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Harper, Robyn – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2018
Ever wonder why teenagers are so quick to adopt Instagram, Snapchat, and other forms of social media? Or take up X Games sports such as skateboarding and snowboarding? This Alliance for Excellent Education report explains how changes in the brain make adolescents more likely to be influenced by their peers, take risks, and even become disengaged…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Learning, Risk
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Burks, Virginia Salzer; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Price, Joseph M.; Laird, Robert D. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Investigated the relationship between children's knowledge structures for peers and externalizing behavior problems. Evaluated initial aggression level in years 1, 6, and 9 of longitudinal study; evaluated social knowledge structures in year 6. Found that knowledge structures were related to children's concurrent externalizing behavior and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Children, Cognitive Development
Baxter Magolda, Marcia B. – 1987
Sex differences on Perry's stages of epistemological development were investigated in a study of 100 freshmen (50 men and 50 women) at a large midwestern university. A semi-structured interview probed six domains related to Perry's theory, including the role of the learner, instructor, and peers in the learning situation, the question of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style