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Class size, pupil attentiveness and peer relations.

BACKGROUND: Despite a long-running debate over the effects of class size differences on educational performance there is little evidence on the classroom processes that might be involved. AIMS: The effects of class size differences are examined in ...
Peter Blatchford, Suzanne Edmonds, Clare Martin (Br J Educ Psychol, 200303)
class-size-pupil-attentiveness-peer-relations.asp

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Approaches to learning and academic achievement of Filipino students.

Research has shown that a critical variable in determining academic achievement in different cultures and educational systems is approaches to learning. In this study, the author sought to determine whether this variable influences academic achievement ...
Allan B I Bernardo (J Genet Psychol, 200303)
approaches-learning-academic-achievement-filipino-students.asp

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Effects of problem format on division and multiplication performance: division facts are mediated via multiplication-based representations.

In 2 experiments participants solved division problems presented in multiplication-based formats (e.g., 8 x _ = 72) more quickly than division problems presented in division-based formats (e.g., 72 / 8 = _). In contrast, participants solved ...
Daniel G Mauro, Jo-Anne LeFevre, Jason Morris (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200303)
effects-problem-format-division-multiplication-performance-division.asp

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Comparing the effect of different design of desks with regard to motor accuracy in writing performance of students with cerebral palsy.

This study was conducted to examine the effect of ergonomic desk design for improving motor accuracy in the writing performance of cerebral palsy students. Thirty-two cerebral palsy students were tested in four workstations. The test order was ...
I-hsuan Shen, Sue-may Kang, Ching-yi Wu (Appl Ergon, 200303)
comparing-effect-different-design-desks-regard-motor-accuracy-writing.asp

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There is more to anger coping than "in" or "out".

There is growing dissatisfaction with a dichotomized "anger-in" versus "anger-out" view of anger coping. Three studies using student and community adultsamples revealed a broader understanding of the nature of anger coping styles and led to the ...
Wolfgang Linden, Brenda E Hogan, Thomas Rutledge, Anuradha Chawla, Joseph W Lenz, Debbie Leung (Emotion, 200303)
more-anger-coping-or-out.asp

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A longitudinal study of risk factors for motorcycle crashes among junior college students in Taiwan.

A cohort of 4729 junior college students in an urban and a rural area in Taiwan was followed up for a period of 20 months. Students characteristics, including riding exposures, as well as human, vehicular, and environmental factors were collected using ...
Mau-Roung Lin, Shu-Hui Chang, Lu Pai, Penelope M Keyl (Accid Anal Prev, 200303)
longitudinal-study-risk-factors-motorcycle-crashes-junior-college.asp

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A growth curve analysis of parent training outcomes: examining the influence of child risk factors (inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity problems), parental and family risk factors.

BACKGROUND: Parent training is one of the most effective treatments for young children with conduct problems. However, not every family benefits from this approach and approximately one-third of children remain in the clinical range at follow-up ...
Renée R Hartman, Scott A Stage, Carolyn Webster-Stratton (J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 200303)
growth-curve-analysis-parent-training-outcomes-examining-influence.asp

158.

Introduction of sex education into Nigerian schools: the parents, teachers and students perspectives.

To assess parents, teachers and students knowledge of sex education and their level of acceptance of its introduction into the school curriculum in Nigeria, questionnaires were sent to teachers, students and parents of eight secondary schools located ...
E O Orji, O A Esimai (J Obstet Gynaecol, 200303)
introduction-sex-education-nigerian-schools-parents-teachers.asp

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Value priorities in American and British female and male university students.

Value priorities were analyzed as they relate to nationality (American vs. British) and gender in a study involving 207 university students from the 2 countries. Participants responded anonymously to S. H. Schwartzs Value Survey (1992, 1994), consisting ...
Richard M Ryckman, Diane M Houston (J Soc Psychol, 200302)
value-priorities-american-british-female-male-university-students.asp

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Relationship quality, trait similarity, and self-other agreement on personality ratings in college roommates.

Previous research has shown that the level of self-other agreement for personality trait ratings increases with the length of acquaintanceship between the target and the informant. These findings emerge exclusively from studies of well-acquainted pairs ...
John E Kurtz, Jennifer L Sherker (J Pers, 200302)
relationship-quality-trait-similarity-self-other-agreement.asp