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Kuppens, S.; Grietens, H.; Onghena, P.; Michiels, D.; Subramanian, S. V. – Journal of School Psychology, 2008
Relational aggression was studied within classroom environments by examining individual and classroom correlates among 2731 children (3rd-5th graders) during two successive measurement years. Multilevel analyses yielded small gender differences for relational aggression, indicating that such aggressive behavior was more associated with girls as…
Descriptors: Aggression, Grade 5, Rejection (Psychology), Gender Differences
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Szadokierski, Isadora; Burns, Matthew K. – Journal of School Psychology, 2008
Drill procedures have been used to increase the retention of various types of information, but little is known about the causal mechanisms of these techniques. The current study compared the effect of two key features of drill procedures, a large number of opportunities to respond (OTR) and a drill ratio that maintains a high percentage of known…
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Statistical Analysis, Grade 4, Drills (Practice)
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Kochenderfer-Ladd, B.; Pelletier, M. E. – Journal of School Psychology, 2008
A multilevel design was used to test a model in which teachers' attitudes (beliefs) about bullying (e.g., it is normative; assertive children do not get bullied; children wouldn't be bullied if they avoided mean kids) were hypothesized to influence if and how they intervene in bullying interactions. In turn, it was hypothesized that teachers'…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Bullying, Behavior Standards, Grade 4
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Dearing, Eric; McCartney, Kathleen; Weiss, Heather B.; Kreider, Holly.; Simpkins, Sandra – Journal of School Psychology, 2004
Longitudinal data for 167 low-income children were analyzed to examine associations between family educational involvement during kindergarten, children's feelings about literacy, and children's literacy achievement from kindergarten through fifth grade. The promotive effect of family educational involvement for feelings about literacy and…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Educational Attainment, Kindergarten
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Gest, Scott D.; Welsh, Janet A.; Domitrovich, Celene E. – Journal of School Psychology, 2005
Normative trends and behavioral predictors for three dimensions of social relatedness were examined in a 6-month longitudinal study of 383 students in Grades 3, 4 and 5. Student reports of social relatedness (teacher supportiveness, school supportiveness, loneliness) and liking school indicated that students in each of the grades felt less…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Aggression, Educational Environment, Student Behavior