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These are comments from the noted Sociologist, Willard Waller, in 1932. After 50 years and nearly 500 research papers there seems to have been little change. Indeed, in recent literature one...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Until very recently, computer assisted instruction was a sophisticated area of research that involved very large computer systems. Often the computer was centrally based at a university or...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
It is the right of every child to be educated according to his age, ability and aptitude: all pupils should be given the opportunity to develop their full potential. These principles have long...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Browsing is the most common way of choosing what book to read. Coming closely behind is selecting an author, and selecting a subject. However, men put choosing the subject first, and browsing wins...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article On June 12, 1982, a little book with a long title, Ko Ngā Kupu Pū Noa o te Reo Māori: The First Basic Māori Word List, was launched by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. The 'basic-...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: 
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It describes different types of solvent abuse, lists some of the signs and symptoms of sniffing, and makes some practical suggestions about ways of dealing with sniffing 'epidemics'. It is...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Of course fathers are important - aren't they? Fathers have always been important. Fathers provide for their families. Fathers supervise, discipline and train. Fathers teach children skills...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Young children often play fantasy or pretend games. It's especially common between about 2 and 7 years or age. It starts in simple ways. The Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget described how...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The term 'non-verbal test' is used to describe a range of paper-and-pencil tests designed to tap a selection of cognitive processes that are unlikely to involve verbal language. This does...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article The most gratifying academic research is that which helps to confirm something we already suspected to be true. That is why Dr Scott Armstrong, Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton School...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set1982_2_008.pdf | Content type: Set article