Since season of birth is a factor in school performance, this research is based on the performance of children whose date of birth is held constant. (MB)

Authors were invited to comment on the implications for the British teacher of Jensen's article. (Editor/MB)

Results indicate that students who have attended single-sex girls' schools and then proceed to an all women's college do not make as much progress toward maturity as other college students from co-educational schools. (Author/MB)

Low scores reveal that perhaps the real need is to search for and experiment with completely new approaches in the hope of awakening cultural interests in many of our students for the first time. (Author/MB)

Investigation indicates that there are weaknesses in the present system of teaching practice assessment, particularly in the diversity of the methods of assessment. (Authors)

Students at a provincial University were asked a series of questions about lectures, courses, and the relationships with staff. (Author/MB)

Author suggests that in the classroom situation the teacher's perception of his pupils is of greater importance than the pupils' social class. (Author/MB)

Three passages that differed in accessibility but not linguistic difficulty were read by 52 11-year-old remedial readers, focusing on words read correctly. Readers were able to use linguistic cues to solve difficult words. Context dependency was affected both by decoding ability and text accessibility. (SK)

Ratings of a British rural comprehensive school were obtained from 98 of 170 parents of new entrants, 93 of 180 other parents, and 198 of 300 community members. Cumulatively, the most highly rated items were work emphasis, subject help, teaching method, exam results, discipline, staff demeanor, pupil appearance, and pupil demeanor. (SK)

A study of 184 pupils at a British comprehensive school (59 percent white, 41 percent Asian) showed that, in English, math, and science, white students were generally assigned to higher ability groups disproportionately to the racial composition of the sample. (SK)

Teachers in seven Australian secondary schools identified themselves as users (n=102) or nonusers (n=250) of computers in class. Users were encouraged by access to computers and software and self-motivation. Nonusers lacked confidence with computers, lacked time to review software, and had access difficulties. (SK)

Reviews techniques for evaluating teachers in Britain and other countries, as well as personnel evaluation in industry. Examines the linking of appraisal with pay, promotion, or dismissal. Argues against the accountability model of appraisal and makes a case for formative evaluation. (SK)

A sample of 175 British 7-year olds was interviewed, and 114 were reinterviewed at age 11. Results showed teaching and fighting to be common in school life. More boys than girls were teased or involved in fighting. Although over half said racial teasing occurred, very few said it happened to them. Retaliation was the most frequent coping strategy.…

An acculturation scale completed by 262 male and 203 female Asian adolescents in Britain and their family background information were compared to a 1974 sampling of 43 boys and 55 girls. In the current group, girls scored higher than boys, Hindus and Sikhs higher than Muslims, and those from manual work backgrounds lower than those from nonmanual…