Two empirically demarcated skill types were substantiated in this inves- tigation: help-related skills (giving/requesting aid) and communication skills (L. S. Fuchs, Fuchs, Hamlett, et al., 1997; Webb & Farivar, 1994). Not only did grade-schoolers frequently mention helping and communication skills in open-ended interviews (e.g., ‘‘help you when you are stuck,’’ ‘‘discuss the answers’’), but they also assigned higher ratings to categories that contained these skills when asked about competencies that affected their choice of work partners. In addition, another identified skill—‘‘doing one’s fair share of the work’’—closely resembled a form of competence that was previously documented with older, junior high school students (i.e., dividing the assigned work fairly; Prague, 1989).