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An Initial Exploration of Curriculum Levels in Science and Mathematics and Statistics
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Bonne, Linda; Hipkins, Rosemary – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2019
In March 2019 the Ministry of Education (MOE) commissioned NZCER to conduct an exploratory study of curriculum levelling in the Science and Mathematics and Statistics learning areas of "The New Zealand Curriculum" (NZC). The study was prompted in part by a desire to probe possible reasons for patterns of achievement reported by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
Understanding Doctoral Students' Needs for Thesis Discussion Writing and Supervisory Curriculum Development: A Sociocultural Theory Perspective
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Lifen Shen; Lawrence Jun Zhang; Susan Carter – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2024
The global blossoming of doctoral education calls for a better understanding of doctoral candidates' needs concerning thesis writing. Although scholars proclaim the particular difficulty of writing a thesis discussion, empirical studies on doctoral students' needs for the discussion chapter are insufficient. To fill the gap, using individual…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Curriculum Development, Student Needs, Discussion
Embracing the Complexity of Educational Programmes
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Govers, Elly – Cogent Education, 2016
Systems of monitoring and control have left many educators and organisations in the field of post-compulsory education struggling to find ways to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse society. Education is complex. Many educators would agree that it is influenced by many, often contradictory, voices and power structures. Based on the findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Case Studies, Systems Approach
"Japanese and the Major Are Incompatible": Institutional Reasons for Dropping Japanese at the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education
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Oshima, Ryoko; Harvey, Sharon – Language Learning Journal, 2017
With anglophone countries now experiencing unprecedented levels of ethnic and linguistic diversity, it is considered increasingly important that young people learn to communicate in ways which are effective for the multilingual and intercultural contexts they live in, will work in and will travel to. One of the key vehicles for promoting and…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Academic Persistence, Higher Education
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Appendix A: Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards, Glossary of Key Terms
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Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2010
One of the key requirements of the Common Core State Standards for Reading is that all students must be able to comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school. By the time they complete the core, students must be able to read and comprehend independently and proficiently the kinds of complex texts commonly found…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Glossaries
Focus on Topics. Learning in Science Project. Working Paper No. 4.
Tasker, Ross; And Others – 1979
The first (exploratory) phase of the Learning in Science Project focused on science teaching/learning in the Form 1 to 4 level (ages 10 to 14) and sought to identify problems and difficulties in several areas. Provided in this paper are comments obtained during structured/unstructured interviews (from students, ex-students, teachers, headmasters,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Course Content