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Peer reviewedChevalier, Marsha – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1998
Describes an action research project that explored whether internally negotiated group control was possible among preadolescents in school settings. Presents John Dewey's thoughts on social control. Discusses study of students' perspectives and actions concerning authority issues and social control. Describes a social studies curriculum used to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Antisocial Behavior, Democratic Values, Elementary Education
Download full textCook, Lenora – 1993
The effects of infusing tradebooks into the school and home environments of non-White, low socioeconomic status, urban third through fifth graders were studied. Tradebooks are books with a purpose that is not school-based. The study was conducted in an urban kindergarten through grade 5 school in the Los Angeles (California) area, where 59 percent…
Descriptors: Action Research, Black Students, Books, Economically Disadvantaged
