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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
In literacy learning situations, teachers frequently fix errors before helping children find errors. This can be a source of confusion for students, especially when they are experiencing difficulty...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
These days, everyone has a mobile phone, even if they might not have a landline. Vardon School recognised the potential for texting to be an effective way to give parents regular feedback on their...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A successful conflict-resolution programme which has helped one Australian secondary school to create a positive school climate.
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Questions and responses that provide a starting point for professionals who are beginning to grapple with the meaning of inclusive school programmes. Reprinted from Phi Delta Kappan, October, 1996,...
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This classic research is reprinted from set No.1, 1983 because it has lost none of its relevance today. In suburbs where classes were increasing and decreasing in size, the effects of crowding on...
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
One of the most striking characteristics of classrooms since the Industrial Revolution to the present has been ~he large number of pupils within them. At no other 'stage in their lives will young...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The Aboriginal concept of shame was found to be a significant classroom factor affecting Koori students' classroom responses.
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
An effective behaviour management programme must focus on the behaviour of the whole school, not just the behaviour of students. This requires refocusing on the school’s core values, using a quality...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | 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