This paper reports on a long term experiment concerning the introduction of 7 grade pupils to the concept of randomness. Pupils are involved in activities with Lego robots, and in the joint enterprise of writing an Encyclopaedia. The main lines of the experiment are provided, together with experimental data, highlighting how some specific elements of the chosen educational approach influenced t...

Productive work done by the pupils of grades 7 and 8 in earlier socialist industrial or agricultural enterprises was of a differentiated character, but it was generally concentrated in the same fields of work, and took place in “pupils production units,” in enterprises in an “atmosphere of production,” that is, under conditions of production adapted to the age of the pupils. (Blandow & Mosna, 1...

This paper reports a study aimed at revealing special-educational-needs pupils’ learning potential by means of an ICT-based assessment including a dynamic visual tool that might help pupils when solving mathematics problems. The study focused on subtraction problems up to 100, which require ‘borrowing’. These problems, in which the value of the ones-digit of the subtrahend is larger than the on...

anisocoria during anesthesia is very rare, but may indicate life-threatening neurologic injuries and create tremendous condition. a 23-year-old male patient was anesthetized with fentanyl and propofol. thirty minutes after inducing anesthesia, unilateral mydriasis was detected. the duration of surgery was shortened for prompt evaluation of the pupils. at the end of the operation neither vision ...

BACKGROUND Multi-component interventions which combine educational and environmental strategies appear to be most effective in increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in adolescents. However, multi-component interventions are complex to implement and often poorly implemented. Identification of barriers and facilitators for implementation is warranted to improve future interventions.This stud...

AIM To determine the effects of pupil size on uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) in astigmatic eyes. METHODS The authors examined 20 normal eyes of 20 healthy volunteers (age 26.7±4.9 years (mean±SD); 8 men, 12 women). After fully correcting cycloplegic refraction, the authors created with-the-rule and against-the-rule astigmatism of 1, 2, and 3 dioptres (D) in each eye, and then assessed UCVA ...

This study aimed to investigate whether behavioural or emotional problems in adolescents detected by their teachers are signs of a common psychosocial maladjustment and of the beginning of social marginalization. Altogether, 171 pupils (15 years of age) from the eastern part of Finland participated in the survey. Behavioural and emotional problems and academic achievements were assessed separat...

Eleven schools in the south of England took part in a trial of 'Safe in the Sun', a curriculum programme for primary school aged pupils. Case study methodology and the 'draw and write' technique were combined to evaluate changes in pupils' perceptions of the effects of the sun on their skin. Teachers were free to use the materials, consisting of a teacher's handbook and video, as they wished. P...