Describes the effects that institutionalization of peer tutoring is having on the teaching-learning relationship. (MM)

Describes a method of peer group teaching that stresses group responsibility and awareness of goals. (JL)

Teachers, like athletes, are more likely to adopt new ways of doing their jobs if they are coached, and they are also likely to get worse before they get better. This article describes the coaching of teachers and includes an interview with a football coach to illustrate parallels with athletics. (PGD)

The Interactive Research and Development Project is based on a strategy to bring classroom teachers, university researchers, and staff development personnel together to research questions of common concern and to plan a means to disseminate their findings. The development and implementation of a peer tutoring project designed to decrease…

Discusses several administrative tactics which have contributed to the success of the Skill Center at Kent State University's Trumbull Campus, including exhaustive record-keeping; an adequate budget; high academic and personal standards for student tutors; an informal, non-threatening environment; and the utilization of teaching faculty in…

This experiment studied the separate effects on student achievement and time-on-task of three components of the team learning technique, Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD): cooperative rewards, group tasks, and a focused schedule of instruction. (Author/GK)

As part of Lapham Elementary School's mainstreaming project MAZE, student volunteers serve as aides in the music classes of their handicapped schoolmates. (SJL)

Describes a federally funded project that paired special education student teachers with experienced special education teachers to improve the knowledge and application of professional skills and competencies for both groups. The mentoring provided the teachers with opportunities to collaborate, reflect, practice, and rethink quality instruction.…

Using an ABAB withdrawal design, a study investigated effects of a simple peer-prompting procedure on reducing or eliminating annoying/disruptive sounds made by a 13-year-old boy with developmental disabilities included in a general eighth-grade classroom. Peer prompting reduced his inappropriate noises, and follow-up data indicate the improvement…

A third grade teacher followed the development of a peer tutoring program involving third- and fifth-grade study partners. The cross-age tutors included students representing diverse learning styles and academic achievement. Students were matched by personality. Cross-age tutoring was judged to be good for all the students. (SM)

Discusses the use of HyperCard to create programs for teaching English language and literacy. Describes the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) with hospital cleaners and catering staff. Explains CALL's role in facilitating cultural change and peer tutoring. (SK)

Instead of viewing English learners as a problem needing remediation, educators should build an enriched bilingual program for all students. In successful two-way programs, both language groups stay together throughout the school day, serving as peer tutors for each other. After five or six years, English learners can demonstrate English and…

Describes peer-teaching lessons designed by school library media studies students at the University of Northern Iowa as part of an assignment to teach about the World Wide Web. The lessons focused on search engines; comparing information about authors on the Web and in-print resources; comparing web sites on the same subject; and fact and opinion…

Three children (ages 3-4) with disabilities were successfully taught functional communication behaviors using select augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices. Acquisition of AAC behaviors resulted from an intervention strategy that included creating communicative opportunities, providing a peer or teacher model of the behavior,…