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A.R. Luria, the great Soviet psychologist, died recently. Lurra and other members of the Moscow school of psychology developed a theory about the relationship between speech and behaviour which...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Research shows sex differences in the development of children and adolescents. This review examines how these influence behaviour and attainment.
| Year published: 1977 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Maori and other Polynesian children underachieve in the New Zealand school system and educators have often suggested that more research is needed to find out why. More specifically, what skills do...
| Year published: 1979 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
What do New Zealand teachers expect of their pupils? Are their expectations culturally stereotyped? Do they treat some pupils differently because of their stereotypes?
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Is the issue worth investigating? After all, numerous studies have shown that the home environment is a major influence on behaviour, and, within the school, more promising variables for study are...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Concern about disruptive behaviour has increased dramatically in the last decade. Three reasons are often put forward for this.
(i) Disruptive behaviour in schools is the inevitable...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
If you believe that hitting children is right and proper and probably good for them, that it stiffens the moral fibre, gives them a taste of what life is an about, and so on, then no amount of...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Assessment in schools is often concerned with generating student-achievement information in specific learning areas. However, we can use assessment techniques to collect a wider range of information...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Bullying of Years 5–8 students on the school bus is examined and strategies for prevention are suggested.
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article In three separate research projects involving Māori and Pasifika lower SES students in the Auckland region, the dominant theme to emerge is the critical importance of the relationship between teacher...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article