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Dogan Altun, Zübeyde; Jones, Ithel – Online Submission, 2017
This study investigated the effects of two different classroom contexts, sociodramatic play and a teacher led activity, on children's use of verbal communication. Additionally, the effect of children's gender on their use of verbal communication was examined. Participants in the study were 24 children between the ages of 37 and 55 months old, who…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Gender Differences
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Veziroglu-Celik, Mefharet; Garcia, Aileen; Acar, Ibrahim H.; Gonen, Mubeccel; Raikes, Helen; Korkmaz, Aysel; Ucus, Sukran; Esteraich, Jan; Colgrove, Amy – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The current study examines the contributions of family context (e.g. life events, home environments) to low-income preschool children's self-regulation (behaviour regulation and executive function) in the United States and Turkey. Participants were 1139 low-income children (486 from the U.S. and 653 from Turkey) and their parents. Children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Family Influence, Context Effect
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Ettekal, Idean; Ladd, Gary W. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
To investigate the developmental course of aggression and peer victimization in childhood and adolescence, distinct subgroups of children were identified based on similarities and differences in their physical, verbal and relational aggression, and victimization. Developmental continuity and change were assessed by examining transitions within and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Peer Groups, Victims, Verbal Communication
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Tisak, Marie S.; Tisak, John; Laurene, Kimberly R. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2012
Participants (138 children; 7-12 years of age) rated how often nice and not nice behaviors occurred when (a) participants (boys/girls) were the actor and peers (males/females) were the target and (b) when participants were the target of peers' actions in a school setting. Children indicated they were nicer to their same-gender peers than to their…
Descriptors: Aggression, Gender Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Prosocial Behavior
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Strid, Karin; Heimann, Mikael; Gillberg, Christopher; Smith, Lars; Tjus, Tomas – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Deferred imitation and early social communication skills were compared among speaking and nonspeaking children with autism and children developing typically. Overall, the children with autism showed a lower frequency on measures of deferred imitation and social communication compared with typically developing children. Deferred imitation was…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Verbal Communication, Communication Disorders
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Svenkerud, Sigrun; Dalland, Cecilie P.; Klette, Kirsti – Education Inquiry, 2013
This study explores ninth-grade (15-year-old) students' oral presentations in language arts and art education. The main research question is: In which ways are the students' social positioning and use of verbal and non-verbal resources reflected in boys' and girls' oral presentations? In-depth analyses of video recordings of student presentations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Oral Language
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Chaudhry, Noureen Asghar; Arif, Manzoor – International Education Studies, 2012
The observational study was conducted to see the impact of teachers' nonverbal behavior on academic achievement of learners. This also investigated the relationship of nonverbal communication of teachers working in different educational institutions. Main objectives of study were to measure nonverbal behavior of teachers' both male and female…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Nonverbal Communication, Academic Achievement, Teacher Influence
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Chen, Xin; Green, James A.; Gustafson, Gwen E. – Infancy, 2009
Infants often protest the activities of their caregivers, and this particular social interaction may provide an important window on early communication and its development. This study used naturalistic methods to investigate the development of vocal protests. Fifteen mother-infant dyads at each of 5 ages, from 3 to 18 months, were observed at…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Crying, Infants, Interpersonal Relationship
Marcik-Mc Closkey, Nicole J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The education of students with special needs is an area which continues to evolve as teachers and administrators strive to provide the most appropriate learning environment for children. A paucity of information exists regarding the needs of female students in special education. This study compared female students with special needs at two…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Females, Interaction, Classroom Environment
Barg, Katherine Sanjiyan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Studies over the past 30 years have examined teacher-student interactions in the classroom but have not focused on how those interactions may affect the self-efficacy feelings of students. Research suggests that students who connect well with their teachers experience more positive academic success. Therefore this study examined how adolescent…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Grade 7, Early Adolescents
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Eisenberg, Nancy; Hofer, Claire; Spinrad, Tracy L.; Gershoff, Elizabeth T.; Valiente, Carlos; Losoya, Sandra; Zhou, Qing; Cumberland, Amanda; Liew, Jeffrey; Reiser, Mark; Maxon, Elizabeth – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2008
Adolescence is often thought of as a period during which the quality of parent-child interactions can be relatively stressed and conflictual. There are individual differences in this regard, however, with only a modest percent of youths experiencing extremely conflictual relationships with their parents. Nonetheless, there is relatively little…
Descriptors: Mothers, Behavior Problems, Parenting Styles, Gender Differences
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Damis-Paraboschi, Florence; Lafont, Lucile; Menaut, Andre – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of dyadic verbal peer interactions in a team sport such as handball. Participants, 20 boys and 20 girls aged between 11 and 12, were assigned to two learning condition groups. The task was an instructional setting in team handball (2 attackers against 1 defender in each half court). The…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Verbal Communication