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Aligning assessment and learning using cultural-historical activity theory

Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) has been used in several development studies, but few have used it for the purposes of formative assessment. This article reports from a study where the...

| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Supporting toddlers as competent story navigators across home and early childhood contexts

Young children learn how to communicate with others through their everyday interactions and social relationships. In this article, we argue that stories about personal experiences are a valuable...

| Year published: 2021 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

“Talk about Books”: Investigating a junior primary oral language programme

Author(s): Annette Tate, Maree Jeurissen

Talk about Books is an oral language programme that involves intensive work by teacher aides with individual children. The results of the study outlined in this article show that it effectively...

| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Being “sociocultural” in early childhood education practice in Aotearoa

The New Zealand early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki, has a sociocultural emphasis. As a result it places importance on relationships with families, and the validation of children’s ...

| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article

The development and trial of Māori language tools for assessing oral language from Years 1 to 3

Author(s): Mere Berryman

Māori language education settings have resulted in teachers requiring efficient ways to identify the oral Māori language proficiency of students at the beginning of Māori-immersion schooling and...

| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Issues of culture and assessment in New Zealand education pertaining to Māori students

Author(s): Mere Berryman, Russell Bishop

Assessment, much like learning, is interactive, social and contextual. New information and experience is understood and assimilated in relation to prior knowledge and experiences. While it is...