Status and Social Power in a Kindergarten Peer Group.

Hatch, J. Amos

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ERIC Number: EJ359903

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Publication Date: 1987

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Status and Social Power in a Kindergarten Peer Group.

Hatch, J. Amos

Elementary School Journal, v88 n1 p79-92 Sep 1987

Reports a study of kindergarten children's strategies for acquiring and protecting status in interactions with peers. Focusing on children's negotiations of relative social standing in face-to-face interactions, discusses strategies children used to improve and defend their relative positions in the social structure of their peer group. (NH)

Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Kindergarten Children, Peer Relationship, Primary Education, Sex Differences, Social Behavior, Social Status

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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