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1. Observing Children in Their Natural Worlds

   A Methodological Primer, Third Edition

   By Anthony D. Pellegrini, Frank Symons, John Hoch

   This book shows readers how to conduct observational methods, research tools used to describe and explain behaviors as they unfold in everyday settings. The book now uses both an evolutionary and a cultural perspective. The methods presented are drawn from psychology, education, family studies,...

   Published August 6th 2012 by Psychology Press
2. Recess

   Its Role in Education and Development

   By Anthony D. Pellegrini

   Series: Developing Mind Series

   Writing a book about recess could be a very questionable endeavor for a serious academic psychologist. At first blush it seems to be a pretty trivial topic. It's the time during the school day where there's a break from what's typically considered the most serious work of the day--reading, writing,...

   Published June 9th 2005 by Psychology Press
3. Observing Children in Their Natural Worlds

   A Methodological Primer, Second Edition

   By Anthony D. Pellegrini, Frank Symons, John Hoch

   This second edition updates the methods based on new technologies, updates and increases the number of examples, and reorganizes so the theoretical material is up front. The author's decisions were guided by having used the first edition in classes at two universities. Consequently, he received...

   Published March 7th 2004 by Psychology Press
4. Develop School-Based Literacy

   By Anthony Pellegrini, Lee Galda

   Published September 25th 2002 by Routledge
5. Psychology of Education

   Major Themes

   Edited by Anthony D. Pellegrini, Peter K Smith, Peter K. Smith

   Series: Major Themes in Education

   This set is comprised of four volumes, covering the following topics:* Schools, teachers and parents * Pupils and learning * The school curriculum * School behaviour and the school peer group The selected pieces include review articles as well as original studies. Selections includes contributions...

   Published November 29th 2000 by Routledge
6. The Child at School

   Interactions with Peers and Teachers

   By Anthony Pellegrini, Peter Blatchford

   Series: International Texts in Developmental Psychology

   School is an institution through which all children in modern industrial societies must pass, and it also has an important effect on their later lives. The authors present children's social interactive processes as a key dimension of their lives in school. The school provides a milieu for social...

   Published July 27th 2000 by Routledge
7. Applied Child Study

   A Developmental Approach, 3rd Edition

   By Anthony D. Pellegrini, David Bjorklund

   Child study is a very complex field. Human beings, and children, specifically, are very complex beings. Consequently, simple answers and solutions to problems are very often just that: too simple. This text presents principles and methods for studying children in the varied contexts in which they...

   Published October 12th 1998 by Psychology Press
8. Applied Child Study

   A Developmental Approach, 3rd Edition

   By Anthony D. Pellegrini, David F. Bjorklund

   Child study is a very complex field. Human beings, and children, specifically, are very complex beings. Consequently, simple answers and solutions to problems are very often just that: too simple. This text presents principles and methods for studying children in the varied contexts in which they...

   Published August 31st 1998 by Psychology Press
9. Narrative Thought and Narrative Language

   Edited by Bruce K. Britton, Anthony D. Pellegrini

   Series: Cog Studies Grp of the Inst for Behavioral Research at UGA

   Since before the dawn of history, people have been telling stories to each other and to themselves. Thus stories are at the root of human experience. This volume describes empirical investigations by Jerome Bruner, Wallace Chafe, David Olson, and others on the relationship between stories and...

   Published April 30th 1990 by Psychology Press