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Direct linkMamas, Christoforos – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
This study primarily applied social network analysis (SNA) to explore the relationship between friendships, peer social interactions and group work dynamics within a higher education undergraduate programme in England. A critical case study design was adopted so as to allow for an in-depth exploration of the students' voice. In doing so, the views…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Friendship, Group Dynamics, Social Networks
Robson, James – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
In recent years, teachers have turned to online social spaces for peer-to-peer interaction in increasing numbers. This online engagement has been highlighted by both practitioners and academics as having important implications for teachers' professional learning and development. However, there is a need to move beyond instrumental discourses that…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Computer Mediated Communication, Guidelines, Peer Relationship
Dodds, Robin L.; Singer, George H. S. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Objective: To examine selection criteria for Parent-to-Parent support parents trained to provide support to other parents of children with disabilities. Method: Ten leaders of Parent-to-Parent programmes participated in telephone interviews to explore attributes associated with parents selected to be trained as support parents. Results:…
Descriptors: Telephone Surveys, Interviews, Selection Criteria, Parent Education
Huber, Heartley B.; Carter, Erik W.; Lopano, Sarah E.; Stankiewicz, Kristen C. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
We examined the effects of peer support arrangements as an alternative to exclusive direct support from paraprofessionals for three high school students with severe disabilities in general education classrooms. We also explored the use of structural analysis as a data-based approach for further refining the interventions to enhance their impact in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Severe Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Intervention
Thompson, Craig; Falkmer, Torbjörn; Evans, Kiah; Bölte, Sven; Girdler, Sonya – British Journal of Special Education, 2018
Education is effective in improving outcomes in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While peer mentoring has demonstrated preliminary promise in supporting university students with ASD, the effective mechanisms remain unclear. The aims of this study were to explore the required contexts, mechanisms and outcomes of peer mentoring for university…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mentors, College Students, Autism
Kelly, Rachel; O'Malley, Mary-Pat; Antonijevic, Stanislava – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2018
Difficulty with social communication is the most pervasive difficulty experienced by individuals with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HF-ASD). Communication difficulties are often magnified in adolescence as social demands become more intricate. This puts adolescents with HF-ASD at increased risk of social isolation and depression, as…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Interpersonal Communication
Stagg Peterson, Shelley; Altidor-Brooks, Alison – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2018
The goal of this study is to inform teachers' practice by identifying specific language strategies that young children use in their play and suggesting ways that teachers can build on our findings to support students' language and literacy. Deductive analyses of video-recordings of 5-year old children playing at the sand center revealed that…
Descriptors: Young Children, Play, Language Usage, Peer Relationship
Driscoll, Coralie; Carter, Mark – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018
Analysis of previous research has indicated that restricting the amount of equipment available may be a practical strategy to facilitate peer interaction in childcare, but a disadvantage is a possible increase in aggressive behaviour. An alternative approach is manipulating the variety of activities while holding the quantity and type of equipment…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Interaction, Peer Relationship, Disabilities
Rousseau, Ann; Trekels, Jolien; Eggermont, Steven – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
The present three-wave panel study (N = 973, X-bar[subscript age] = 11.14) sought to advance the current literature on media internalization in preadolescence by examining triggers and consequences related to preadolescents' media internalization and use of media for appearance information. We sought to examine whether (a) media internalization…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Early Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Self Concept
Tindall, Judith, Ed.; Black, David R., Ed.; Routson, Sue, Ed. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2018
This issue of "Perspectives in Peer Programs," the official journal of the National Association of Peer Program Professionals (NAPP), includes: (1) Introduction to this Issue on NAPPP Programmatic Standards Checklist, Programmatic Standards, Ethics, and Rubric; (2) NAPPP Programmatic Standards Checklist; (3) NAPPP Programmatic Standards;…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Check Lists, Standards, Program Development
Estes, Annette; Munson, Jeffrey; St. John, Tanya; Dager, Stephen R.; Rodda, Amy; Botteron, Kelly; Hazlett, Heather; Schultz, Robert T.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Piven, Joseph; Guralnick, Michael J.; Chappell, J. C.; Dager, S.; Shaw, D; McKinstry, R.; Constantino, J.; Pruett, J.; Schultz, R.; Paterson, S.; Evans, A. C.; Collins, D. L.; Pike, G. B.; Kostopolous, P.; Das, S.; Gerig, G.; Styner, M.; Gu, H.; Sullivan, P.; Wright, G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Preschool-aged siblings of children with ASD are at high-risk (HR) for ASD and related challenges, but little is known about their emerging peer competence and friendships. Parents are the main providers of peer-relationship opportunities during preschool. Understanding parental challenges supporting early peer relationships is needed for optimal…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Participation, Peer Relationship, Birth Order
Download full textHughes, Elizabeth M.; Quiñones, Sandra – Middle Grades Review, 2018
Bullying has been recognized as a complex phenomenon with potential for serious negative outcomes. Activities that address complex social situations of bullying, such as reading and writing to a pen pal about fictional literature, provide space for students to think and share about personal issues that they encounter and how characters deal with…
Descriptors: Bullying, Peer Relationship, Experience, Friendship
Fowler, Marissa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Although previous literature has recognized the ongoing issue of students leaving higher education before degree completion college-level seniors are vastly underrepresented in retention literature. The terms "dropout" and "stop-out" often pertain to high school or college students between freshman and sophomore year, as these…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Dropouts, Student Experience, Teacher Student Relationship
Clacks, Erek – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Many of today's young black males are in a state of crisis. Generational cycles of hopelessness, poverty, violence, incarceration, and illiteracy prevails among many. Their lack of academic achievement when compared to their white counterparts remains a major topic of discussion in America. Exclusive Black Male Leadership Development Institutes…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Mentors, Role Models, Peer Relationship
UNICEF, 2018
Globally, half of students aged 13-15 experience peer-to-peer violence in and around school. This number includes students who report having been bullied in the last month or having had a physical fight within the past year. But bullying and physical fights are only two types of violence. Students routinely deal with corporal and other degrading…
Descriptors: Bullying, Peer Relationship, Violence, Aggression
