An attempt was made to establish the correlation between the time of reaching sexual maturity and the level of psychical development. The material consisted of data obtained from schoolgirls of final classes of 6 secondary schools. In a questionnaire, the girls provided retrospective data concerning the age of menarche, and replied to questions being the basis for sexual maturity evaluation.

NURSES ARE being urged to back a campaign to make first aid compulsory in all state-funded secondary schools.

to a weekly periodical during 1953-1955 and used the vivid material to highlight their problems. Self-selected material, it is true, because they wrote voluntarily, but instead of revealing irresponsible rebels, the main impression is one of uncertainty and a longing to be accepted both socially and in the family. Many mothers and fathers must be surprised to find that 74% express a wish to sha...

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Argumentation skills of secondary school students were evaluated in Finland (n=290), France (n=54), and England (n=41). The data were collected from 4 tasks comprising 7 variables. The results indicated that most of the students had correctly justified arguments and conclusions, and composed clear claims and relevant arguments. However, many students had difficulties in recognising the main cla...

The study analyses teachers' perceptions of methods, teacher roles, success and evaluation in PBL and traditional classroom instruction. The analysis is based on empirical data collected in primary schools and vocational secondary schools. An analysis of 109 questionnaires revealed numerous differences based on degree of experience and type of school. In general, project-based methods were pref...

This study evaluated physical education knowledge according to gender, secondary school programme, year of study and type of knowledge. The results of multivariate analysis of variance show that the programme of study had the highest impact (20.2% of the variance) on both dependent variables (conceptual and specific knowledge), the impact of gender was about half as high (11.7% of the variance)...

BACKGROUND Two recent studies reported a curvilinear (U-shaped) between elderly suicide rates and educational attainment measured by the United Nation's Education Index. A study examining the curvilinear (U-shaped) relationship between elderly suicide rates and the individual components of the Education Index (adult literacy rate, percentage of children of relevant age group enrolled in primary...

NCLB was passed with bipartisan support in Congress because consensus had been reached that the nation needed to close the achievement gaps that existed between students of differing racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds, and that schools should be held accountable for the success of all students. But despite the location chosen for the signing of the bill into law—a public high school—flaws...