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Standardised testing is a hot topic amongst teachers. Why? Because teachers know that tests only offer one measure of ability and progress...

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Introduction Why a post on comprehension? First, because there is no more important literacy topic than helping children to understand and ...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:50 PM

1. The many purposes of literature As I have argued in previous posts ( here & here ), we learn a great deal from literature. Litera...

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I feel unqualified to review this book, but after reviewing ' The Dangerous Book for Boy s' (see my previous post here ), I thought ...

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The Australian Federal Government has funded a longitudinal research study of children from birth to eleven years of age. The project is ca...

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