PEER NETWORKS AND STUDENT'S CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT DURING CHILDHOOD
AND ADOLESCENCE If one asks parents and teachers about important influences on …

Being successful at school requires students to perform a range of social as well as
academic tasks. In addition to mastering subject matter, developing effective learning …

Problems such as declining academic motivation and achievement, increasing student
alienation, and elevated school drop-out rates have spurred researchers to investigate why …

Much of what we know about school as a context for children's learning and development
stems from research on the academic challenges that youth face in classrooms. This is …

The social and academic lives of children are intertwined in a common if complex peer
context. One of the great, emerging areas in the study of peer relationships is the extent of …

This study examined the role of natural peer-group selection and socialization processes in
children's school motivation. At the beginning of the school year, self-and teacher reports of …

Abstract This volume... provides new [developmental and social] perspectives on how and
why children tend to thrive or fail at school. The individual chapters examine the unique …

What is the nature of children's social life in school? How do their relationships and
interactions with peers, teachers and other school staff influence their development and …

Using data from 1,676 youth who participated in three waves (Grades 6 to 8) of the
longitudinal, 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, we tested two series of hierarchal …

The potential role that children's classroom peer relations play in their school adjustment
was investigated during the first 2 months of kindergarten and the remainder of the school …