This study examined fourth- and fifth-grade girls' cognitions of their relationally aggressive peers as a function of their own relationally aggressive and sociometric status. Findings indicated that relationally aggressive girls tended to display a relatively cautious and wary social cognitive style in relationally provocative social situations.…

Examines secondary school graduate assessments of interpersonal relations in educational institutions using data from questionnaires in Tol'iatti (n=670) and in St. Petersburg (n=685). Focuses on the assessment of interactions with teachers, assessment of relations with classmates, and self-assessment of personal qualities. (CMK)

The conversations of 12 preschool stutterers with their mother, father, and a familiar peer were analyzed. Subjects' verbal interactive patterns did not really differ with various partners. Although some children were variable in fluency failures with different partners, the partner's verbal contribution was not associated with predictable changes…

An alternating individual and group-oriented reinforcement contingency did not generate consistent levels of supportive peer behaviors between two preschoolers with handicaps and their socially competent peers. Two socially competent children were then taught to deliver supportive prompts to their peers during dramatic play, increasing the…

A 1970 essay concerning the laws of temerity, or disregard for danger, is reexamined, and its relevance for contemporary college registrars and admissions officers is discussed. The laws concern apparent and real power on campus, considered vs. intuitive decision making, choice of battle and battleground, creative problem solving, consultation,…

A study involving 1,521 high school seniors correlated commitment/alienation scores with student personal characteristics, grade point average, advanced courses taken, and indicators of academic effort/priority. Affective responses tended to be distributed symmetrically, and a student's place on the continuum was related to capacity to control…

Using ethnographic research, data were gathered from 22 deaf adults, aged 55 to 84. Results indicated the educational programs they attended as children had ramifications throughout their lives, affecting their development of adaptive strategies, particularly their peer-based society and lifetime friendships which maximized sociability. (Author/DB)

This study examined peers' first impressions formed of elementary-age boys with either learning disabilities (LD), attention deficit disorders (ADD), or both. Physical attractiveness data were gathered, and situational demands varied. Results indicated that boys with either LD or ADD were devalued relative to controls on several dependent…

Microanalysis of data from videotaped responses of 96 preschoolers presented with an opportunity to help a peer in a familiar preschool setting provided a picture of the behavioral sequence of young children's helping responses and the contextual factors which contributed to the prediction of helping behavior. (BB)

Administrators at the University of Colorado at Boulder are seeking aggressive solutions to its very small Black population's problems of social isolation, threats to ethnic identity, and stereotypes. (MSE)

A longitudinal study of 80 toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners found that children who entered early in low quality care had the most difficulty with peers in preschool. Lives of parents who used low quality care were characterized by complexity and use of less appropriate socialization practices than those used by other parents. (RH)

Discusses development and implementation of a writing workshop that combined prekindergarteners' language development with first graders' writing experiences. (BB)

Examines individual differences in the value college students place on communication skills by same-sex peers. Finds that affectively oriented skills such as ego support and comforting are rated as more important than nonaffectively oriented skills such as narrative and persuasive abilities. Suggests that persons differing in cognitive complexity…

Presents a former family day care provider's reflections on preschool teaching priorities. Priorities include teaching flexibility and creativity, acceptance of one's own and others' vulnerability, valuing of each other's individuality, and development of empathy. (BB)

The study examined changes in attitudes of nine non-handicapped (NH) six- and seven-year-olds toward peers with severe learning difficulties (SLD) after experience of structured integration sessions over one school year. The NH children had generally maintained their positive attitudes though attitudes toward classmates thought to be "not very…