This article focused on education about drugs, and argued that there are many factors, such as the selection by pupils of information, their attitudes and group membership, which must be taken into account if drugs education is to achieve anything. (Author/RK)

The investigation described here was carried out in the hope that some kind of classification of children's early written English could be found which would help them to learn sentence skills more effeciently. (Author/RK)

Evaluated the use of the T-unit in the scoring of spoken and written work by children learning a second language. (RK)

Article investigated the influence of school environment on creativity and examined the interrelationships of creativity, intelligence and curriculum structure. (Author/RK)

The enquiry outlined in this article surveyed the school-college linked course in the County of Herfordshire. As a result of the survey it was possible to construct bases for the judgement of the relative success of the linked course as a part of the secondary curriculum. (Author/RK)

The study reported here looked at some of the consequences of double entry in 16 comprehensive schools which covered the complete ability range in one LEA. (Author)

Article attempted to shed some light on some of the problems candidates might encounter in a choice examination. Specifically, the primary aim of the geography study was to discover if candidates could successfully choose, under examination conditions, the questions where they would demonstrate their best performance. (Author/RK)

This paper describes three investigations conducted by the University of London School Examinations Department into the possible use of stimulus questions, containing original historical material such as cartoons, maps, photographs and statistics, in the 'O' level history examination. (Author)

The use of the stanine scale to control some of the sources of error in converting letter grades to a numerical scale before they can be added or averaged is described. (Author/RK)

This article examines some recent British research in the field of attitude measurement, and contends that a few of these studies display serious faults in instrument design and usage. (Author)

This paper reports an investigation into the attitudes of 200 mixed secondary pupils from both rural and urban schools towards programmed instruction as a teaching method and towards geography, as a subject studied in this way. (Author)

The present paper attempts to consider the physical education teacher's role in terms of (a) students' expectations across the years of teacher training; (b) how pupils see the role of the physical education teacher; and (c) the perceptions (and possible reinforcing influences) of classroom colleagues. (Author)

This study constitutes an assessment of the relation between the number of students leaving school (dropouts) and the magnitude of teacher life changes in conjunction with selected teacher performance variables in terms of pair-wise and multiple correlation procedures. (Author)

This article reports the development of an instrument to measure initial adjustment to school, and its use to explore the differences between children with and without nursery experience. (Author)

The Rutter Scales were used to assess the level of behavior disorders reported by houseparents and teachers, in a group of 182 children undergoing long-term residential care in 62 children's homes run by local authorities and voluntary bodies. (Author)