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Peer reviewedSutherland, Margaret B. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1999
Describes the lack of educational success experienced by boys in some countries and girls in other countries, and lists possible reasons for these inequalities. Presents certain contributory factors: employment prospects related to levels of education; composition and attitudes of the teaching staff; attitudes of parents and society; and attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Opportunities, Learning Disabilities
Direct linkBerg, Derek H. – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2006
This study examined whether children's psychosocial self-evaluations mediated the relationship between general academic self-concept and self-reported depression. Self-evaluations in three psychosocial domains were assessed: General self-worth, intellectual ability, and social acceptance. Results indicated three significant findings. First, a…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Academic Ability
Download full textGuindon, Jerry – 1993
This practicum addressed the self-concept and self-esteem problems of 10 upper elementary grade students with learning disabilities through development, implementation, and evaluation of a group counseling program. The program involved educating students about their learning disabilities as well as using counseling strategies which stressed…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Group Counseling
Heekin, Shelley, Ed.; Mengel, Patricia, Ed. – 1983
The booklet describes the New Friends approach to mainstreaming young handicapped students. The approach focuses on the understanding and acceptance of individual differences through introduction of life-sized dolls with disabilities. Seven units are presented, each with notes to the teacher, discussion guidelines, lists of frequently asked…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Disturbances
Aiello, Barbara – 1981
This handbook was developed to help the teacher deal successfully with physical problems involved in having a child with cerebral palsy mainstreamed into the regular classroom. Characteristics of cerebral palsy are described, and it is pointed out that most children with this affliction have average or above average intelligence. Classroom…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Cerebral Palsy, Class Organization, Classroom Communication
Hatch, J. Amos – 1985
The contributions of peer interaction to the development of social competence in kindergarten children are discussed in terms of research findings and implications for teachers. Using naturalistic methodology, social behavior was studied by observing interactions among children in classroom settings without direct adult supervision. In peer…
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Classroom Environment, Interpersonal Competence, Kindergarten Children
Hart, Craig H. – 1988
The relationships between maternal disciplinary style and children's consequential thinking skills and how children think about consequences of actions in peer group conflicts were studied in 144 children from grades 1 (N=59) and 4 (N=85) and their mothers. Seventy additional children underwent sociometric testing. Home disciplinary style was…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conflict, Discipline, Elementary Education
Mathinos, Debra A.; Wypych, Marydel – 1988
The purpose of this study was to characterize the nature of conversational engagement evidenced by 30 learning-disabled and 30 nondisabled children while they participated in a semi-structured dyadic interaction. Also investigated were the relationships among the levels of engagement employed by the elementary or junior high students and their…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Intelligence
Smith, M. Sherry; And Others – 1981
The first of six volumes about Project CHANGE (Concepts of Handicaps and Attitudes Need Guidance and Education), a curriculum designed to improve elementary aged children's attitudes toward the disabled, presents information on installation and management of the inservice teacher training component, audiovisual materials for the teacher training…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Guides
Drake Univ., Des Moines, IA. Midwest Regional Resource Center. – 1981
The collection of 101 abstracts is designed to aid school guidance counselors in identifying education resource materials to use with special students and to increase school counselors' awareness regarding special students' needs. The first section, titled "Assessment," contains abstracts dealing with diagnosis and identification, and testing…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Career Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
VAN EGMOND, ELMER; ZANDER, ALVIN – 1957
THE EFFECTS OF TWO DETERMINANTS, INTELLIGENCE AND DEGREE OF A PERSON'S SOCIAL POWER, WHICH AFFECT SOCIAL RELATIONS WERE EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY. THE LATTER REFERS TO THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE BEHAVIOR AND BELIEFS OF OTHERS. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE WAS TO DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN CAUSES FOR THE TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS USED BY CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Females, Group Testing
Sagar, H. Andrew; Schofield, Janet W. – 1980
A study was conducted to observe the peer behavior of 92 black and white sixth graders in a large, urban middle school. A roster rated sociometric study was also conducted, in which the students rated the desirability of each of their classmates as both social and work partners. Both the behavioral and the sociometric study showed a sharp sex…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Group Dynamics
Soto-Padin, Jose L. – 1968
Information on social behavior independence, and intelligence was gathered on 74 Head Start subjects (Anglo, Negro, and Mexican-American) aged 5 to 7 years, for the development of a scale to measure the level of independence in small children. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) Level of independence will differentiate ethnic groups. Ranking…
Descriptors: Achievement, Age Differences, Anglo Americans, Behavior Rating Scales
Gottlieb, Jay; And Others – 1971
The evaluation compared the social adjustment and academic achievement of seven educable mentally retarded (EMR) elementary school children who were integrated into a nongraded school with seven comparable EMRs (matched on IQ, sex and SES) who were assigned to segregated special classes. The results indicated that integrated children had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classes (Groups of Students), Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Research
MacDougall, Mary Ann; Brown, Jeannette A. – 1973
The major objective of the study was to provide children with social skill training through: (1) individual opportunities for children to examine and adopt more productive alternatives to the satisfaction of their needs; (2) small group opportunities for children to discuss and learn the differential consequences of cognitive, affective, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Guidance Programs, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Services, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
