Student Engagement | Behaviour Publications
Research on student attendance, absence (including truancy), behaviour, motivation, and attitudes to learning.
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He Whakaaro: How COVID-19 is affecting school attendance
This He Whakaaro is part of a series, exploring impacts of COVID-19 on the education system. This report uses data collected during 2020 to determine the extent to which COVID-19 is impacting on whether students are attending school.…
Author(s): Andrew Webber, Evidence, Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2020
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He Whakaaro: Is COVID-19 making students leave school?
This He Whakaaro is part of a series, exploring impacts of COVID-19 on the education system. This report uses data collected during 2020 to determine the extent to which the COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns are impacting on whether students are…
Author(s): Andrew Webber, Evidence, Data and Knowledge, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2020
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Using behavioural insights to reduce unjustified school absences
This report summarises key findings of the Behavioural Insights Team’s (BIT) scoping study on students’ unjustified non-attendance in New Zealand schools. It also suggests strategies that could be trialled to raise students’ school attendance.…
Author(s): Lee McCauley and Nathan Chappell, The Behavioural Insights Team; Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2018
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PISA 2012: Series on Learners Volume II: How students approach learning
This report focuses on the links between maths anxiety, openness to problem solving, perseverance and maths achievement. It presents data which addresses the following areas: Maths anxiety, openness to problem solving and perseverance among New Zealand students compared with the…
Author(s): Michelle Lamy with Steve May, Comparative Education Research, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: November 2016
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PISA 2012: Series on Learners Volume III: Why students are motivated to learn maths
This report focuses on the link between motivation to learn maths and maths achievement. Volume III presents data which addresses the following areas: Motivation to learn maths among New Zealand students compared with the OECD average.Impact of motivation to learn…
Author(s): Michelle Lamy with Steve May, Comparative Education Research, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: November 2016
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PISA 2012: Series on Learners Volume IV: What students think about school
This report focuses on the link between attitudes towards school and maths achievement. Volume IV presents data which addresses the following areas: Attitudes towards school among New Zealand students compared with the OECD average. Impact of attitudes towards school on…
Author(s): Michelle Lamy with Steve May, Comparative Education Research, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: November 2016
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Patterns of student progress in the Intensive Wraparound Service
Intensive Wraparound Service (IWS) is designed for the small number of children and young people with highly complex and challenging behaviour, social or education needs, including those with an intellectual difficulty. IWS in New Zealand is a relatively new and…
Author(s): Jacky Burgon, Melanie Berg and Nicole Herdina, New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Report for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2016
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Attendance in New Zealand Schools
This is the home page for the Attendance and Absence in New Zealand Schools publication series. These reports document the surveys of state and state integrated schools designed to capture student attendance and absence over one week. You can also…
Author(s): Various
Date Published: Various
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Insights for Teachers: New Zealand student self-belief and confidence, and implications for achievement
Findings and implications from PISA for teaching and learning mathematics.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2015
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PISA 2012: Series on the Learning Environment Volume III: Student Behaviour
In this report student behaviour, behaviour demonstrated by 15-year-olds that hinders learning, is put under scrutiny. Students' reports of the disciplinary climate in maths lessons are presented together with principals' reports of student factors that hindered learning at school, and…
Author(s): Michelle Lamy with Steve May, Research Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: November 2014
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Student engagement in the middle years of schooling (years 7-10)
Research undertaken in New Zealand and other countries consistently suggests that student engagement in school and learning decreases during the middle years of schooling. The aim of this literature review, which was undertaken by Evaluation Associates and Massey University on…
Author(s): Robyn Gibbs, Evaluation Associates Ltd and Dr Jenny Poskitt, Massey University. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2010
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PISA 2003: Student learning approaches for tomorrow’s world
This PISA-03 thematic report tells us about the extent to which New Zealand 15-year-old students feel engaged in learning, display self-belief in learning particular subjects, and adopt various learning strategies.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education.
Date Published: November 2009
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Motivation and achievement at secondary school: The relationship between NCEA design and student motivation and achievement (Full Report)
This report encompasses the two final years of a four-year longitudinal investigation of the relationship between student achievement and motivation.…
Author(s): Luanna Meyer, Kirsty Weir, John McClure, Frank Walkey, and Lynanne McKenzie, Jessie Heterington Centre for Educational Research and the School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington. Report for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: July 2009
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Motivation and achievement at secondary school: The relationship between NCEA design and student motivation and achievement (Summary)
This Longitudinal Research on the NCEA and Student Motivation and Achievement reports the results of the final two years of a four year research project to investigate relationships between the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) and how students think…
Author(s): Luanna Meyer, John McClure, Kirsty Weir, Frank Walkey, and Lynanne McKenzie, Jessie Hetherington Centre for Educational Research and the School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington. Report for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2009
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A focus on science achievement and engagement
This paper summarises data on engagement and achievement in science across primary and secondary schools. This information has been collated across national and international studies undertaken over the last 15 years. This information raises key issues for policy and practice…
Author(s): Research Division
Date Published: April 2009
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PISA 2006: Student attitudes to and engagement with science: How ready are our 15-year-olds for tomorrow's world?
This report examines the attitudes of 15-year-old students to science, along with a measure of their engagement with science.…
Author(s): Robyn Caygill, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 2008
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Boy's Achievement: A synthesis of the data
The focus of this report is on boys’ participation, engagement and achievement at different levels of education.…
Author(s): Learning Policy Frameworks, Ministry of Education
Date Published: December 2007
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Longitudinal Research on NCEA and Student Motivation
The Longitudinal Research on the Relationship between the NCEA and Student Motivation and Achievement was funded by a Ministry of Education research contract awarded to researchers at Victoria University.…
Author(s): Luanna Meyer, Kirsty Weir, John McClure, Frank Walkey & Lynanne McKenzie
Date Published: 15 July 2007
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Staying at school consultation report
The Ministry of Education commissioned a consultation exercise with principals, education sector representatives and with students who have left school before turning 16 to identify the key barriers and incentives around student retention in New Zealand.…
Author(s): TNS and Monarch Consulting. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2006
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The impact of the NCEA on the student motivation
This research project investigated the relationship between New Zealand’s National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) and student motivation to learn.…
Author(s): Luanna Meyer, John McClure, Frank Walkey, Lynanne McKenzie & Kirsty Weir, Victoria University of Wellington. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2006
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