School tracking is usually criticised as a mechanism for social and cultural reproduction. Evidence from the literature shows a significant effect of early tracking on social inequality. Some studies also show that early tracking has a negative effect on the probability of completing higher education. This study uses PISA 2009 data and the…

Sixty-five juvenile offenders in residential care completed the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale, and their scores were matched for IQ and memory with those of 60 adult offenders. The juveniles gave in significantly more to interrogative pressure through negative feedback but were no more yielding to leading questions than adults. (JPS)

The Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventories for first grade and over was designed to assess children's and adults' self-esteem. It consists of four self-esteem scores for children (general, social, academic, and parental) and three for adults (general, social, and personal). A Lie subscale is included to ascertain defensiveness and the possibility…

Describes the communication difficulties that older adolescents (n=188) felt they had experienced with their parents. Results indicated the most frequent type of current communication problem involved personal criticism. Older adolescents' attributions for their past and present communication problems significantly predicted their current…

Explores the possible intersections between postmodern theory and educational change. Attacks recent backlashes against postmodernism as counterproductive. Describes today's students as inhabitants of a border region between modernism and postmodern culture, as seen in recent films about adolescents. Relates such a view to pedagogical change. (HB)

To engage students' interest and help them appreciate black drama, teachers may have their classes discuss and dramatize three plays that deal with adolescence and the stifling mother: James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner," Louis Peterson's "Take a Giant Step," and J.E. Franklin's "Black Girl." This paper shows how the…

To help children and adolescents learn to read, school librarians and teachers must learn to read with confidence for pleasure and satisfaction and to draw on their experience of the world and their experience with other texts. Having personal enthusiasm, the skills to analyze how a literary work functions, and an understanding of what…

The 10 papers in this handbook consider higher education theory and research. Following an opening essay, "Recollections and Reflections," by C. Robert Pace, which offers reflections on higher education as a field, on its evolution, and it future research needs, papers include: "Reflections on the Study of Effective College Teaching…