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As part of a larger study of the junior school, video recordings were made of new entrants busily adjusting to school learning. Here are fascinating insights into learning, interaction...
| Year published: 1991 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This review of research looks not only at the effects of class size on children's academic success but also at children's behaviour, teacher stress, cost effectiveness and the unique...
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
It was 40°C when I entered the large suburban primary school to observe three early childhood students on teaching practice. The principal directed me along a seemingly endless corridor to the junior...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Starting the year on the 'right foot' is the key to effective classroom discipline. Obviously, of course, naturally - now tell us something new. Well, what's new is that a school can indeed design an...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Even in the very first year at school a few pupils are disruptive. They are called 'disruptive', 'immature', 'aggressive', 'lacking in concentration' and 'hyperactive' and in moments of stress a lot...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Spelling research is making good progress. Two of the areas it is finding very fruitful are:
1 an examination of the words children write - and subsequently misspell;
2 investigation of how we...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Starting school is a major life event for all involved: children, families, preschool educators, and school staff. All groups engage in a range of activities designed to make the time of transition...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Six parents of Year 4–6 students at a rural primary school were interviewed to explore their perspectives on the mathematics education of their children.
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Can teachers themselves answer the questions they ask the children in their classrooms as part of instructional literacy programmes? This article explores the results of a Phonological Awareness Test...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The family is one of the sites for literacy learning and that families vary both between themselves and according to culture. This article provides some suggestions with the aim of encouraging a...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article