This study investigated the features of verbal disagreements arising among 25 adolescent students with mild intellectual disabilities and 25 of their typical peers. Transcripts of a learning task were coded using an adaptation of Eisenberg's (1992) scheme for analyzing verbal conflicts. Findings of the study indicate: (1) in verbal conflict…

Since Malaysian school children spend a considerable portion of their lives in school, whether in activities arranged for them, or interacting with peers, there is a great deal to learn about their perceptions of schooling and classroom experiences. This paper discusses the meaning of schooling to these students, particularly, how all these school…

In this study, questions regarding the prevalence of mutual antipathies and their relation to the behavior of individual children were examined among preadolescents and adolescents. Mutual antipathies were defined as relationships in which children mutually nominated one another as least liked on a sociometric task. A distinction was drawn between…

Although foremost among the benefits of cooperative learning is improvement of student academic achievement, additional affective benefits may further convince teachers that the value added by cooperative learning is worth the effort. This study examined the effect of an 8-month cooperative learning intervention on children's friendship choices in…

Reviews several studies on the relationships and interaction among elementary and secondary school students in which personality characteristics and peer group evaluation are important factors. (SF)

Findings suggest that peer censure may often be an effective means of counteracting the influence of a aggressive model. However, the effectiveness may be lessened under conditions where the individual who urges restraint on the part of others fails to demonstrate this characteristic in his own behavior. (RB)

Earlier version of a paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, December 28-31, 1969, in Denver, Colorado. (DS)

Purpose of the study was to examine the effect of age-group membership on sociometric nominations made on the basis of scholarship, leadership, and popularity. (Authors)

Reports a study which assessed the attitudes of 886 fourth graders, 34 of whom were in small-group remedial classes. Found that (1) remedial readers are not so socially well-accepted as their classroom peers, and (2) remedial readers rated themselves low on social acceptance in relation to their classroom peers. References. (VJ)

In male and female adolescents (n=30), the predictive relationship between social competency and peer relations and age differences in social competence was studied. Based upon a social deficit hypothesis, linear age differences were observed in social knowledge, locus of control, and a trend in empathy. (Author/PN)

Three possibilities through which children find enjoyment in sport are explored: (1) Sport may be considered as play by children; (2) sport may be seen as success-motivating; and (3) children may find sport enjoyable because the activity itself is absorbing. (JN)

Effects of selected reading materials on third graders' acceptance of peers who had handicaps as specified by P.L. 94-142, and were receiving special services, were investigated. Results showed that attitudes were better toward the nonhandicapped on both pre- and posttests, and that bibliotherapy had little effect on attitudes. (Author/GK)