A Sociometric Investigation of the Persistency of Choice in Grade Levels Two Through Six

Author

Dolores LaPointe Linton

Publication Date

8-17-1964

Abstract

Statement of the problem. There is a general conjecture among elementary school teachers that friendships and social preferences in the lower elementary grade fluctuate considerably, and that they tend to become increasingly more stable in the higher elementary grades, sometimes to the detriment of a well-ordered child society. Statements such as, “the younger ones don’t care with whom they are friendly,” and “Their best friends change every week” express the general feeling of instability and fluctuation in the lower grades. By contrast, many persons teaching in grades four to six feel that there is a tendency toward the development of cliques and other undesirable social groupings at their grade levels. According to Robbins (1953), there is a cleavage of racial and ethnic groups in the intermediate grades.

Document Type

Thesis

Language

English

Degree Name

Elementary Education

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

Harold Dean Drummond

Second Committee Member

Laura Helen Walters

Third Committee Member

Illegible

Fourth Committee Member

James Gordon Cooper

Fifth Committee Member

Illegible

Sixth Committee Member

Illegible

Recommended Citation

Linton, Dolores LaPointe. "A Sociometric Investigation of the Persistency of Choice in Grade Levels Two Through Six." (1964). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/educ_teelp_etds/392