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Progression in School Science Curriculum: A Rational Prospect or a Chimera?
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Fensham, Peter J. – Research in Science Education, 2022
Science in schooling has for the first time been recently considered as a verified whole for the 10 or 12 of its compulsory years, rather than for a limited sector of schooling or for a particular group of students. This has also been occurring as part of a wider review and plan for the whole curriculum of schooling. A framework has been provided…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Curriculum, National Curriculum, Comparative Education
Patterns of Early Literacy and Word Reading Skill Development across the First 6 Months of School and Reading Instruction
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Tracy A. Cameron; Jane L. D. Carroll; Mele Taumoepeau; Elizabeth Schaughency – School Psychology, 2024
This study described the growth trajectories of 105 children (n = 55 boys) who had just started primary school in New Zealand (NZ). Children were assessed every fourth school week around 1.5 months after starting school, for five sessions on Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills first sound fluency (FSF), AIMSweb letter sound fluency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Elementary School Students, Learning Trajectories
Deep and Connected Learning through Hypothetical Learning Trajectories
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Amanda Gardner – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2024
In 2020, two teachers and seven students participated in an action research project that sought to improve the teaching and learning of fractions in a New Zealand primary school. This research revealed that the collaborative creation of hypothetical learning trajectories was beneficial to the teachers' practice, content knowledge, and confidence,…
Descriptors: Learning Trajectories, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Fractions
Big Ideas in the Geography Curriculum: Nature, Awareness and Need
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Gregory, Kenneth J.; Lewin, John – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2023
Big ideas, sometimes referred to as key, core, fundamental or threshold concepts, are widely applicable concepts at the heart of disciplines that are or have been central and influential for their fields. Attention here is particularly directed to meta-concepts common to sister disciplines in the sciences. "Learning thresholds",…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disciplines, Learner Engagement
An Examination of the Curriculum-Levelling Construct
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Smaill, Esther; Darr, Charles – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020
In February 2020, the Ministry of Education asked the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to examine the curriculum-levelling construct that sits at the heart of "The New Zealand Curriculum" (Ministry of Education, 2007) (NZC). A key goal of the research was to investigate, whether-- and if so, how--the construct helps…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Alignment (Education), Foreign Countries, National Curriculum
An Examination of the Curriculum-Levelling Construct. Summary Report
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Smaill, Esther; Darr, Charles – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020
In February 2020, the Ministry of Education asked the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to examine the curriculum-levelling construct that sits at the heart of The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007). A key goal of the research was to investigate, whether-- and if so, how--the construct helps (or hinders)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Program Development