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The growing diversity of students in mainstream schools in Aotearoa New Zealand is challenging for educators and policy makers alike. Educational researchers in the 21st century have shown that...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Assessment in schools is often concerned with generating student-achievement information in specific learning areas. However, we can use assessment techniques to collect a wider range of information...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article explores what a group of Years 11 and 13 students think about history, how they talk about it and what they are interested in studying. It suggests that being aware of student interests...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Practical Research for Education, 38, October 2007, pp. 29–33 (reprinted with permission)
This piece demonstrates authentic research in practice.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: Practical Research for Education | Content type: Set 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
What supports students to develop their conceptual understanding? Taking part in focus groups helped the Years 9 and 10 Māori and Pasifika students in this study to focus on understanding the...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
What does the term "student voice" mean to you? Does it mean listening to students' opinions? Involving students in decisions about their learning? Giving students equal say in decisions about school...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2011_1_031.pdf | Content type: Set article
This article describes a study in which a mirror was held up to the complexities of classroom interactions across cultures. Both the teachers and Pasifika students were able to discuss what...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Successful early or dual-enrolled students demonstrating competence in their university studies have not necessarily demonstrated strong performance in their high school studies. Some...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
New Zealand’s previous examination-based secondary assessment system can be viewed as encompassing cultural values presenting unfair challenges for indigenous and other nonmajority students. The...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article