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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Peer interactions"”.
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Peer interactions in mixed-age EFL secondary school classrooms
… sociocultural framework, this study investigated peer interactions in mixed-age (M-A) English as a foreign language (EFL) secondary school classrooms in Germany which are simultaneously mixed-ability classrooms. M-A is increasingly used (Thurn, 2011), but is under-researched in language …
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Kindergarten teachers' perspectives: classroom ecology, peer interactions, and children with disabilities
… about current practices that facilitate peer-related social competence for children with disabilities. Twenty kindergarten teachers participated in four focus groups to gather their thoughts about the roles teachers have in supporting peer interactions and relationships for children with …
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Understanding SLA through peer interactions in a Chinese classroom: A sociocultural perspective
… in which language acquisition occurs via social interactions among peers and the instructor as well as other mediated means. The purpose of this research study was to examine the roles of peer interaction in a Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) classroom and how different types of peer …
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Influence of Deliberate Peer-to-Peer Interactions on First-Generation College Students’ Educational Outcomes
… that help them graduate. Studies have found that peer-to-peer interactions has potential to influence a peer’s disposition, which may affect certain educational outcomes. Since any environment is conducive to peer formation, then the setting is also an important factor in studying peer-to-peer …
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"Who are ""we""?: Social relationships and peer interactions in a multilingual/multicultural preschool classroom"
This study explores the peer social world of preschool children in a multilingual/multicultural classroom. Using an ethnographic approach, I focus on the following aspects: how do children organize themselves into groups given the boundaries of language and culture; how do children interact with …
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Snack Talk: A Class Wide Intervention to Increase Peer Interactions of Preschool Students at Mealtimes
… the use of visual supports to encourage the peer to peer interactions of children at mealtimes. Results from this study confirm the findings of previous research. Children were more likely to interact with peers during the intervention condition than in the baseline condition. Children showed …
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A Comparison of Adolescents’ In-Person and Virtual Peer Interactions in a Multiplayer Video Game
Virtual peer interaction is prevalent among adolescents (Anderson & Jiang, 2018), but little is known about how adolescents’ virtual interactions with peers compare to their in-person interactions. The present study aimed to compare adolescents’ in-person and virtual interactions in a multiplayer …
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Peer interactions and roles of high school students with severe disabilities during inclusive service-learning
… students with severe disabilities interact with peers and adults, the relationship between specific contextual factors and peer interactions, and the informal roles students with severe disabilities assume during inclusive service-learning. Data were collected through video and live observations …
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Group Friendship Activities to Promote Peer Interactions of Children With Developmental Delays From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families
… three target children demonstrated increases in peer interactions which were maintained for three weeks following the completion of the group friendship activities. In addition, teachers' feedback about group friendship activities focused on ease of implementation and the benefits to both target …
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Social Sprouts: A Play-Based Packaged Intervention - Improving Peer Interactions in Early Childhood Classrooms with a Novel Group Contingency
<p>Teaching prosocial skills such as positive peer interactions in early childhood settings not only promotes behavioral health but reliably predicts future learning outcomes. The literature suggests that decreasing levels of challenging behavior may improve peer interactions, and a feasible …
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Impact of Service Learning on Social Interactions of High School Students in an Inclusive Word Processing Class
… results suggest that SL had a positive impact on peer interactions of the students but that certain changes could be made to the SL intervention to yield better results. Observation data showed that social and engaged peer interactions of students with and without disabilities increased during SL. …
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Getting in sync: Exploring and supporting peer interaction in an autistic child with inconsistent access to speech
Challenges in peer interaction are commonly associated with autism, both within research literature and through first-person accounts. Related intervention studies have tended toward a skills-based approach that emphasizes remediating perceived social deficits in the autistic individual, with most …
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Examining the importance of the family on pre-school attachment and children's social development
… Observations of naturally occurring family interactions were assessed using the Attachment Q-Set, the Parental Secure Base Support Q-Set, Ainsworth’s Sensitivity scale and Bales analysis. In addition, parental and nursery reports of the Teachers Checklist for Social Behaviour and the Child …
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“I’m so happy you’re playing with me”: A mixed methods approach to exploring how temperament predicts peer engagement
… with different temperamental traits experience peer engagement, and whether a new qualitative tool provides additional information about peer interactions to existing measures. Using data from a sample of 106 children (44.8% males) participating in a larger National Science Foundation project, …
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An Assessment of School Adjustment in Head Start Children
… interview that provided information about peer relationships in the classroom. Results revealed significant differences between children who have friendships and are well-liked and those who do not have these positive peer relationships. Teacher-reported emotion regulation predicted the …
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Knowledge Sharing Experiences Among Middle Management Leaders: A Phenomenological Study
… tacit knowledge sharing between leader-leader interactions, encourage employee participation in knowledge sharing, and leads to successful organizational outcomes. Objectively, the purpose of this study was to understand the exchange of knowledge sharing experiences between middle-management …
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Neighbourhood effects in educational outcomes with non-random assignment : a memberships approach
… This paper departs from previous studies of peer interactions in higher education as allocation to residence is non-random in this setting.
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Factors which aid or inhibit peer-to-peer interaction during Project Based Learning in a virtual high school for anxious school refusers: a case study in the United Kingdom
… many of whom have had difficult experiences with peers in previous educational settings. The aim of this case study was to investigate factors that aid or inhibit peer-to-peer interaction and collaboration during a Project Based Learning (PBL) activity in a virtual high school for anxious school …
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Adolescents' Social Capital Resources, Future Life Expectations, and Subsequent Citizenship Participation as Young Adults
… effects on the final outcome variables. Teacher interactions were not found to have a statistically significant direct effect on any of the three citizenship participation outcome variables. But this result should be viewed with caution due to possible measurement problems with the construct of …
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