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Review of Rutherford Discovery Fellowships

The Rutherford Discovery Fellowships were established in 2010 to support the career development of New Zealand’s most talented early to mid career researchers at a crucial…

Evaluation of Skylight's Travellers programme

Travellers is an early intervention programme run by Skylight for students (generally in Year 9) in New Zealand secondary schools.In order to build on existing studies…

Building a science curriculum with an effective nature of science component

This report is one of a series written for the Ministry of Education as part of the Curriculum support for science strand of the Science in…

Competent Children, Competent Learners

The Competent Children, Competent Learners project is a longitudinal study undertaken by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) which focuses on a group of…

From "student voice" to "youth–adult partnerships": lessons from working with young people as partners for educational change

This working paper describes a series of recent “student voice” projects undertaken by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER). Although these projects varied in…

Implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum: Synthesis of Research & Evaluation

The revised New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) was launched in November 2007 (Ministry of Education, 2007), following a lengthy period of trialling and consultation, which included the…

Innovation Policies and Funding in New Zealand: How Effective Are They?

The following papers present results from evaluations of publicly-funded R&D assistance provided to New Zealand firms. Below you will find: Innovation Policies and Funding in New Zealand:…

Taking a "future focus" in education—what does it mean?

This working paper describes some of the ideas underpinning NZCER’s Future-Focused Issues (FFI) project. There is a variety of ways to interpret what it means to…

Moderation and Teacher Learning: What can research tell us about their interrelationships?

This report investigates opportunities for professional learning when teachers work together to moderate their judgements of students’ work. It draws together key themes from previous research…

Literacy, language and numeracy: connecting research to practice in the tertiary sector

Around 40% of adults in Aotearoa, New Zealand have literacy and numeracy skills below a level needed to use and understand the increasingly difficult texts and…