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  1. NCCA_Research_Report_18

    NCCA_Research_Report_18. At NCCA, we work with learners, teachers, practitioners and parents to develop research-based curriculum and assessment.

  2. PDF Mathematics in Early Childhood and Primary Education (3-8 years)

    Research Report No. 18 Mathematics in Early Childhood and Primary Education (3-8 years) The review of research on mathematics learning of children aged 3-8 years is presented in two reports. These are part of the NCCA's Research Report Series (ISSN 1649-3362). The first report (Research Report No. 17) focuses

  3. PDF Educational Research Centre

    Educational Research Centre - Foras Taighde ar Oideachas

  4. Professional Development

    Professional Learning Communities This website has been developed with and for early years practitioners and teachers in both preschool and primary school settings with attention to the meta-practices of NCCA research report 18. Practitioners and teachers across these different settings may find different parts of the website of interest, but many sections are relevant to both groups.

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    The report was compiled by the NCCA following 18 months of research and consultation, including with young people, parents, teachers, focus groups, organisations, Comhairlí na nÓg and a general public consultation.

  6. PDF Standardised Testing In Lower Secondary Education

    In July 2009, the Educational Research Centre was commissioned by the NCCA to conduct a desk-based study into current practices in standardised testing in lower secondary schools in a number of countries. The terms of reference of the study asked us to report on: • the nature of the testing that takes place;

  7. (PDF) Reporting to parents in primary school: communication, meaning

    The NCCA's Reporting Children's Progress in Primary Schools endorses the role of parents, as partners with schools, in extending children's learning. School reporting practices are central to this ...

  8. Full article: Reimagining a framework for teachers' continuous

    Currently, teachers in Ireland state that textbooks are used daily to help with planning, save time, and guide curriculum completion (NCCA 2016 ), despite reports that Irish textbooks fail to cover the entire curriculum (Burke 2014 ).

  9. Publications and Research

    Publications and Research. At NCCA, we work with learners, teachers, practitioners and parents to develop research-based curriculum and assessment.

  10. PDF Learning and Teaching primary mathematics

    Introduction Important considerations for a high-quality mathematics curriculum for middle/upper primary pupils are explored in this paper. It builds on the two research reports published by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) in 2014 to underpin a redeveloped mathematics curriculum for 3 - 8 years (Dooley, Dunphy, Shiel et al., 2014; Dunphy, Dooley, Shiel et al., 2014 ...

  11. Research Reports

    Home Aistear in Action initiative: Final report A collaboration between NCCA and Early Childhood Ireland (2013) In 2011, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and Early Childhood Ireland began a curriculum development initiative based on Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework - Aistear in Action. The initiative gathered practitioners' stories of their ...

  12. PDF Downloading and saving the 6 C Repor Cd

    STEP 1: DOWNLOAD YOUR REPORT CARD In step 3 of the Report Card Creator, click on the Download report card button to save the 6th Class Report Card that you have customised to your computer. The report card file is called My6thClassReportCard_xxxxxx.pdf, where xxxxxx is your unique code as explained in Step 4 of User Guide 1.

  13. The voices of children and students in the work of the NCCA

    A significant piece of research informing NCCA's work is the Children's School Lives longitudinal study (2019-2024), which explores children's lived experiences in primary school and their transitions from preschool into primary and on to post-primary school.

  14. PDF Report of National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) 2020

    Current Research. Children's School Lives (CSL) Funded by the (NCCA) Annual Report Number 1-January 2020 (UCD) Overview: This report presents a summary of the first year of research on the Children's School Lives (CSL) study. CSL is a nationally representative mixed methods study of primary schools in Ireland commissioned by (NCCA) and ...

  15. PDF Using the h Class Reo Cad

    In step 1, you are given the options to create a new report card, to use the end-of-year6th Class Report Cardor to retrieve a saved report card using a unique code.

  16. PDF Mathematics in Early Childhood and Primary Education (3-8 years)

    is presented in two reports. These are part of the NCCA's Research Report Series (ISSN 1649-3362). The first report (Research Report No. 17) focuses on theoretical aspects underpinning the development of mathematics education for young children. The second report (Research Report No. 18) is concerned with related pedagogical implications.

  17. Publications 2014

    Books/Monographs/Reports Cosgrove, J., Butler, D., Leahy, M., Shiel, G., Kavanagh, L., & Creaven, A-M. (2014). The 2013 ICT Census in Schools - Summary report ...

  18. (PDF) Mathematics in Early Childhood and Primary Education (children

    Volume 17: Definitions, theories, stages of development and progression. Desk-top review of research on mathematics education at early childhood and primary (children aged 3-8 years).

  19. PDF Transforming the Primary Mathematics Curriculum: Guiding Perspectives

    INTRODUCTION In 2014 two research reports were published by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) to underpin the redeveloped mathematics curriculum for 3-8 year olds (Dooley, Dunphy, Shiel, et al., 2014; Dunphy, Dooley, Shiel, et al., 2014). Recently an addendum to the research reports was published, its aim being to give consideration to aspects of these reports that ...

  20. Research Series

    Research Series. At NCCA, we work with learners, teachers, practitioners and parents to develop research-based curriculum and assessment.

  21. AI is poised to drive 160% increase in data center power demand

    Through that period, though, data centers' demand for power remained flattish, at about 200 terawatt-hours per year. In part, this was because data centers kept growing more efficient in how they used the power they drew, according to the Goldman Sachs Research reports, led by Carly Davenport, Alberto Gandolfi, and Brian Singer.

  22. Maths Curriculum

    The development of the curriculum is underpinned by research, consultation, deliberation and close work with schools. To support teachers in using the new curriculum, the Primary Mathematics Toolkit contains a range of supports, including mathematical concepts, progression continua, support materials and examples of children's learning.