TY - BOOK AU - Howe,Christine TI - Peer groups and children's development T2 - Understanding children's worlds SN - 9781444318104 AV - HQ772 .H65 2010eb U1 - 305.231083/4 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Chichester, U.K., Malden, MA. PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Child development KW - Interpersonal relations in children KW - Friendship in children KW - Age groups KW - FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS KW - Child Development KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.ezplib.ukm.edu.my/login?url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444318098 ER -