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To find or to fix: Effective teacher response to error in early literacy learning

Author(s): Pauline Smith

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

More than talk and writing: Exploring the multimodal nature of classroom interactions

Author(s): Alister Jones, Bronwen Cowie, Kathrin Otrel-Cass

This article illustrates the potential of using multiple means to help express and develop ideas.

| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Stand By Your Desks

Among the most serious obstacles to the growth of participatory methods of teaching are columns of desks in classrooms. While pupils are forced to sit looking at the backs of their fellows, with the...

| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set 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...