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Roberts, Joanne Erwick; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1994
Sixteen children with developmental disabilities and 32 nondisabled children (all between 1.5 and 4.5 years of age) were placed in either a same- or mixed-age grouping of 6 children. Observation six months later showed that children in mixed-age groups took more conversational turns with partners with disabilities than did children in same-age…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Disabilities, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence

Rogoff, Barbara; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines modification of mother-child instruction as a function of age of learner in middle childhood (six versus eight years). Instruction and learning were compared on two tasks designed to simulate school and home activities. Results show more intense instruction of all kinds for the younger children in the school task. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Instruction, Interaction Process Analysis