Through a case history, the mental and physical concerns of venereal disease among young people are examined. Not only is there a moral issue to resolve but also an educational one. (CJ)

The peer influence model holds great potential for assisting new students develop more effective behavior in the school setting while at the same time establishing a close and cooperative relationship with older students. (Author)

The Israeli kibbutz method of communal living has achieved high educational goals and influenced basic value changes in just one generation. This method may have implications for breaking the cycle of poverty in the United States. (JL)

The effect of peer approval and disapproval on improvement in pitch intonation performance and on the approval/disapproval behavior of fellow students was investigated. The data replicate findings that peers may be effective behavior modifiers and aides to the learning process. (Author/AM)

There has been a lack of growth groups specifically designed to deal with the male condition within our society. As an attempt to fill this noticeable void, this article outlines a three-stage program aimed at raising male consciousness. (Author)

Focuses on the qualitative information gathered from five participants in a weekly peer group supervision using the Borders model of structure peer group supervision. Examines the participants' reactions to the group, opportunities to participate, skill building, adaptation to group sessions, role of the supervisor, and group process needs.…

Investigated how adolescents form positive evaluations of their peer groups. When adolescents compared their peer groups with a group of which they were not members, they consistently favored the in-group. Compared to the out-group, the in-group was associated more with positive characteristics and less so with negative characteristics. Higher…

Examines how students interact during peer response groups, a key instructional activity designed specifically to encourage talk about writing. Finds that the frequency of response groups relative to other kinds of groups varied across classrooms, as did the relative amount of response that occurred in the group context. (MG)

Discusses the ethnographic investigation of a multilingual adolescent peer group in which various forms of second/other-language learner status had considerable social significance. The study illustrates the ways a repertoire of languages and language learner statuses serve as differentiated resources adolescents draw on to define community and…

Belonging matters to adolescents. PSI Associates, a private consortium of psychologists, educators, and prevention specialists, has developed several prevention/intervention programs, including Positive Peer Groups, which has disengaged teens working alongside successful students on high-profile service projects. PSI's Teens Resisting Violence…

A drug-and-alcohol-prevention program in which elementary school parents serve as parent-to-parent facilitators is described as a peer-education model of adult education. (SK)

Evaluated relationship of behavior problems, friendship, and peer rejection to peer victimization in third through seventh graders. Found that behavior problems were more strongly related to victimization when children had few friends, friends who could not protect them, or were rejected by peers than when children had more friends, friends who…

Describes some of what educators have learned about the complex task they ask students to tackle when they put them in peer groups to talk with each other about their writing. Analyses the work of one peer revision group and illustrates the complicated work that students can engage in as they struggle to justify their writerly decisions to their…