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Bhatt, Anjali M.; Goldberg, Amir; Srivastava, Sameer B. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
When the social boundaries between groups are breached, the tendency for people to erect and maintain symbolic boundaries intensifies. Drawing on extant perspectives on boundary maintenance, we distinguish between two strategies that people pursue in maintaining symbolic boundaries: boundary retention--entrenching themselves in pre-existing…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Interpersonal Relationship, Group Dynamics, Personal Space
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Dooley, Caitlin McMunn – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
This review of literature presents research about young children's (ages 2-8) early experiences with comprehension. Using a theoretical framework for emergent comprehension, the review demonstrates how each research study contributes to a holistic theory of emergent comprehension. Influences on emergent comprehension such as children's…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Educational Research, Early Experience, Young Children
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Sternberg, Les; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1987
Three profoundly retarded students (ages 6, 8, and 12) were taught prelanguage signalling behaviors (grasping the experimenter's finger and tapping the back of one hand with the other) to initiate co-active imitation behaviors with an adult. (JW)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Expressive Language