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Hannah, John; James, Alex; Montelle, Clemency; Nokes, Jacqui – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2011
For many years, it has been a common practice to recognize students with high potential by according them targeted privileges and opportunities. This includes the practice of allowing students to accelerate their high school programme and, in the case of New Zealand students, to take university courses during their final school years. This work…
Descriptors: High Schools, Foreign Countries, Acceleration (Education), Scholarships
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James, Alex; Montelle, Clemency; Williams, Phillipa – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2008
Given the recent radical overhaul of secondary school qualifications in New Zealand, similar in style to those in the UK, there has been a distinct change in the tertiary entrant profile. In order to gain insight into this new situation that university institutions are faced with, we investigate some of the ways in which these recent changes have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics