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Comparison and Preference: Manual Signing, Picture Exchange, and Speech-Generating Devices as Communication Modes for Children with Developmental Disabilities

van der Meer, Larah (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related developmental disabilities (DD), who do not speak or have very limited spoken language, are often candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). ...
Early Childhood Education Students' Experiences of Engaging with Academic Text

Blass, Lacey (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Academic text is viewed in most university environments as a tool for supporting student learning which generates knowledge, skills and the capacity to critique ideas. Yet there is little research undertaken to understand ...
Early Childhood Teachers’ Thinking and Reflection within their Communities of Practice

Cherrington, Susan Ann (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This multiple-case study investigated teachers’ thinking and reflection about their interactions with children in three early childhood (EC) centres. Located within a constructivist-interpretive paradigm, the study used ...
Education of Secondary Samoan Students in New Zealand: The Road to Success

Lipine, Tavita (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This research was undertaken under the framework by Bronfenbrenner (1990). This study was carried out in six secondary in New Zealand to identify the factors that successful Samoans students believe have contributed to ...
The Promotion of Learner Autonomy in Thailand Tertiary Education: Lecturers' Perspectives and Practices

Rungwaraphong, Piyawan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The study seeks to describe the current state of the promotion of learner autonomy in Thailand, from the perspectives and practices of university language lecturers. The study employed a mixed method approach with emphasis ...
School Staff's Perceptions and Attitudes towards Cyberbullying

Mattioni, Loreto (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Parallel with the spread of technology use, cyberbullying has become a serious problem in schools, particularly those in developed countries where most young people have ready access to the Internet and mobile phones. ...
Self-regulation in English Language Learning: Case Studies of Six Malaysian Undergraduates

Mohd Zahidi, Azizah Binti (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This study employed a qualitative design involving multiple case studies to explore how six English Language learners used self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies to complete language learning tasks and cope with the ...
Stakeholders' Perspectives on the Implementation of the Inclusive Education Policy in Samoa: A Cultural Fit

Tufue, Rasela (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This is a qualitative study designed to investigate how the concept of inclusive education (IE) is understood and applied at a number of levels in the Samoan education system. It aims to identify barriers and facilitators ...
Teaching a Multi-Step Requesting Sequence to Two Adolescents with Autism Using an iPod-based Speech Generating Device

Achmadi, Donna Adorina (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

Many children with autism fail to develop speech and are therefore candidates for the use of speech-generating devices (SGDs). However, existing studies are limited because they have tended to focus only on teaching an ...
Teaching the Duck, the Rabbit, the Eagle and the Squirrel: Teachers Talk Differentiated Instruction

Orban, Michèle (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Student differences become more and more acute in today’s classrooms. Our modern world is rapidly changing and the classroom societies become more and more diverse. There is an urgent need for teachers to react to these ...
Understanding the Congruence Between Teacher Intention and Student Learning Outcome

Rush, Perry (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Research into what takes place between the instructional intent of a teaching act and students’ experience of the same act is central to better understanding teaching and learning. In this c ...
Upper Primary Students' Perceptions of Small Group Learning in Learning Vietnamese Language

Nguyen, Luong Hai Nhu (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of upper-year students in Vietnamese primary schools about learning in small groups when studying Vietnamese language in comparison to traditional methods. ...
The Wholeheartedness of Becoming: Evidence-Based Inquiry into Practice for Inservice Teacher Educators

Lamont, Margaret (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Recent trends in the professional learning and development of teachers are moving more towards the activation of learning rather than content delivery. Teachers are expected to take more responsibility for their learning ...