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Sex Role Stereotyping in Attitudes of Elementary School Children Toward Participation in Sports Activities.
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Geadelmann, Patricia Lou – 1974
Elementary school students were interviewed with the goal of determining characteristics and behavioral patterns they considered appropriate for one sex or the other in participation in sports. Children from kindergarten through the sixth grade were examined and compared by grade, sex, and race in their gender-related attitudes. The instrument…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Physical Activities, Physical Education
The Effects of Three Selected Variables on the Reading Achievement of Elementary School Children.
Lowichik, Thomas Carl – 1975
This study investigates the factors that have a bearing on the elementary urban child's standardized reading test scores. Three areas were investigated: parental contact with the school, supportive services that the child received, and the teacher's perception of the child's behavior and the behavior of the child's class. The study included 637…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Black Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Media
The Development of Role-Taking Abilities and Sociolinguistic Competence in Three Interpersonal Communication Domains Among Caucasian, Black, and Spanish-American Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth-Grade Children.
Nicholson, James L. – 1976
This dissertation examined the acquisition and development of children's social/symbolic and strategic communication abilities within a sociolinguistic model of communication competence. The major theoretical perspective was derived from the symbolic interactionism of Mead and the cognitive developmental theories of Piaget and Werner. The sample…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Black Students, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
The Effect of Similarity/Dissimilarity of Race and Personal Interests on Empathy and Altruism in Second Graders.
Panofsky, Anne D. – 1976
The experiment reported in this dissertation investigated the effect of similarity/dissimilarity of race and personal interests on empathy and altruism in second graders. It was hypothesized that white children would empathize more with other white children than with black children. It was also hypothesized that white children would empathize more…
Descriptors: Altruism, Behavior Patterns, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Effects of Peer Pressure and Prosocial/Antisocial Television Content on Children's Prosocial Behavior.
Tannenbaum, Barbara Irene – 1976
This study measured the effects on children's behavior of peer influence and prosocial and antisocial television messages. The subjects, 120 children in second, third, and fourth grades, were placed in three different situations: one in which no television was viewed, one in which an excerpt from a television program portraying violence was…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Children, Comparative Analysis
Behavioral Characteristics of Educable Mentally Retarded, Emotionally Handicapped, and Learning Disabled Students. Final Report.
Sherry, Stanley A. – 1979
In light of the difficulty in making a differential diagnosis among educable mentally retarded (EMR), emotionally handicapped (EH), and learning disabled (LD) students considering only their behavioral characteristics, a study was done to generate descriptive data regarding the behavioral characteristics of such students. Sixty EMR, EH, LD, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Differences