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Nivetha Prabaharan; Andrew V. Dane; Natalie Spadafora – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2024
This study investigated characteristics associated with two kinds of peer victimization--bullying victimization and adversarial victimization--distinguished by different balances of power between the perpetrator and victim. Specifically, we examined whether bullying victimization (victim has less power than perpetrator) would be experienced to a…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Power Structure, Preadolescents
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Strindberg, Joakim; Horton, Paul; Thornberg, Robert – Research Papers in Education, 2020
The aim of the study was to examine Swedish school pupils' perspectives on why some pupils engage in bullying, support bullying or avoid standing up for the one(s) being bullied, despite a shared understanding that bullying is wrong. Through the use of focus group interviews combined with two bullying vignettes, a total of 74 pupils from grades 5…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Student Attitudes, Bullying, Victims
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Gest, Scott D.; Rodkin, Philip C. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2011
Teachers and students in 39 1st, 3rd and 5th grade classrooms participated in a study of teaching practices and classroom peer networks. Teachers reported on their attitudes towards aggression and withdrawal, provided rationales for their seating arrangements, and were observed on patterns of emotional and instructional support and classroom…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Social Status, Peer Relationship, Friendship
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Zanden, Sarah Vander; Wohlwend, Karen E. – Language Arts, 2011
In this article, we look closely at the way power circulates through school routines with ordinary texts in everyday moments. We address texts that support different types of achievement and how critical literacy helps us redefine achievement and examine what we're doing with texts and students in classrooms. We interrogate the notion of…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Behavior Patterns, Repetition, Purchasing
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Clarke, Lane W. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2007
An analysis of what appears initially to be a typical literature circle discussion about the book "Shiloh" illuminates larger issues of the influence of class and gendered discursive practices. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, the author suggests that the ways these fifth-grade students enact class and gender roles actually positions them…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Teacher Role, Classroom Environment, Discourse Analysis
Furlong, Michael J.; Felix, Erika D.; Sharkey, Jill D.; Tanigawa, Diane; Green, Jennifer G.; Gonzalez, Mabel; Gerula, Kelly; Michaca, Sarita – Online Submission, 2007
Although accurate assessment of bullying is essential to intervention planning and the evaluation of bullying prevention programs, assessment has been called the "Achilles' heel" of bullying research (Cornell, Sheras, & Cole, 2006). Problems have been cited about variations in definitions and time frames used, whether or not to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Bullying, Screening Tests, Incidence