Background: The current paper is based on two different approaches. One is the relational model of authority (Tyler & Lind, 1992), which addresses the effects of justice perceptions on the legitimacy of authorities and behavioural compliance. The other is Emler and Reicher's theory (1995, 2005), which explains the involvement of adolescents in…

The aim of the inquiry was to assess the validity of the claim that divergent thinking instruments should be administered under relaxed conditions for optimum performance. (Author)

This research represents an attempt to look closely at the actions which children are expexcted to perform in the early stages of reading and writing when taught by systematic methods, containing a phonic ingredient. (Author)

The university degree results of students from co-educational and single-sex schools compared and found to be closely similar except that more first year drop-outs may occur among the single-sex educated students. (Editor)

The study was designed to establish, on a regional basis, the validity of a set of measures of social handicap as predictive of educational backwardness and to identify the characteristics of those schools which are most compensatory in adverse social conditions. (Editor)

Sixty-six children aged 9-10 years were tested in two groups with two parallel cloze tests of reading comprehension. The same tests were then given as cloze tests of listening comprehension. (Editor)

The relationships between class of degree in psychology from one department and (a) interview ratings, (b) two adult intelligence tests, and (c) advanced-level examinations were examined in a sample of 145 students from four-year groups. (Editor)

Article examined the validity of some of Piaget's and Bruner's findings in non-western cultures, the relationship between cognitive models that they developed, and the implications for curriculum, teaching and learning of any data newly discovered. (Author/RK)

A 40 item, Likert type attitude inventory was completed by a sample fo 448 teachers in schools with sixth forms. Implications for policy making in the area of sixth form education are briefly discussed. (Editor)

This paper described findings which accounted for the coexistence of positive and negative results in previous reports and showed how the findings can be explained by a theory of the origin of handedness. (Author/RK)

Greek migrant children attending Sydney (NSW) schools and taught in English were tested for conservation of number and length in both Greek and English. (Editor)

Differences in teaching styles have conventionally been described in terms of ill-defined dichotomies. The aim of the present study was to provide a more adequate representation of teaching practices by creating a typology based on the self-reported strategies of primary school teachers. (Editor)

The attainments, attitudes, personality characteristics and friendship relations of three successive year groups of children (n254, 252 and 234) were assessed towards the end of their first term in secondary school. (Editor/RK)