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The Wide and Wild World of Words: Interview with Averil Coxhead
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Mah, Adeline Shi Hui; Yeo, Marie – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2016
Averil Coxhead is widely known for developing the Academic Word List, a list of 570 word families associated with great frequency in academic texts. This list has been particularly useful to teachers of English as a Second Language as well as independent learners in tertiary education. She has also developed a Science-based word list (Coxhead and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Word Lists, Word Frequency
The Fight for Middle School Education in New Zealand.
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Nolan, C. J. Patrick; Brown, Margaret A. – Middle School Journal, 2002
Examines five main directions and solutions for the development and delivery of middle level education in New Zealand: (1) intermediate schools becoming middle schools; (2) stand alone four-year middle schools; (3) middle school- within-a-larger school; (4) interschool cooperation; and (5) middle level approaches and methods implemented in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Educational Environment, Educational Policy
Education Politics and Middle Level Best Practice: The Clash Continues. The Editor Reflects.
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Erb, Tom – Middle School Journal, 2002
Draws upon three articles in this issue that highlight the struggle to establish developmentally and culturally appropriate programs for young adolescents in New Zealand, and the difficulty encountered in institutionalizing best practices for middle grades learners in Kansas. Advocates following the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development's…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advocacy, Educational Administration, Educational Environment