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The effect on student behaviour and achievement of removing incentives to complete online formative assessments
(Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2021)This research explored the effect of incentives to complete online quizzes during a course. When a 1% weighting incentive per quiz was removed, student engagement dropped dramatically. There is also evidence that students ... -
The relationship between literacy, self-efficacy and behaviour across the early years of school in New Zealand
(University of Canterbury, 2021)The correlation between self-efficacy, literacy and behaviour has the potential to have a long lasting impact on students’ academic achievement, psychosocial development, and wider societal success. While each of these ... -
Student wellbeing in secondary schools: an exploration of opportunities and challenges in the greater Ōtautahi Christchurch region.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)There is a growing movement, both nationally and internationally, to support the integration of wellbeing and related concepts into the core work of educational institutions, both at the primary and secondary levels. In ... -
Why and how people over forty continue with lifestyle sports : changes in practice and meaning.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This study inquired into why and how people approaching middle age continue to engage in the lifestyle sports of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding. Lifestyle sports is a term used for sports like surfing, skateboarding ... -
Matangia ‘i Namo : science teachers’ and students’ conceptualisations of local environmental and climate change issues : talanoa from Ha‘apai and Port Vila
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Pacific communities in both rural and urban settings are experiencing the impacts of the global climate crisis, as well as non-climatic factors, on their local ecosystems. Developing adaptation strategies to respond to ... -
The dance of the best hopes: how a solution-focused counsellor ‘leads from one step behind’ in the best hopes discussion
(University of Canterbury, 2021)‘What are your best hopes from our talking?’ or a variation of this question, is one of the most common openings in solution-focused brief therapy sessions. The best hopes question is designed to begin a dialogue about the ... -
The identification and classification of reading disorders based on the simple view of reading.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Poor readers are not a homogeneous group of children. Instead, the aetiology and the magnitude of their reading difficulties vary from child to child. Many researchers have attempted to explain this variation through the ... -
Teaching reading to Asian students with English as an additional language in innovative learning environments in comparison to single cell traditional classrooms
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis grew out of two interests: (i) the New Zealand Government’s investment in building flexible, open learning spaces (innovative learning environments) in primary schools; and (ii) the ongoing achievement gaps in ... -
Editorial: PBRF changes
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library, 2021)Over the last 18 years successive governments have tried various schemes to reward and encourage good research, without actually conducting much research into the effectiveness of the rewards and discouragements inherent ... -
The contribution of phonological and morphological awareness to word reading ability in L1 Hindi/ L2 English bilingual children: within-language and cross-language influences from L1 to L2.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)The ability to read materials, such as textbooks, is vital to achieve academic success in education. In many cases, such as the one considered in this thesis (that of India), this may require the acquisition of reading in ... -
A Review of Indigenous Second Language Acquisition: Factors leading to proficiency in te reo Māori (the Māori language)
(2011)This review draws on literature from Reversing Language Shift (RLS), Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Māori and indigenous language education to identify help/hinder factors for second language (L2) proficiency ... -
Relationships between syntactic awareness and writing ability for adult ESL learners.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis investigated the relationship between syntactic awareness and writing in English as a Second Language (ESL) among Chinese adult learners. In order to assess this relationship, additional measures that have been ... -
Gay and Lesbian Collaborative Co-Parenting in New Zealand and the UK: ‘The Law Doesn’t Protect the Third Parent’
(SAGE Publications, 2020)In many jurisdictions, legislation reflects, retains and reiterates heteronormative two-parent models of family. Lesbian and gay individuals and an increasing number of heterosexual individuals who choose to parent outside ... -
A formative evaluation of an Aotearoa New Zealand family/whānau violence programme : examining facilitators’ perspectives of goodness of fit, efficacy, and fidelity.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Family/whānau violence and intimate partner violence are now unquestionably seen as a major social burden internationally and in Aotearoa New Zealand (Martin et al., 2006). In our communities there are some populations ... -
Cigarette smoking among university students aged 18-24 years in New Zealand: Results of the first (baseline) of two national surveys
(BMJ, 2019)Objectives: Although the smoking prevalence continues to decline in New Zealand (NZ) overall, little is known about smoking in university students. A 2013 survey of students aged 17-25 years found that 14% were current ... -
Effect of 8 Weeks of Grip Strength Training on Adolescent Sprint Swimming: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(2020)Objectives: Grip strength positively correlates with faster sprint swimming performance in both master and elite level swimmers. But it remains unknown whether improving grip strength improves swim performance. Our ...
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