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Elias, Gordon; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1984
Examines difficulties associated with the use of conversational features in the analysis of mother-infant vocalization episodes. Observations of six mother-infant dyads revealed difficulties involving (1) pooling of data; (2) the unit of analysis; and (3) selection of appropriate "expected" values for dyadic parameters used in tests of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis
Preisler, Gunilla – 1990
This longitudinal study looked at how communication developed in seven deaf infants (ages 6-18 months) with either deaf or hearing parents. The children were video- recorded in interactional settings with their parents in their home every second month. A parallel study was conducted with seven blind infants and three severely visually impaired…
Descriptors: Blindness, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Infants
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Kempa, R. F.; Ayob, Aminah – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
The verbal interactions among pupils engaged in problem-solving tasks were studied in an attempt to explore the effectiveness of small-group learning in science. Interactions were predominantly task related, but their content rarely rose above the level of "factual information" interchange. Information exchange at higher cognitive levels…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries
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Neill, Sean R. St J. – British Educational Research Journal, 1991
Presents results of a study of adolescents' responses to being touched. Breaks downs findings by status and sex of toucher, age and sex of subject, and type of touch and part of body being touched. Concludes that effective use of touch depends on conforming to expectations in terms of how, where, and by whom child is touched. (DK)
Descriptors: Body Language, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries
Heap, James L. – 1987
Based on an examination of the organizational features of editing during collaborative computer writing in a combined first and second grade classroom in a Catholic school during the 1985-86 school year, this paper argues that there is a fundamental difference between collaborative and solo computer writing, and that collaboration during computer…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Editing, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
Kreppner, Kurt – 1987
The expansion process of the family after the arrival of a second child was the focus of this longitudinal study. Sixteen families, each with one child between one and three years old and a second child born at the beginning of the study, were observed in everyday situations when one or both parents were interacting with one or both children.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Birth Order, Family Relationship, Family Structure
Sabar, N.; And Others – 1987
This summary describes the results of a survey that served as a needs assessment, preceding the development of a curriculum for both Arab and Jewish elementary schools in Israel. The curriculum's goals were to educate children to create interethnic contacts on a basis of mutual equality and respect for each other and their cultures. Previous…
Descriptors: Arabs, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Attitudes