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Improving Middle School Teachers' Self-Reported Use of Social Dynamics Management Practices
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Norwalk, Kate E.; Dawes, Molly; Hamm, Jill V.; Farmer, Thomas W. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2021
The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of a professional development program on sixth grade teachers' use of social dynamics management (SDM) practices. SDM practices represent teachers' active attempts to incorporate classroom social dynamics into everyday instructional and behavior management strategies. Sixth grade teachers…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Peer Relationship, Classroom Techniques, Social Isolation
Emotional and Behavioral Risk Configurations, Students with Disabilities, and Perceptions of the Middle School Ecology
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Chen, Chin-Chih; Farmer, Thomas W.; Hamm, Jill V.; Brooks, Debbie S.; Lee, David; Norwalk, Kate; Lambert, Kerrylin; Dawes, Molly; Sterrett, Brittany; Rizzo, Karen – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2020
Perceptions of the ecology and middle school transition are examined in relation to interpersonal competence patterns (ICPs) of approximately 3,000 sixth graders (46.2% boys) including 415 students with disabilities from 26 metropolitan schools. Teacher ratings of students' academic competence, externalizing and internalizing behavior, popularity,…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Middle School Students, Interpersonal Competence, Grade 6
The Trajectory of Popularity Goal during the Transition to Middle School
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Dawes, Molly; Xie, Hongling – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2017
The trajectory of early adolescents' popularity goal during the transition to middle school was examined in a diverse sample of 401 students. Popularity goal was assessed at five time points from the spring semester of fifth grade through the spring semester of seventh grade with the transition to middle school occurring between the fifth and…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Goal Orientation, Gender Differences, Ethnic Groups
The Role of Popularity Goal in Early Adolescents' Behaviors and Popularity Status
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Dawes, Molly; Xie, Hongling – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The effect of popularity goal on the use of 3 popularity-related behaviors and later popularity status was examined in a diverse sample of 314 6th-grade students (176 girls and 138 boys) in both fall (Time 1) and spring (Time 2) semesters. Popularity goal and the use of popularity-driven behaviors (e.g., "I change the way I dress in order to…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Peer Acceptance, Goal Orientation, Role