An eight-year cross-sectional study analyzed the self-esteem and both mathematics and reading attainments of eight cohorts of Year 2 and Year 6 children from five randomly selected primary schools within one Local Education Authority. Presents the results. Addresses the possible link between national testing and self-esteem. (CMK)

Examines aspects of 10-year-old children's conceptions of understanding. Analyzes to what extent they (1) recognize understanding as a cohesive whole, (2) know when a descriptive understanding versus a causal understanding is expected, and (3) can distinguish between the types of causal understanding in science and history. Includes references and…

Investigates the effects of children solving addition and subtraction problems collaboratively in contrast to solving problems on their own. Explores the effects of ability and gender on the outcomes of group collaboration. Presents and discusses the results. Includes references and an appendix. (CMK)

Explores children's experiences as they are going through the secondary school choice process in two inner London primary schools. Reveals that there remains a strong pattern of class-related orientation to choice despite individual and family differences. Finds that the children's accounts demonstrate a distinction between making and getting a…

Presents a study based on interviews with two groups of British primary school children after they had completed a project in which the children were taught in mixed-ability and mixed-gender groups with the purpose of improving their literacy. Presents the findings using transcribed extracts from the group interviews. (CMK)

Examines the effect of reward on the interest and achievement of 226 Hungarian first-grade students in performing a task. Reveals that public feedback on achievement increased achievement in boys and girls, while more boys than girls lost interest in the task once feedback was withdrawn. (CMK)