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Green, Vanessa A.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Educational Psychology, 2008
Conflict management is a skill best learned early in life, and lays a foundation for the development of future relationships. The present study examined the strategies children use when negotiating roles in a dynamic play situation. Participants were 156 children (M age = 6.5 years) in 39 groups of four, who were videotaped in a play activity that…
Descriptors: Play, Conflict Resolution, Children, Communication Strategies
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Heydenberk, Warren; Heydenberk, Roberta – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
A diverse sample of kindergarten and 1st grade students participated in a social-emotional literacy and problem solving program. Students and their teachers participated in seven one-hour training sessions which included concrete activities designed to increase affective vocabulary and social problem-solving. Effective communication strategies…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Kindergarten, Elementary Education, Literacy
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Putallaz, Martha; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1995
Studied the role of sociometric status and gender on first-graders' conflict resolution outcomes and compared children's conflict behavior in both mother-child and peer contexts. Found that higher-status children had fewer and shorter disputes, were more likely to invoke skillful verbal resistance strategies, and had more positive affect outcomes…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Psychology, Conflict Resolution, Elementary School Students
Rives, Bonnie; Smith, Tamara; Staples, Gail – 2000
This report describes a program for improvement of student social skills to include respect for self and others, conflict resolution, and self-control. The targeted population consisted of first, fifth, and seventh graders located in northwestern Illinois. The problems of deficiencies in social skills were documented. Data were collected from…
Descriptors: Action Research, Childrens Literature, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning
Renicks, Linda – 1999
Many children enter school demonstrating excessive aggressive and impulsive behaviors, causing classroom disruption and interpersonal conflict. This intervention was designed to help first graders achieve social competence through conflict resolution training, problem solving, and anger management techniques to reduce aggressive and impulsive…
Descriptors: Anger, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
Ciampa, Cheri; Farr, Jeanne; Kaplan, Karen – 2000
Poor social skills among young elementary school students can result in lack of cooperation with others and an inability to resolve conflicts. This action research project examined the impact of a program for improving social competence through improving listening skills, cooperation, respect for others, and respect for authority. Participating in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment