The traditional theoretical rationale underlying audio-visual instruction has been that the more concrete a presentation is, the more effective it will be in the instructional situation. Some researchers have questioned the validity of the above rationale. The author presents evidence that it may be advantageous to compress and simplify…

The results reported here indicate that children's behaviour when responding to test demands can be fairly reliably described by the method adopted in this study, and that there is a substantial consistency in the behavioural styles so described over a period of time. (Author)

This investigation primarily sets out to look at the proportional participation of West Indian boys in representative sports teams relative to their overall proportion in seven London schools. A secondary aim was to look at any implications in terms of the association between academic ability and participation in school sports teams. (Author)

This investigation was designed primarily to obtain data concerning the influence (if any) of age and sex on the level of moral judgement in a group of comprehensive school pupils. (Author)

The effect of higher education upon student attitudes is one of increasing liberality and decreasing authoritarianism. The early part of the course is seen as particularly signigicant in changing attitudes. (Editor)

One hundred and nineteen probationary teachers, the subject of an earlier survey, were assessed by their head teachers after one year of teaching. The implications of the findings are discussed in terms of present practice and future development. (Editor)

There are many arguments for and against the use of i.t.a. to teach reading and writing. This article reviews 47 studies which measure the spelling of children taught by i.t.a. and t.o. (traditional orthography) in grades one, two, and three. (Editor)

A survey of mathematics teaching practices in the first four years of the primary school examines teaching methods in relation to patterns of teaching behaviour. (Editor)

The main purpose of the survey reported here was to examine the organization policies of a representative sample of junior school teachers regardless of whether they believed they operated an integrated day. (Author)

The author compared the relative efficiency of three methods of presenting and teaching fractions to slow learners in secondary school: formal-traditional method, cuisenaire (unimodel) material, and specially prepared multi-model materials; multi-model materials were found to be the most effective method. (Author/AN)

The SUMMER HOLIDAY was used as a device for holding steady the school-based variable in order to investigate a possible connection between pupils' home/neighbourhood backgrounds and their ability to retain reading skills. (Editor)

The author attempts to draw a generalized picture of the older man or woman who has come to university after a period of employment and not direct from school, but finds the category too heterogenous to categorize. (AN)

The author presents evidence that the high mobility of army children deprives them of opportunities to develop their self-concept to the level of their more geographically stable peers and hinders the development of their ability to categorize the behavior of others. (AN)

Around one-third of pupils in British schools take no part in extra-curricular activities. This article looks at the adequacy of extra-curricular provision from the pupil's viewpoint. (Author/MB)

Physical Education students tended to be mesomorphic, stable extroverts, with driving, aggressive social responses and authoritarian attitudes as compared with general course college students. (Authors/MB)