A five-factor structure in ratings by teachers is proposed as useful and theoretically justifiable, comprising stable and unstable aspects of extraversion-introversion, and a dimension of Competence or the Good Pupil. (Editor)

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)

Using 463 fifteen year old girls from five girls' schools in the metropolitan area of Sydney, this study examines four aspects of the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory that has been subject to criticism, namely the terminology used in certain JEPI items, item response rate ceilings, factorial structure of the inventory, and the relationship…

The JEPI was re-analysed by item, factor and cluster analysis. (Editor)

A battery of 28 individually administered tests, comprised of measures derived from the work of Piaget, of simple and complex learning, of language, short-term memory, long-term memory and intelligence were given to 210 children aged 5 to 6 during their first year of schooling. (Editor)

The relationship between levels of academic achievement of first-year university students and various attitudinal, situational and mental health factors was examined. (Editor)

The main aim of this study was to investigate whether repsonse anonymity would affect how school children ranked the importance of values on the Rokeach Value survey. (Author/RK)

Not very much is known about the test-retest reliability of personality inventories for children, particularly at the primary school level; this study was designed to throw some light on this question. (Author)

The Joyce-Hudson scale proved to be more closely related to science/non-science bias than to convergence/divergence. (Authors/CB)

Verbal reasoning and semantic divergent thinking scores together with assessments of conventional and creative English attainment were gained for 331 10-year-old children. A factor analysis demonstrated a separation of the ability and attainment measures. (Author)

This study explored ways in which lecturers prepare and give lectures. Factor analysis yielded six scales for identifying approaches to lecturing, and subsequent cluster analysis yielded five distinctive types of lecturer's styles. The styles were associated significantly with subject area, marginally with status, but not with years of experience.…

Explores whether there is a relationship between the attitudinal correlates of academic achievement within a certain achievement group, e.g., the average-achievers, and the subjects' intellectual level. Or, in other words, are the attitudinal correlates of academic achievement in average-achievers of high intelligence same as in average-achievers…

Discusses relation between verbal ability and metamemory and how these two factors relate to the later recallability of material. A study is described that separated 32 children into high and average verbal ability groups, administered a metamemorial questionnaire, and tested recall one week later. (Author/LRW)