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Intergenerational Interaction: Promoting Mutual Appreciation between Senior Citizens and Children in the Intermediate Grades.
Wallace, Yolanda Gayles – 1990
A volunteer program coordinator developed and implemented an 8-month practicum study that provided opportunities for interaction between 20 elderly adult tutors--residents of 2 senior citizen facilities--and 37 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students at five elementary schools in low- and middle-class metropolitan black communities. The tutoring…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Using Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) To Reduce the Number of After-School Detentions and Increase Self-Esteem among Fourth through Sixth Grade Tutors Who Are Considered To Be Discipline Problems.
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Keane, Kathy Ann – 1992
The need to decrease the number of students repeatedly receiving after-school detentions was addressed by the implementation of the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) program. The PAL program is based on the premise that students act out because they desire power. The program gave students power over tutoring situations by having input into planning for…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cross Age Teaching, Discipline Problems, Elementary School Students