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Conference paper
The literacy performance of ex-Reading Recovery students between two and four years following participation on the program
Introduction Reading Recovery (RR) was developed by Marie Clay during the 1970s (Clay, 1979) while she was an academic staff member of the University of Auckland (one of New Zealand’s 8 public universities). The program was funded by the New Zealand Department of Education (later Ministry of Education) for adoption by schools throughout the country...
Report
The rise and impact of digital amnesia: why we need to protect what we no longer remember
The internet and internet-enabled devices have transformed our everyday lives and relationships. We entrust them with our precious personal information including contacts and images and rely on them to connect us to a vast repository of knowledge, anytime, anywhere. As part of its commitment to help people protect what matters most in their online-enabled world...
Report
Blind agreement: reforming Australia's treaty-making process
This report argues that that Australia's current process for treaty-making falls short on a number of counts, and recommends changes.
Report
Stewardship of the evolving scholarly record: from the invisible hand to conscious coordination
The scholarly record is increasingly digital and networked, while at the same time expanding in both the volume and diversity of the material it contains. The long-term future of the scholarly record cannot be effectively secured with traditional stewardship models developed for print materials. This report describes the key features of future stewardship models adapted...
Report
The tradeoff fallacy: how marketers are misrepresenting American consumers and opening them up to exploitation
New survey results indicate that marketers are misrepresenting a large majority of Americans by claiming that Americans give out information about themselves as a tradeoff for benefits they receive. To the contrary, the survey reveals most Americans do not believe that ‘data for discounts’ is a square deal. The findings also suggest, in contrast to...