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Siperstein, Gary N.; Leffert, James S.; Wenz-Gross, Melodie – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1997
This study observed 65 friendship/acquaintance dyads, half of which involved one child with learning problems, among preadolescent children during play. Unlike friendships between children without disabilities, friendships involving a disabled child were marked by limited collaboration and shared decision making, a low level of cooperative play…
Descriptors: Children, Cooperation, Friendship, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedSiperstein, Gary N.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1996
A study of 43 children with mental retardation working with peers on a cooperative task found that different factors influence peer acceptance and rejection. Acceptance was influenced by overall quantity of a child's interactions and peer perceptions of positive behavior; rejection was influenced by positive behavior of the target child and peer…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Elementary Education, Influences
Peer reviewedHemphill, Lowry; Siperstein, Gary N. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
The relationship between the conversational competence of mildly retarded children (two speakers) and acceptance by regular education students was studied. Ninety-four students in grades four through six responded more positively to videotapes of mildly retarded children who managed conversations well and less favorably to those with…
Descriptors: Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
