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Peer reviewedKindermann, Thomas – New Directions for Child Development, 1998
Presents a network-assessment technique and examples showing how group experiences affect children's behavior. Compares classical sociometry and the use of composite social maps. Discusses quantifying peer-network information, using peer-network profiles as context descriptors, and identifying change in children and networks. Shows that peer-group…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Group Dynamics, Group Structure
Download full textHavighurst, Robert J. – 1969
An attempt is made (1) to define adolescence as a biological phenomenon, (2) to describe the characteristics of the adolescent in Latin America, and (3) to identify the adolescent within certain social and cultural groups of specific Latin American countries. The perspective of the four-part monograph is entirely sociological, and the report is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Educational Psychology
