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Strengthening written language—a cluster approach

Investigating suspected underachievement in literacy in an intermediate school revealed that the levels of achievement in reading and writing were indeed a concern, especially the writing of Years 5–...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

First language literacy skill transfer in a second language learning environment: STRATEGIES FOR BILITERACY

Teachers in a Māori-medium immersion bilingual unit explored teaching Māori bilingual students how to transfer their literacy skills in their first language (English) to become literate in Māori.
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Home–school partnerships. What are they really?

Author(s): Keren Brooking
It has long been known that families can have a significant effect on their children's achievement.  This is supported by a recent NZCER evaluation on the Home–School Partnership: Literacy...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Raising students’ literacy achievements in secondary school: Findings from teacher–researcher partnerships

Collaborating in the secondary department of an area school, teachers and researchers developed their understanding of content area literacy and their skills in developing instruction to address...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

RĀPP: tape-assisted reading to support students' literacy in Māori in two bilingual schools

Author(s): Mere Berryman
A literacy project aimed to raise the reading achievement of Māori students was conducted using Ripene Āwhina ki te Pānui Pukapuka (RĀPP), a tape-assisted reading resource for students learning to...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

An unexpected breakthrough for rapid reading improvement: AVAILLL uses movies so students read it, see it and get it

Author(s): Faye Parkhill
Audio Visual Achievement in Literacy, Language and Learning (AVAILLL), an innovative reading programme that supplements normal classroom literacy programmes, has proved to be extremely effective in...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Using selected NCEA standards to profile senior students’ subject-area literacy

Author(s): Stuart McNaughton
The changing nature of literacy in the senior secondary school means that many common tools do not give subject teachers the detailed information they need to identify and address strengths and gaps...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Editorial

| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: PDF icon AM2013_5_001.pdf | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Exploring first-grade teachers’ use of data to inform early literacy instruction

Research has suggested that using early literacy data to inform instruction can prevent reading failure. However, little is known about how teachers learn to effectively link their instruction to...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Starting the conversation: Student transition from secondary to academic literacy

This article reports on the first phase of an investigation into the effective transitioning of secondary students to tertiary education through a focus on academic literacy. Action research was used...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: PDF icon CM2014_10_094.pdf | Content type: Curriculum Matters article

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