The Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts draws from a growing body of research on how and why various aspects of social relationships and contexts contribute to children's social and academic functioning within school settings. Comprised of the latest studies in developmental and educational psychology, this comprehensive volume is perfect for researchers and students of Educational Psychology. Beginning with the theoretical perspectives that guide research on social influences, this book presents foundational research before moving on to chapters on peer influence and teacher influence. Next, the book addresses ways in which the school context can influence school-related outcomes (including peer and teacher-student relationships) with specific attention to research in motivation and cognition. Within the chapters authors not only present current research but also explore best-practices, drawing in examples from the classroom. With chapters from leading experts in the field, The Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts provides the first complete resource on this topic.

The Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts draws from a growing body of research on how and why various aspects of social relationships and contexts contribute to children's social and academic functioning within school settings. Comprised of the latest studies in developmental and educational psychology, this comprehensive volume is perfect for researchers and students of Educational Psychology. Beginning with the theoretical perspectives that guide research on social influences, this book presents foundational research before moving on to chapters on peer influence and teacher influence. Next, the book addresses ways in which the school context can influence school-related outcomes (including peer and teacher-student relationships) with specific attention to research in motivation and cognition. Within the chapters authors not only present current research but also explore best-practices, drawing in examples from the classroom. With chapters from leading experts in the field, The Handbook of Social Influences in School Contexts provides the first complete resource on this topic.

Genetic Programming(GP) is a technique to automatically evolve programs to perform some required task. The technique comes from the Darwinian theory, the biological evolution of the individuals and the survival of the fittest. The aim of the book is to investigate the use of Genetic Programming for team learning in Robotic Soccer. Robotic Soccer is a test bed for AI research, promoted by the RoboCup community. This book addresses the team learning, one of the important challenges in RoboCup. The team learning is of three categories: homogeneous, heterogeneous and hybrid. This book explores the performance of the GP produced teams in the above mentioned team learning categories. Nowadays swarm intelligence is being adopted for problem solving in various domains and found to produce effective results. Hence the low level social insect behaviours are incorporated into player strategies of Robotic Soccer to achieve better team performance. The cooperation and coordination between the players are improved through the above mentioned approach. The impact of GP control parameters are analysed in the team learning categories to evolve better soccer player strategies.