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Peer reviewedChapman, Antony J. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1975
Independent groups of seven-year-old subjects listened to humor on headphones, either with a nonlistening companion (audience) or with a companion who also listened (coactor). In coaction sessions, children sitting closer engaged in more eye contact, laughter, and smiling. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Distance, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedWinett, Richard A.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1975
Within-classroom comparisons indicated that individualized instruction with group contingencies sharply increased the academic production of children from all ability levels, significantly improved social behavior, and changed the teacher's mode of instruction and interaction with the children. Individualized instruction alone had lesser effects,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Building Design, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSimmons, Joyce T.; Wasik, Barbara H. – Journal of School Psychology, 1976
This study systematically investigated the effects of different procedures on classroom behaviors ranging from teacher designated seating groups and seating groups based on sociometric data to peer encouragement and free time reinforcers. Subjects were first- and third-grade children. (Author)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Design, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
