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On the nature and application of educational theory: a study in social theory and epistemology
(University of Canterbury. Education, 1982)
This thesis is concerned with the nature and application of educational theory. In particular, it will examine the contribution social theories can make in guiding educational practices which are intended to achieve specific ...
Video prompting and increasing assistance : a comparison of two prompting methods.
(University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 1989)
Training mentally retarded people to use devices such as computers
and video recorders gives them control over their learning
and access to information and recreational activities. This
study aimed to train four moderately ...
Inverse methods and modelling.
(University of Canterbury. Electrical Engineering, 1981)
Three applications of inverse methods are considered,
The theoretical bases of the major inverse scattering techniques used to the interior of penetrable bodies are reviewed
X-ray crystallography is used to image the ...
Women teachers in the primary service : a study of their access to power and decision-making.
(University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 1985)
This study looks at the position of women teachers
in the primary service within the context of their access
to power and decision-making.
Use is made of socialist-feminist and labour market
theories in order to develop ...
A reference test approach for moderating internal assessment at the upper secondary school level.
(University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 1988)
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the
suitability of reference tests for moderating internally
assessed national qualifications at the upper secondary school
level. In a secondary analysis, the relative ...
Education of rural children with special abilities : a study conducted on the West Coast of the South Island.
(University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 1988)
This study set out to investigate the quality of educational
provisions for Children with Special Abilities in a rural
area of New Zealand.
The West Coast of the South Island is a relatively isolated
area characterized ...
Students' expressed and actual preferences for counsellors : the effects of sex, race, and type of problem.
(University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 1984)
The present study was concerned with secondary school students’
expressed and actual preferences for counsellor sex and race. The
influence of type of problem on these preferences was also investigated.
A sample of 430 ...
An investigation of the sensorimotor development of Down's Syndrome infants involved in an ecologically based early intervention programme: A longitudinal study
(University of Canterbury. Education, 1982)
An ecologically based longitudinal, interdisciplinary early intervention programme was set up for 11 D.S. infants and their families. Bronfenbrenner suggests that if early intervention is to be effective it must use the ...
Approaching the Swedish speaker's model of Swedish spoken by English speakers - a pilot study
(University of Canterbury. School of Teacher Education, 1986)
A linguistic theory of timing
(University of Canterbury. School of Teacher Education, 1986)