While the role of mothers is often emphasised in discussions of child development, fathers are usually considered only in the context of the role of parents. Recent research suggests, however, that more recognition could be given to fathers' share in parental responsibility and to its significance to school attainment and ...

Benjamin Bloom claims that, regardless of the differences among students that may be suggested by intelligence tests or assessments of achievement, about 95 percent of all students can master the school curriculum at practically the same level of mastery. Slower learners, he says, can learn as much as fast learners ...

A recent American survey conducted by Ann Terry and published by the National Council of Teachers of English was designed to:
1. Determine what kinds of poetry were most enjoyed by children aged 9 to 11 years.
2. Analyse this poetry, and other less popular kinds, in terms of the ...

Many students have difficulty mastering the vocabulary of a foreign language. This report describes the keyword method, which appears to facilitate the learning of new words quite dramatically.

David Greene and Mark Lepper are psychologists whose research on motivation has led to a concern that, by using external rewards more often than necessary, teachers may lessen the intrinsic motivation that drives children to do something purely for the fun of it.

A recent Society for Research into Higher Education report reveals striking variations in the way students react to and prepare for examinations, the authors of this report, Miller and Parlett, coining the term cue-consciousness to distinguish different types of student responses.

Teaching standards are higher when teachers work in teams instead of staying in individual classrooms, according to a recent report from the National Foundation for Educational Research.

The Bullock Committee of Inquiry was set up by Mrs Margaret Thatcher, then Secretary of State for Education, in 1972. The establishment of the committee followed closely on the publication of the report of the National Foundation for Educational Research entitled The Trend of Reading Standards. This report implied that ...

The topic of 'corporal punishment' and 'discipline' is difficult to deal with as it is always highly coloured by the emotional extreme from which a participant in a discussion considers it. I do not believe in corporal punishment nor have I found it necessary to resort to its use. I ...