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Vance, John J.; Richmond, Bert O. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Two hundred forty elementary school age children were paired on the basis of sex, race, and level of self-concept to participate in a cooperative-competitive game situation. Black children were found to be more cooperative than white children. The low self-concept subjects were more cooperative than high self-concept subjects. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary Education, Games, Interaction Process Analysis

Damico, Sandra B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
This ethnographic study of a self-contained classroom of eight-, nine-, and ten-year-olds examined sexual differences in peer interactions. Within the observed classroom, males and females established separate social systems which had only limited contact with each other. Males were found to interact with significantly more classmates than…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Children, Elementary Education, Interaction Process Analysis