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Spelling is an important aspect of literacy – but not something that children can “pick up” during reading or writing. Here are some practical suggestions for combining spelling with writing in the...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Literacy and numeracy have been receiving increasing attention in New Zealand in recent years. This paper discusses how early childhood practitioners might respond to current initiatives in the area...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Three years’ research work with 14 primary school teachers and two principals in technology education has shown how effective research, development, and negotiated intervention strategies can be...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Guided reading is a key component of classroom literacy programmes in New Zealand. The Ministry of Education guidelines on how teachers should take guided reading sessions for emergent and early...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The authors look at the differences between the primary, intermediate/middle and secondary “islands” in the educational “sea”, the structural reasons for their separateness, the impact of this on...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The impressive research base on co-operative learning shows that it helps teachers to raise the academic achievement of all students, as well as helping students with healthy social, psychological...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Curriculum integration is much misunderstood. As a curriculum design and a pedagogy, it requires a commitment to power sharing when making curriculum decisions with students. When teachers negotiate...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Two ERUDITE (Educational Research Underpinning Development in Teacher Education) case studies of teacher-child interactions during a social studies curriculum unit focus on a Samoan boy who is a...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Today's educational leaders are faced with the task of solving complex problems. The author suggests that if principals understand how they have learnt educational management, what they have learnt,...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Most children have trouble understanding decimals - they confuse them with whole numbers or with fractions. Here are some concrete suggestions for how children can use their everyday knowledge to...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article