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Taking the Guesswork Out of Teaching Reading

Decoding has always been controversial. Rather than an ally, it has often been seen as the enemy of comprehension. The problem is that poor comprehenders are usually poor decoders as welt which...

| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Learning and Teaching Writing

In 1984, in one hundred Form 2 (Year 7) classes and in one hundred Form 5 (Year 10) classes throughout New Zealand, six thousand children wrote three pieces each. Their work was collected and the 18,...

| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Will It Hurt? Teaching in Maori, or Pitjantjatjara

In 1990 it may be relatively easy to set up state-funded schools in New Zealand which do not teach in English. Although many countries have parallel school systems teaching in different languages,...

| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Examining classroom talk: structure and talk in literacy lessons examined from a metacognitive perspective

Since teachers talk a great deal, careful analysis of what teachers say is revealing. The talk of two teachers dealing with the same topic, is described here. More variety, suiting the words to the...

| Year published: 1993 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

What Mathematicians Do and why it is important in the classroom

There is a lot to be learnt about how to teach a subject from what practitioners do every day. An insight into what delights mathematicians and what could delight our pupils.

| Year published: 1993 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Editorial

| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text:

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Teaching HSC English: The culture of uncertainty

Teachers of Higher School Certificate English in New South Wales are having to change their perception of the "rules of the game" relating to teaching for the subject or teaching for examination...

| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Aiming for Student Achievement: How teachers can understand and better meet the needs of Pacific Island and Maori students

By identifying issues that impact on student achievement in low decile schools with high ratios of Pacific Island and Maori students schools can improve the learning opportunities for these students...

| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Promoting Māori language through reading and interactive tasks

Children can be encouraged to maintain and develop their proficiency in Māori in a classroom where it is not the language of instruction. This research has implications for the promotion of Māori in...