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In recent times a lot of attention has been focused on the importance of content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge for teachers of reading. This article presents the argument that...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Reading Recovery is offered in most New Zealand schools, yet recent research shows that low-decile schools are less likely to offer it.
This article explores reasons for the lower uptake of...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Thirteen schools that produced high mean literacy scores, relative to their decile levels, in a nationwide survey were visited and studied to identify practices that might account for their students...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Many students in an Auckland primary school were able to decode adequately, but still had difficulty in understanding what they read. A modified reciprocal reading programme was shown to improve...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
From Alan Duff’s original vision in 1992, the Books in Homes programme grew to reach 397 low-decile schools and 78,000 students by 2001, with well over a million books distributed. The evaluation was...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article describes one primary school’s approach to countering the “summer drop” in reading achievement. By the deliberate sharing of strategies to support reading at home during the holidays...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article