Howe, Christine. <br/><br/>
Peer groups and children's development / 
Christine Howe. 
 - Chichester, U.K. ;  Malden, MA. :  Wiley-Blackwell,  2010. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 233 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Understanding children's worlds .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781444318104 1444318101 9781444318098 1444318098 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>3157844 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child development.<br/>Interpersonal relations in children.<br/>Friendship in children.<br/>Age groups.<br/>FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Child Development.<br/>Age groups.<br/>Child development.<br/>Friendship in children.<br/>Interpersonal relations in children.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ772  / .H65 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.231083/4