One hundred thirteen elementary students were tested using four standardized instruments; their teachers rated each student on eight bipolar constructs and predicted scores. Results indicate that students who are perceived positively receive higher score predictions, even when academic competence is controlled. Boys seemed to be especially subject…

The author suggests combining grades from component assessments to provide an overall student assessment. He explores the concept of reliability and concludes that the overall assessment will be reliable only if the number of grades used to report component achievements equals or exceeds the number used to report overall achievement. (Author/CH)

The language of three year old children is examined to discover whether existing classifications of language functions account for all the ways in which language is used. One mode of classification is used to compare the language used by three year olds from different groups. (Editor)

This study attempted to place children's language in its wider setting and considered the meanings the child can express in connection with the orms in which he expresses them. (Author/RK)

A very basic feature of learning is the translation of what is heard or seen into a form that can be sotred in memore. This process of translation will be considered in relation to reception and as a possible cause of differences in learning performance. (Author)

This study was designed to find how teachers differed in their tacit assumptions about classroom communication. (Author)

Systems for analysing the verbal interaction in the classroom are reviewed and one method is developed to provide a structural and functional analysis of classroom discourse. (Editor)

An essential first step in setting up an adequate theory of dialogue as a mode of learning and teaching is discussed. Processes of formulation in group discussion were analysed in the light of concepts drawn from linguistics and language studies. (Editor/RK)

This article argues that language study for teacher education should be planned, and presents an outline of a possible M. A. level course in applied linguistics for mother tongue teaching. (Editor)

The authors critique the Warnock Report on Special Education for its limited focus, the nature of the evidence used, and its conclusions and recommendations about classifying and identifying students in need of special education services, which the authors feel deal too exclusively with psychological and medical issues, ignoring social contexts.…

West German and English teachers completed questionnaires and interviews about stress situations and responses. English teachers identified more stress situations than German staff, who felt more certain of their roles and more involved in school decision-making. Both reported poor staff communications and disruptive pupil behavior as their major…

Before practice teaching, 174 student teachers completed four self-esteem/self-concept measures. Their cooperating teachers rated their student teaching performance. Subjects with low self-esteem experienced more psychosomatic symptoms, more emotional stress, more days of absence, and were rated lower on general teaching competence, staff…

This study examined a Queensland secondary school where students select a track: Academic, Commercial, or General. Six months into their program, Grade 9 students were queried about their school experience, track choice, peer relationships, and future plans. Responses of the three track groups are summarized, with consideration of sex differences.…

A sample of 116 British teachers completed Musgrove's scale assessing their attitudes toward behavior modification and its use in educational settings. Overall mean scores suggested ambivalence. Among background variables, only prior familiarity with behavior modification influenced teachers' attitudes toward it, confirming Musgrove's findings.…

Examination results were compared among pupils at three schools with different provision policies for the 16+ examinations. Results at both 16+ and "A" level confirm previous findings that intelligence and social background relate significantly to examination performance. The school policy variations were also found to significantly affect "A"…