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Del Prette, Zilda Aparecida Pereira; Prette, Almir Del; De Oliveira, Lael Almeida; Gresham, Frank M.; Vance, Michael J. – School Psychology International, 2012
Social skills are specific behaviors that individuals exhibit in order to successfully complete social tasks whereas social competence represents judgments by significant others that these social tasks have been successfully accomplished. The present investigation identified the best sociobehavioral predictors obtained from different raters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Problems, Peer Groups, Interpersonal Competence
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Farmer, Thomas W.; Irvin, Matthew J.; Leung, Man-Chi; Hall, Cristin M.; Hutchins, Bryan C.; McDonough, Erin – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2010
This study investigated the social preference and social prominence of 622 5th graders (290 boys, 332 girls) in relation to peer group membership. The sample was recruited from 11 elementary schools in a southeastern state. The ethnicity of participants was 55% European American, 41% African American, and 4% other. Peer groups were classified on…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Peer Relationship, Peer Groups, Grade 5
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Chang, Chih-Kai; Chen, Gwo-Dong; Wang, Chin-Yeh – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2011
Functional roles may explain the learning performance of groups. Detecting a functional role is critical for promoting group learning performance in computer-supported collaborative learning environments. However, it is not easy for teachers to identify the functional roles played by students in a web-based learning group, or the relationship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Group Dynamics