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Hops, Hyman – Exceptional Education Quarterly: Peer Relations of Exceptional Children and Youth, 1981
Behavioral assessment methods for measuring the social development of exceptional children include teacher nominations, rankings, rating scales, and checklists. Use of direct observation procedures in analogue (simulated) and naturalistic settings can pinpoint antecedents and consequences of social behavior and provide goals for intervention. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedJohnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Theory into Practice, 1999
Discusses the importance of cooperative learning, focusing on what is and is not a cooperative effort; types of cooperative learning; an example of integrated use of cooperative learning; cooperative schools; basic elements of cooperation; and what is known about cooperative efforts (related to achievement, interpersonal relationship, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSuelzle, Marijean; Katz, Matthew – Integrated Education, 1980
Describes a three-year case study of a young Black boy at a day care center to illustrate that racial tracking through exclusion from structured learning activities and group experiences can lead to social incompetence in young minority children. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education, Group Experience
Peer reviewedSwetnam, Laurel; And Others – Child and Youth Services, 1982
Presents an overview of social skill interventions with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and emphasizes parent training approaches, dyadic (parent-child) therapy, and treatment which directly change the child's behavior. Discusses the range of services which could be provided within the community to foster social competence in young children.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedCantor, Nancy – American Psychologist, 1990
Discusses a cognitive perspective on personality, focusing on how dispositions are cognitively expressed and maintained in social interaction. Shows how individuals interpret life tasks in light of their most accessible schemas, envisaging alternative future selves, and devising cognitive strategies to guide behavior. Discusses adaptiveness of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Daily Living Skills
Adcock, Don; Segal, Marilyn – 1979
This guide for parents discusses social competence in 2-year-old children, drawing upon anecdotal data to provide a sampling of 2-year-old children's social behavior and their parents' child rearing techniques. The data were collected from questionnaires, telephone interviews, and home visits in a 12-month study of the interactions of 86…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Children, Conflict Resolution
