’ understanding of the information skills involved in using libraries, parts of a book, and reference sources. They provide strong evidence that...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Not everyone sees a classroom in the same light, as shown in this study of over 2,000 secondary students and their teachers. The questionnaire used is easy to administer and provides important...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
We often 'cheat' by giving marks higher than the quality of the work requires. Our motives are good – often it is to avoid discouraging the 'trier'. But does it pay off?
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Assessment in education serves several purposes. It can provide diagnoses of learning and teaching deficiencies. It can establish the level of achievement of a student or a group of students with...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
One of the disturbing things about 'common sense' is that just about every situation has a bit of folklore to back it up. On the subject of internal assessment you can choose between 'learning from...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Validity and reliability are two key ideas in assessment. In the last issue of set I looked at the concept of validity and how it might inform the assessment decisions we make as classroom...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2005_3_059.pdf | Content type: Set article
Diagnostic information from the science assessment resource banks can provide valuable national information about what students know about a particular subject. This information can help teachers...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Using an interpretive, qualitative case study methodology, the current study investigated 20 primary school teachers’ beliefs and understandings about feedback, and the use of feedback to enhance...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters 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