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In this review of the English area of the New Zealand curriculum, the spotlight is focused on the grammar teachers in primary schools are expected to know and understand in order to effectively teach...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article Pasifika students do not generally achieve as well as other students in school assessments of literacy and there are concerns about their comprehension of text. This article examines the out-of-...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article In literacy learning situations, teachers frequently fix errors before helping children find errors. This can be a source of confusion for students, especially when they are experiencing difficulty...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Key messages:
The need to identify students’ language, phonic and alphabet knowledge early on, and to systematically teach those skills in the early years.
Schools need more support from...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article How do students from minority groups develop effective literacy skills? The perceptions of two groups of Pasifika students—one achieving and one underachieving in literacy learning—are compared. They...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Rebecca Luce-Kapler reflects on how two groups of students responded very differently to a hypertext story in school and out of school. What this reveals about the mindset of schooling has far-...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article Critical literacy is a critical thinking tool that encourages readers to question the construction and production of texts. This article discusses the findings from a collaborative research project...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article This article offers a new look at students' comprehension of poetry. Its findings will be of particular interest to English teachers and teachers working with students to extend their...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: 
set2006_2_007_0.pdf | Content type: Set article This paper challenges the belief that methods of teaching reading are the answer to raising age cohort standards of achievement, and that literacy, in the form of reading and writing, is based on...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article For students to be most successful in their education, schools and teachers need to recognise, plan, and teach for the literacy demands inherent in the learning and assessment activities they...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article