The performance of first-year primary pupils from Social Priority Schools in a large urban area was compared on ten of the ITPA subtests. Analysis of variance showed significant and substantial differences in the Auditory Vocal Channel and Representational Level of the test, favoring those children with previous nursery experience. (Author)

The social judgments of 75 subjects aged 11 and 75 aged 14 were compared using Peel's three categories of judgment to measure and evaluate responses. Clear, if limited, evidence for progress between the two ages in the ability to judge other people's perspectives was obtained, in line with Peel's general theory. (Author)

Applies a career framework to examine how curriculum placement and subject choice affect the pupil's experience of schooling. (JOW)

Investigates reasons why urban and rural teachers may leave their profession--discusses the differences in career values and motives, discusses the theoretical background, introduces the questionnaire used in data collection, and discusses the differences between rural and urban educators. (JOW)

Techniques of classroom observation were used to increase teachers' awareness of the variable participation of boys and girls in science and craft lessons. The work indicates that considerable efforts may be needed to achieve the balanced participation of girls. (JOW)

Studied conceptions among 6-7 year old children of behavior appropriate to the sexes. Suggested that it has become part of the culture that men and women do different things and that young children acquire stereotyped and exaggerated views of appropriate behavior. (JOW)

Reviews research on the effects of classroom observers upon both teachers and pupils. Discusses strategies used by researchers to obtain credibility in the eyes of the teachers being observed and those used by teachers to cope with the researchers in the classroom. (NRJ)

Examines four models of explanation for truancy and suggests that the three that rely upon individual or social pathologies are too simplistic. States that a new approach to truancy that gives attention to the schools' contribution and that recognizes the opinions of parents and truants is required. (NRJ)

Suggests an integrated program for helping children understand some science phenomena. An important part of this program is the relationship between the pupils' learning and the language they use to do it. Suggests that making appropriate links between affect and cognition can enhance learning. (NRJ)

Describes a study that investigated learning skills as a determinant of future academic achievement. Compared cultural effects between the two largest groups in the study, indigenous (British) and Asian children, and examined adverse ratings by sex, ethnicity, preschool experience, and age. Considered the findings within the context of early…

By analyzing the elements of experience, handling of time, contextualizing, role of the narrator, and integration of these factors it is possible to trace developments in the texture of personal and imaginary stories among students 11-18. Thus, narrative is revealed as a "primary act of mind" involving increasingly mature insights and perspectives…

This article points out the role of using literary models in relation to older children's writing; investigates how children's use of models can help us explain certain features in their writing; and suggests that teachers can incorporate in their teaching the natural process of using models that children follow when they write. (Author)

The study examines the writing of college freshmen on expository, argumentative, and speculative tasks by means of the Crediton cognitive model in order to describe how and why they evoke the range of responses they do, and why particular cognitive strategies are drawn on. Conclusions are presented and discussed. (Author/CT)

The experiment described examines the strategies adopted by a small number of adolescents in writing, first with a pen, and later with a word processor. The writings of individual children, of male, of female, and of mixed groups, are considered. The word processor is not found to be an essential prerequisite for revisions, but a facilitating…

Two studies are reported in which the behaviors of four infant class teachers in England and their respective classes were observed and recorded. The aim of the studies was to examine the effects of contingent teacher touch behavior upon children's classroom behavior. Touch was found to increase on-task behavior and decrease disruptive behavior.…