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'The more TV that children watch, the worse they will do at school, particularly when it comes to reading.' That is one popular belief. Another is that, for children who have difficulty...
| Year published: 1979 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article How television can help with reading instruction.
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article What do young children really think of superheroes? Should parents and teachers be concerned about their fascination?
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Television nowadays often blends the ingredients of different genres into one programme, notably documentary (fact) and drama (fiction). Research in Britain confirms that children have...
| Year published: 1992 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Does reading have to be carefully protected against the avalanche of Television? Is driving as much a threat to reading-for-enjoyment as TV? These, and other arguments in the 'literacy...
| Year published: 1991 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article There have been calls to have this TV programme banned. How do children 'see' it? Is it doing them harm?
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article We can count all the shootings and violence on the TV we let our children watch. But what about the good things they see? More counting reveals interesting facts.
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Economics is so pervasive in modern life that economic questions and issues cannot be avoided. If young people do not have a basic understanding of economics they will be confused and misinterpret...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article The average 18-year-old in the USA has already watched about eighteen thousand hours of television. This exposure (more than the total time spent in school) must be of enormous influence on morals,...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Most teachers use television incidentally in their lessons, if only to reinforce or illustrate some point. Many will have noticed a reluctance, almost an hostility, by the children towards discussing...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article