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Validating cultural transmission in Cetaceans. (2001)
Journal Article
Day, R., Kendal, J., & Laland, K. (2001). Validating cultural transmission in Cetaceans. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(2), 330-331. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x01293960

The evidence of high cognitive abilities in cetaceans does not stand up to close scrutiny under the standards established by laboratory researchers. This is likely to lead to a sterile debate between laboratory and field researchers unless fresh ways... Read More about Validating cultural transmission in Cetaceans..

Achievement and Educational Performance: A Cause for Celebration? (2001)
Book Chapter
Fitz-Gibbon, C., & Tymms, P. (2001). Achievement and Educational Performance: A Cause for Celebration?. In R. Phillips, & J. Furlong (Eds.), Education, Reform and the State: Twenty-Five Years of Politics, Policy and Practice. RoutledgeFalmer

Deterioration of bone (2001)
Book Chapter
Millard, A. (2001). Deterioration of bone. In D. Brothwell, & M. Pollard (Eds.), Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (633-643). Wiley

Bone is popularly regarded as a dry, inanimate, uncomplicated and robust material. In fact, it is a complex biological material which can undergo a variety of pre-depositional and post-depositional processes, causing physical and chemical changes whi... Read More about Deterioration of bone.

Teachers' thinking about information and communications technology and learning: beliefs and outcomes (2001)
Journal Article
Higgins, S., & Moseley, D. (2001). Teachers' thinking about information and communications technology and learning: beliefs and outcomes. Teacher Development, 5(2), 191-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/13664530100200138

Constructs about teaching and learning were elicited from teachers of Reception (4-5-year-olds), Year 2 (6-7-year-olds) and Year 4 (8-9-year-olds). Self-ratings on 70 constructs relating to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and learning... Read More about Teachers' thinking about information and communications technology and learning: beliefs and outcomes.

A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School (2001)
Journal Article
Tymms, P. (2001). A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 12(2), 161-181. https://doi.org/10.1076/sesi.12.2.161.3452

The feelings (self-concepts and attitudes) toward maths, reading and school of 21,000 seven-year-olds in England were investigated using multi-variate multi-level models. The most important explanatory variables were the teacher and the academic leve... Read More about A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School.

Investigating the Assessment of Singers in a Music College Setting: The Students' Perspective (2001)
Journal Article
Coimbra, D., Davidson, J., & Kokotsaki, D. (2001). Investigating the Assessment of Singers in a Music College Setting: The Students' Perspective. Research Studies in Music Education, 16(1), 15-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103x010160010301

This article examines the singing assessment context, first in relation to the assessors, evaluation procedures and, second, in relation to the students, anxiety levels, gender and developmental stage. The primary intention is to explore the psycholo... Read More about Investigating the Assessment of Singers in a Music College Setting: The Students' Perspective.

Geo-politics and the representation of Portugal's African colonial wars: examining the limits of 'Vietnam syndrome' (2001)
Journal Article
Power, M. (2001). Geo-politics and the representation of Portugal's African colonial wars: examining the limits of 'Vietnam syndrome'. Political Geography, 20(4), 461-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0962-6298%2801%2900003-8

Portugal's defence of its African colonies between 1961 and 1974 destroyed the Estado Novo fascist dictatorship of António Salazar, impoverished Portugal, and nearly made the colonies go bankrupt. Portuguese involvement with colonial conflict in Moza... Read More about Geo-politics and the representation of Portugal's African colonial wars: examining the limits of 'Vietnam syndrome'.

Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness: Their impact on academic achievement and progress (2001)
Journal Article
Merrell, C., & Tymms, P. (2001). Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness: Their impact on academic achievement and progress. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 71(1), 43-56. https://doi.org/10.1348/000709901158389

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have been found to achieve lower grades at school than their peers. Does this extend to pupils who are apparently exceptionally inattentive, hyperactive or impulsive, but have not been dia... Read More about Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness: Their impact on academic achievement and progress.