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Gillon, Gail; McNeill, Brigid; Scott, Amy; Denston, Amanda; Wilson, Leanne; Carson, Karyn; Macfarlane, Angus Hikairo – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
This study investigated the feasibility of a teacher implemented intervention to accelerate phonological awareness, letter, and vocabulary knowledge in 141 children (mean age 5 years, 4 months) who entered school with lower levels of oral language ability. The children attended schools in low socioeconomic communities where additional stress was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Phonological Awareness, Young Children
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Parr, Judy M.; Jesson, Rebecca – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
Writing instruction in New Zealand occurs in a context with potential for variability in curriculum and delivery. The national curriculum is broad; self governing schools are to interpret and apply as appropriate to their local context. There are no mandated tests, nor external examinations until the last three years of school. Schools report to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, National Curriculum, Writing Achievement
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McLachlan, Claire; Arrow, Alison – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
This study examined if professional development with teachers would increase children's literacy skills in low socioeconomic early childhood settings in New Zealand and would lead to changes in teachers' beliefs and practices and children's abilities over an 8 week intervention period. Research indicates that children who have alphabetic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Influence