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Despite pessimistic American findings, a new Bristol University study suggests that, in certain circumstances, individual schools can make a significant contribution to their pupils'...
| Year published: 1977 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers are almost universally agreed that large classes "are exhausting, a cause of frustration, and a reason for failure in basic subjects". Their views about what constitutes a...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Missing the point: REPORTING ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TO KOREAN PARENTS AT ONE NEW ZEALAND HIGH SCHOOL
How effective is school reporting, particularly for parents of international students? Schools spend considerable time and effort in reporting to parents, but little research has been conducted on...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Ros McLellan reports on a 10-term UK project "Raising Boys’ Achievement". She gives an overview of the research and offers a framework for thinking about strategies that have the potential to raise...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Faced with the tom-tom beat of competitive marketing, there is a strong interest in what makes for a "good" school rather than a "hyped up" school. This study looks at how two value-added schools...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Longitudinal study which asked: Does multiage grouping make a difference to the students in terms of their learning environment or their social adjustment?
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article A study of the motivational goals of indigenous minority students with implications for schools.
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article In Northern Ireland they used to assume that boys would catch up to girls at school. But the courts said there was discrimination and treating them differently must stop. Where does...
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article We often 'cheat' by giving marks higher than the quality of the work requires. Our motives are good – often it is to avoid discouraging the 'trier'. But does it pay off?
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Marks interfere with each other – your brilliantly fair assessments may be 'put-crook' by other equally just marks. Technical, but as readable as Le Carré, and much more important.
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article