
Contents
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INTRODUCTION

CURRICULUM STUDIES
English
Analysis of Children's Written and Oral Language Skills	Judith Catton
Gender Differences in Reading Achievement	Liz Eley
Gender Differences in Attitudes to Reading	Liz Eley
Assessing Children’s Comprehension through Oral Reading	Ray Griffiths
Analysis of Children's Planning, Writing and Editing Skills	Christine Cartwright

Mathematics
Students’ Mathematical Conjectures and Justifications	Glenda Anthony & Margaret Walshaw
Dividing Up the Pizza? A Context for Assessing Fractions	Glenda Anthony & Margaret Walshaw
Changes in Mathematics Achievement between the First and Second NEMP Cycles	Gordon Knight
A Profile of Year 8 Students’ Mathematics Achievement	Garth Ritchie
Language used by students in mathematics for quantitative and numerical comparisons	Dr Tamsin Meaney & Dr Kathryn C. Irwin
Teaching and learning about place value at the Year 4 level	Jeremy Bloomfield

Social Studies
Social Decision-Making: How Well Are Students Doing?	Christine Harris

Science
Developing Children’s Science Investigation Skills	Rose Hipkins & Natasha Kenneally

Health and Physical Education
Children’s Constructions of ‘Health’ and ‘Fitness’	Lissette Burrows, Jan Wright & Justine Jungersen-Smith

Information Skills
Evaluation of the NEMP Compact Model of the World Wide Web	Kwok-Wing Lai and Keryn Pratt

Technology
Students’ Perceptions of Technology Education	Liz Eley
Progression in Learning Technology at Years 4 and 8	Alister Jones, Ann Harlow, Louise Milne, Judy Moreland & Mike Forret

The Arts
Children’s Attitudes to Music: A Baseline	Roger Buckton
The Role of Group Dynamics on Music Task Performance	Peh Siew Hoon
Influence of Task Presentation on Performance of Art Tasks	Roger Hardie & Rob McGregor
Children’s Recognition of Pitch and/or Rhythmic Sequence Patterns	David Sell
Children’s Ability to Sight-Read Music	David Sell

Cross-Curricular
Are our Expectations of Students Realistic?	Gwen Gawith
Essential Skills: Examination of Essential Skills Performance	Gordon Knight

ASSESSMENT DESIGN STUDIES
Ensuring Consistency: The NEMP Process of Cross-Marking	Nicole Brown
The Effect of Task Format on Student Achievement	Liz Eley and Robyn Caygill
Gender Composition of Groups: Students’ Experiences	Grace Grima
Kohiä Ngä Taikäkä: Issues in Translating NEMP Tasks into te reo Mäori	Joe Hunter and Liz Eley
Translating Pängarau (Maths) NEMP Tasks into te reo Mäori	John Ohia

TRENDS AND SUB-GROUP PERFORMANCE STUDIES
The Relative Achievement of Boys and Girls in New Zealand Primary Schools	Terry Crooks
Mäori Student Achievement in NEMP, 1995–2000	Terry Crooks, Katherine Hamilton and Robyn Caygill
School Size and Student Achievement	Terry Crooks and Katherine Hamilton
Students’ Attitudes to Learning, 1995–1998	Liz Eley
The NEMP Performance of Higher Achieving Students	Gordon Knight
Should Children with Special Needs Participate in NEMP?	Murray Overton
A Profile of Students Reading Below Expectation	Clare van Hasselt

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Using NEMP Assessment Tasks in the Classroom: The Process	Rose Hague and Liz Eley
The Impact of NEMP on Teachers’ Professional Development	Alison Gilmore
Song for NEMP	1997 Year 4 Teacher Administrators
The Quality Learning Circle: Enhancing Teacher Learning	Susan Lovett

RESEARCHERS’ CONTACT DETAILS AND REFERENCES
NEMP CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

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