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Whalen, Carol K.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1981
When hyperactive boys were taking placebos, they were involved in more negative incidents, their handwriting was poorer, and their names were called more frequently than when the boys were taking methylphenidate. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy, Elementary Education
Williams, Richard C. – 1975
A stable, ordered dominance hierarchy was found via observational and sociometric methods for a group of 13-year-old boys during a five-week summer camp. This group structure was formed early in camp and was stable across settings, time, and types of dominance interactions. The hierarchy correlated significantly with the rank-orderings bed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Group Structure, Organization
Collins-Eaglin, Jan; Karabenick, Stuart A. – 1993
The meaning of academic achievement for African American students was studied in 2 populations, a sample of 145 (53% males, 47% female) African American middle school and high school students in an African American Academy summer enrichment program and 45 African American high school seniors (36% males, 64% females) in a summer program for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alienation, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs