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Socio-scientific issues (SSIs) are real-life problems which have a scientific basis yet require the consideration of social concerns. Using SSIs has been advocated as an approach to engage secondary-...
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Over the past 7 years I have dramatically changed my pedagogy in a quest to engage junior primary students in deep, authentic learning. This article concentrates on how I have come to support junior...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Current national and international research indicates the summer break can negatively affect students’ reading achievement. To counter this effect, our primary school with a range of students worked...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: 
set2017_1_029.pdf | Content type: Set article This article, based on an 18-month study of effective writing instruction amongst Year 5 to 8 students, concludes that effective implementation of three dimensions of effective practice (learning...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2017_1_037.pdf | Content type: Set article Recent moves within New Zealand and internationally have called for the inclusion of computational learning through activities such as coding, in school curricula. However, including activities such...
| Year published: 2016 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Two teachers research the documentation, continuity and complexity of key competencies in their combined new entrant, Year 1 and Year 2 classroom. They wanted to find ways to make the continuity...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In term 3, 2012, 22 teacher-assessors collected data from 5,000 children in 200 schools around the country. The information they collected will inform the education community in New Zealand...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Two teachers research the documentation, continuity and complexity of key competencies in their combined new entrant, Year 1 and Year 2 classroom. They wanted to find ways to make the continuity...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article In an attempt to develop tolerance and acceptance of other cultural groups, teacher educators from the University of Newcastle worked with members of the local African community to develop a creative...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article Feedback is a key component of assessment for learning. This study explored whether a sample of students in Years 3–6 understood their teachers' feedback. The results showed some mismatch between...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article