All Saints' College

About: All Saints' College is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Crystal structure & Single crystal. The organization has 77 authors who have published 90 publications receiving 1182 citations.

Do third‐year mathematics undergraduates know what they are supposed to know?

Abstract: The paper describes a test, covering 155 third‐year undergraduates in 15 different institutions, to examine the extent to which certain core first‐year material is retained and understood. The topics considered explore ideas such as the definition of differentiability, the principle of mathematical induction, understanding of basis and dimension, and perceptions about the real numbers. Also included are a question in mechanics and one on elementary aspects of group theory. As well as recording the students’ results (according to the criteria set out below), the paper includes an; lysis of the answers given by the students to each question and also some of their comments, as recorded on their scripts. Their misconceptions indicate that the foundations laid in the first year, on which their subsequent knowledge is built, is often very flimsy. Data collected include information on the final degree award of most of the test group. It is found that even among those students who subsequently achieved good degre...

A personality study of highly successful and "ideal" swimming coaches.

Abstract: Selected coaches (N = 48) and international-caliber junior (under 16 years) swimmers (N = 30) constructed their “ideal” coach's personality profile on a 10-point scale (from Cattell's 16 P.F.I.). These profiles were compared with the objective test profiles of highly successful coaches and with the coaches' subjective self-assessments of personality. The highly successful coaches were chosen from a previously tested group of coaches by the three national swimming coaches based on selected criteria. Results indicated that greatest similarities were to be found between coaches' subjective self-assessments and the “ideal” coach; and between coaches' and swimmers' estimations of the “ideal” coach.

Co‐operation in the Countryside: small primary school clusters

Abstract: Summary This paper examines the role and significance of co‐operation (clustering) between small primary schools in rural areas across England and Wales. By increasing the range of resources available and enlarging staff and pupil peer groups, clustering can counter many of the challenges that confront curriculum delivery in small schools. However, effective inter‐school liaison can be impeded by fears surrounding the loss of individual school autonomy and logistical barriers caused by the nature of rural localities. Just as significantly, reductions in local authority support for cluster schemes combined with increased incentives to compete for pupils may be curtailing useful co‐operation. Findings from a sample of small‐school headteachers suggest, however, that despite recognition of these detrimental pressures, clustering is likely to remain central to a wider set of local coping strategies which are making a significant contribution to the viability of rural education provision.

Synthesis and characterization of strontium and barium bismuth borate glass-ceramics

Abstract: Glass ceramics in the 20MO.55Bi2O3.25B2O3 (M = Sr, Ba) system were prepared by conventional melt quenching method, followed by heat treatment. XRD patterns show that the crystalline phase boron sillenite (Bi24B2O39) was formed on thermal treatment. The variation in the microstructure of the sample as a function of crystallization temperature was studied using scanning electron microscopy. The structural changes due to heat-treatment of the glasses have been explained on the basis of the changes in FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra. The glass ceramics in the present study have relatively high dielectric constant and low dielectric loss.