Student Engagement | Behaviour Publications
Research on student attendance, absence (including truancy), behaviour, motivation, and attitudes to learning.
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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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Completely different or a bigger version? Experiences and effects of the transition to secondary school
Most of the Competent Children, Competent Learners study sample changed school when they went on to secondary level. This transition often involved some marked change in the characteristics of the school they attended - moving to a much larger school,…
Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Edith Hodgen and Hilary Ferral, New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Date Published: 2006
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Truancy Action Survey: A survey of truancy action undertaken in schools
This report documents the results from the truancy action survey carried out in 1996. The results of this survey show that schools are concerned about the problem of truancy, and are attempting to eliminate truant behaviour with the resources available…
Author(s): Jacqui Kerslake, Debbie Lange and Ngaire Bennie, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 1997
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