Are teachers’ judgements of pupils’ ability influenced by body shape?

Stereotyped at seven? Biases in teachers’ judgements of pupils’ ability and attainment

There is evidence that teacher judgements and assessments of primary school pupils can be systematically biased. This paper tests the proposal that stereotyping plays a part in creating these judgement inequalities and is instrumental in achievement variation according to income-level, gender, special educational needs status, ethnicity, and spoken language. Using 2008 data for almost 5000 pupi...

Are absolute thresholds and loudness judgements influenced by different colours?

Brain plasticity and intellectual ability are influenced by shared genes.

Although the adult brain is considered to be fully developed and stable until senescence when its size steadily decreases, such stability seems at odds with continued human (intellectual) development throughout life. Moreover, although variation in human brain size is highly heritable, we do not know the extent to which genes contribute to individual differences in brain plasticity. In this lon...

Plantar sensory vibration thresholds are not influenced by body position

Monitoring skin sensitivity is studied to clarify its relationship on balance. Measuring skin sensitivity is performed when subjects are sitting or lying, whereas balance tests are measured during standing. However, afferent signal processing and subsequent efferent responses can be altered by different body positions. Therefore, this study investigated whether vibration perception thresholds (...

Teachers' and pupils' definitions of bullying.

BACKGROUND Comparison of teachers' and pupils' definitions of bullying is important for considering the implications for reports of its incidence in schools, for the study of developmental trends in children's and adolescents' perceptions of the phenomenon and for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions designed to combat bullying. AIMS To investigate the effects of gender, teacher/pupi...