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Direct linkUnal, Naciye Ece; Sak, Ugur – High Ability Studies, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore how gifted girls perceived and coped with loneliness and the relationship between loneliness and giftedness from their perspectives. Participants were four middle-school gifted girls. A loneliness scale was used to select gifted students with a high level of loneliness experience. In-depth…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Females, Academically Gifted, Psychological Patterns
Kilday, Jessica E.; Brass, Nicole R.; Ferguson, Sharlyn; Ryan, Allison M.; Pearson, Meaghan I. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2023
We investigated the associations between students' perceptions of their teachers' management of peer relations (TMPR) and two facets of the peer ecology: perceptions of peer support and the behaviors of popular peers (responsibility and rebelliousness). Participants were 1,031 fifth graders nested within 50 elementary school classrooms. Early…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Teacher Role, Grade 5
Schwab, Susanne; Wimberger, Tanja; Mamas, Christoforos – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2019
Research indicates that children with hearing impairment are at higher risk regarding their social participation in school compared to their hearing peers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the social participation of 7th Grade students with hearing impairment in inclusive classrooms. Data from 62 7th Grade students across three…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Student Participation, Peer Relationship
Firat, Tahsin – Education 3-13, 2021
This study aims to determine the effects of training through interaction activities on the social acceptance levels of typically developing eighth-grade students towards students with special needs. The study was carried out with a sample of 100 eighth-grade students attending middle school in a province in Turkey. The study used an experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interaction, Grade 8, Students with Disabilities
Kihm, Holly Spencer – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2014
Children who struggle with weight management often endure a broad range of consequences, including stigmatization, well into adulthood. With an increase in the prevalence of overweight children, there are now more children at risk of being stigmatized. The purpose of this study was to examine stigmatization across the elementary and middle school…
Descriptors: Friendship, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Body Weight
Harrison, Mary M. – Teaching Tolerance, 2007
Social isolation and the harassment of students with disabilities are closely related problems that occur in schools throughout the country. Often, both problems begin in middle school. Social isolation and harassment can feed each other--without meaningful interaction with students with disabilities, other students are more likely to make hurtful…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Social Isolation, Dropout Rate, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Carter, Erik W.; Cushing, Lisa S.; Clark, Nitasha M.; Kennedy, Craig H. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2005
Peer support interventions are emerging as an effective alternative to traditional paraprofessional models for assisting students with moderate to severe disabilities to access the general curriculum. To contribute to the refinement of peer support interventions, we evaluated the impact of altering the number of participating peers on the social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Peer Acceptance
