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Classroom Grouping and Sociometric Status

The Elementary School Journal, 1976
Decisions on grouping pupils to promote optimum academic growth have occupied much of the school administrator's time. Assumptions about classroom atmosphere, motivation to achieve, and achievement have often been used to support tracking, homogeneous grouping, or other such methods of bringing together children who have supposedly similar learning ...
William P. Ahlbrand,, Wayne J. Doyle
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Nominations, Ratings, and the Dimensions of Sociometric Status

International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1997
In 1944, U. Bronfenbrenner remarked on the need for a two-dimensional model of sociometric status. The low value of the correlation between the variables liking and disliking-assumed basic dimensions of sociometric status-is often cited as evidence for the correctness of Bronfenbrenner’ssuggestion.
Maassen, G.H., Akkermans, W., van der Linden, J.L.   +2 more
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Two-Dimensional Sociometric Status Determination with Rating Scales

Small Group Research, 1996
Sociometric status is derivedfrom a concatenation ofjudgments at the individual leveL In previous articles, the authors argued that score attribution at this level (where one group member assesses another) is one-dimensional along the sympathy+-antipathy continuum. Two-dimensionality of sociometric status arises at the group level.
Maassen, G.H., Akkermans, W., van der Linden, J.L.   +2 more
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Child Sociometric Status and Parent Behaviors

Behavior Modification, 2001
The relationship between parent-child interaction and child sociometric status was examined. Third- and fourth-grade children rated as socially neglected, rejected, or average by both peer and teacher nomination were videotapedworking on a task with their parents.
D Z, Franz, A M, Gross
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Adolescent Sociometric Status and Social Support

The Journal of Early Adolescence, 1995
A sample of 247 early adolescents, classified into the sociometric statuses of popular, neglected, rejected controversial, and average, described their attempts to mobilize social support for help with a recent stressful event. Although the structural characteristics of the support networks mobilized did not differ by sociometric status, the amount of
Joyce Munsch, Kristin M. Kinchen
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Creativity and Sociometric Status in Children

Sociometry, 1955
Creativity has long been a challenge to the psychologist. Some schools of thought believe that it arises as a kind of neurotic trend out of the individual's repressions, compensations, sublimations, or mal-adjustment. However, sociometric thought, growing out of Moreno's philosophy of spontaneity, considers creativity the essence of human activity in ...
Mary L. Northway, Margaret McCallum Rooks, J. L. Moreno   +2 more
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Sociometric Status as Mediator in the Relation Between Effortful Control and Achievement

Merrill-Palmer quarterly, 2018
:The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between effortful control and language performance, and the mediation effect of sociometric status on this relationship. The sample comprised 472 Spanish children 6–8 years old.
M. D. Galián, Ester Ato, M. A. Fernández-Vilar   +2 more
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Socioeconomic Status and Sociometric Choice

Social Forces, 1961
Chi square analysis of quantitative data from four studies indicates a complex relationship between socioeconomic rank and choice of close associates. Under some conditions, "equals" are chosen; under others, "superiors." Hypotheses are suggested regarding the nature of the relationship(s) involved.
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The validity of sociometric status

Educational Research, 1992
Summary This short report describes the extent to which sociometric test results are validated by observations of children's social behaviour during playtimes. The sociometric terms ‘star’ and ‘isolate’, in particular, are examined in the light of measurements of the social interactions of children thus labelled.
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Sociometric Status and Cognitive Style in Kindergarten Children

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1973
The sociometric status and cognitive style of 113 male and female kindergarten children were investigated using a free-play and a school-related task. Analyses of variance indicated that field-dependent girls and field-independent boys had significantly higher sociometric status in the free-play situation; boys had significantly higher social status ...
A S, Dreyer, W G, McIntire, C A, Dreyer
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