Higher self-control in children and adolescents is associated with a range of positive outcomes in adulthood. However, little is known about the naturalistic development of self-control during early adolescence and the factors that affect this. We examined the role of puberty and parenting style as theoretically important influences on stability and change in self-control. A longitudinal (3 wav...

BACKGROUND Regular adolescent cannabis use predicts a range of later drug use and psychosocial problems. Little is known about whether occasional cannabis use carries similar risks. AIMS To examine associations between occasional cannabis use during adolescence and psychosocial and drug use outcomes in young adulthood; and modification of these associations according to the trajectory of cann...

In this paper, we investigated the forms of visibility and intrusion present during learning and offer initial findings based on our observations at two secondary schools. We have identified that visibility and intrusion exists in various forms of interactions in learning and could have negative consequences in learning if they are left unmanaged. We propose the usage of interactive surface as ...

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Learning the language of school history: the role of linguistics in mapping the writing demands of the secondary school curriculum Journal Article How to cite: Coffin, Caroline (2006). Learning the language of school history: the role of linguistics in mapping the writing demands of the secondary school curricu...

This small-scale survey evaluated the impact of National Strategy approaches to intervention on pupils working just below national expectations in a small sample of 12 primary and nine secondary schools. Intervention was more effective in the primary schools than in the secondary schools visited and stemmed from careful analysis of pupils’ weaknesses, flexible planning of programmes, thorough t...

This paper presents main results from a Ph.D. thesis on sociolinguistic variation among students in an upper secondary school in Alingsås, a town of 25,000, northeast of Göteborg. Phonological variants are found to be associated with traditional local dialect, regional and supraregional standard, Göteborg vernacular, general and Göteborg youth language. Correlations with demogeographical areas ...

The study examined whether education should be free or not among the public secondary school teachers in Ogun State in Nigeria. The study examined the status of the secondary schools in terms of funding available to public secondary schools in Ogun State. The study applied Structural Functionalist theory and adopted qualitative method of data collection. Five (5) Key Informant Interviews (KII) ...