Describes an investigation of student and parent attitudes towards bullying by comparing attitudes with bullying behavior. States that parents (n=747) completed the Parental Attitudes to Bullying Scale and children (n=326), aged six to eleven, in primary schools completed the Children's Attitudes to Bullying Scale. Includes references. (CMK)

Examines how children, ages four to ten years old, construct conventional time by using different tools to locate events in time. Explains that the children underwent an interview task and a card arrangement task. Finds that younger children use relative locations while older children utilize absolute locations. (CMK)

Examines the impact of the transition from elementary to secondary school on students' motivational profile and its link to academic achievement. Focuses on sixth grade and secondary one students (girls, n=186; boys, n=150) at the end of the school year. Reports the most powerful indicator of academic performance was self-efficacy. (CMK)

Presents a study in which 505 fourth- and fifth-grade students completed questionnaires that measured anxiety and self-efficacy and the effect on performance at two levels: (1) dispositional, or trait-like variables; and (2) situational, or state variables. Discusses the results. (CMK)