Peer groups and children's development / Christine Howe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Peer groups in a cultural context -- Peer groups and classroom structure -- Performance and cooperation in classrooms -- Cooperative interaction and curriculum mastery -- Friendship, status, and centrality -- Individual differences in informal experiences -- Social and personal adjustment -- School performance revisited -- Implications for practice and future research.

Peer Groups and Children's Development considers the experiences of school-aged children with their peer groups and its implications for their social, personal and intellectual development: Focuses on the peer group experiences of children attending school in Western societies, from five years of age through to adolescence; Considers peer groups in classrooms, friendships made within and outside of school, and the groups that children participate in for extra-curricular activities; Includes a final summary which brings together the significant implications for theory, policy and practice; Uniq.

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