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Download full textKeane, 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
Birnbaum, Barry W. – 1990
This practicum attempted to increase interpersonal skills and academic competence of 14 high school students with emotional handicaps through use of peer tutoring. The 17 high school seniors selected as peer assistors received training prior to program implementation. Peer assistors were required to identify goals and strategies weekly, work with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances
Levine, Sally F. – 1986
A practicum addressing (1) elementary school students' need to increase their sight vocabulary, (2) their needs for self-esteem, (3) their individual learning differences, and (4) the practical difficulties of providing additional practice time and personnel to teach is described in this guide. The introduction of the guide discusses the community…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Practicums
Burts, Maureen E. – 1990
This practicum report describes a staff development program that was designed to implement a peer tutoring program in which nonhandicapped students instructed three trainable mentally handicapped peers in a regular high-school setting. The program was implemented to increase the achievement of handicapped students in basic academic skills that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, High Schools, Individualized Instruction
Torres-Gavilanes, Janet – 1993
A project investigating the effects of peer tutoring on students' academic achievement focused on use of tutoring with underachieving, limited-English-speaking 11th- and 12th-graders. The method was designed to use materials readily available and require minimal expenditure of teacher time and resources. Students (n=18) voluntarily attended…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques
PDF pending restorationBolender, Ronald – 1994
This study examined the effect of academic peer mentors on the grade-point averages of underprepared freshmen at Mount Vernon Nazarene College (Ohio), a church-related coeducational college of arts and sciences. Underprepared freshmen at this school are required to participate in the College Experience Enhancement Program. For the fall, 1993 term,…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Bound Students, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs
