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Wagner, Lisa – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
This study investigates the role of character strengths in peer relationships among early adolescents. A sample of students (N = 339; [X bar] age = 12.84 years, 53.1% female) nominated friends in the classroom and completed assessments of character strengths, the desirability and importance of character strengths in a friend, and friendship…
Descriptors: Friendship, Ethics, Personality Traits, Role
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Simmons, Catharine Ann – Ethnography and Education, 2014
This article explores how ethnography allows for an understanding of the way children are empowered through the use of popular culture during sociodramatic play. The study discussed was conducted in an inner-city Primary school in regional New South Wales, Australia. The participants were a composite fifth-to-sixth grade class, and the research…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Drama, Humor, Teaching Methods
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Reese, Leslie – Bilingual Research Journal, 2012
The study focuses on storytelling among Mexican families, documenting the frequency of storytelling in the homes of working- and middle-class Mexican families, the range of topics of the stories, characteristics and genres of stories, and intergenerational continuity of storytelling practices. Also examined are potential associations between…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Early Reading, Mexicans, Story Telling
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Søbstad, Frode; Lillemyr, Ole Fredrik – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2010
Humour and play have many features in common, both of which are important aspects in children's lives. In this article the focus is set on the relationship between different aspects of children's self-concept, including their humoristic self-concept, and interest in learning, play and local cultural activities. Participants in this study were…
Descriptors: Humor, Self Concept, Correlation, Interests