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Despite the considerable differences in the rates at which students learn, almost all pupils can satisfactorily understand and be proficient in school subjects.
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Neville Bennett's controversial research into primary teaching styles unearthed one informal teacher who obtained higher learning gains for her children then any other teacher in the sample. E...
| Year published: 1979 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
What do New Zealand teachers expect of their pupils? Are their expectations culturally stereotyped? Do they treat some pupils differently because of their stereotypes?
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Most teachers are probably just as curious about what goes on in other classrooms as they are about what goes on in their own. But generally we do not get much opportunity to observe our...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In 1972, after four years of using mechanical calculators in my teaching now and again, I tried electronic calculators. It
was incontestable that they were a help in the classroom. They had a...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Pasifika students do not generally achieve as well as other students in school assessments of literacy and there are concerns about their comprehension of text. This article examines the out-of-...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A substantial number of teachers working in Auckland’s poor urban primary schools are highly successful in their practice. They have an expertise that takes children to their academic and personal...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
There are differences between schools in terms of location, size, growth rates, and characteristics of their student populations. Are any of these characteristics related to the learning and teaching...
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The reading debate seems to moving away from the entrenched positions of "us" versus "them" towards a continuum of process. Teachers in this research were asked to assess three different reading...
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Using outstanding teachers of primary school composite classes researchers have developed a series of maxims which could be useful for other teachers.
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article