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ERIC Number: EJ540340
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Reticent Primary Grade Children and Their More Talkative Peers: Verbal, Nonverbal, and Self-Concept Characteristics.
Evans, Mary Ann
Journal of Educational Psychology, v88 n4 p739-49 Dec 1996
The stability of verbal behavior and the relationship between verbal and nonverbal abilities and self-concept to talkativeness in the classroom were studied with 128 kindergarten children. Children fell into group profiles of reticent, mixed, and more verbal, with behavior relatively stable in Grade 1. (SLD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Personality Traits, Self Concept, Speech, Student Participation, Verbal Ability
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Behavioral Stability; Reticence
Note: Research funded by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.