Rap Room is a peer counseling service which combines self-help, peer help, and professional guidance to develop supportive relations in the midst of a generally depersonalizing and growth-stifling institution. (Author/AM)

The purpose of this study was to provide statistical evidence to demonstrate that peer collaboration on math homework increases academic performance in math. This study examined the benefits of peer collaboration on two unit tests on multiplication. It compared the results of students who worked collaboratively on homework and those who did not.…

School counselors have a whole network of information available to them in their work with students and parents. This paper lists information in seven areas concerning technology and school counselors that can be applied in their work. The areas include definition of terms, peer assistants, software programs, the Internet, popular tools for…

Educators seek ways to give students chances to communicate meaningfully in the target language. Thus, we see group work used more often in second language classes. However, some teachers report less than satisfactory results from the use of groups. Perhaps, these problems arise from a lack of understanding of how educators can facilitate…

Authors considered the meaning for teenage grouping, the feelings of individual adolescents as they mature, and the influences that make growing up a difficult process for young people. (RK)

The author attempts to provide a rationale for providing some systematic sex information to youth between nine and twelve years of age. The author shows what sources of information are available to the preadolescent. Research reveals that peers are the primary source although the accuracy of the information is quite low. Finally, discussion as to…

The effects on instrumental behavior of differences in type of task, type of reward and three organismic variables (history of social reinforcement from peers, extraversion, and intelligence) were investigated in preschool children. (ST)

This study, conducted in conjunction with a larger project entitled "Project Able" (part of the Madison Area Project), compared manifest needs of high ability achieving and underachieving elementary school children in a culturally disadvantaged setting. (EAK)

Presents evidence that disengagement from life may be situational--that how an individual ages depends largely on his/her social milieu, and that socially isolated older people may disengage but that older people supported by a community of appropriate peers, do not. (Author)

Examines several assumptions about the relationships between (1) official delinquency, (2) socioeconomic status, and (3) the group context of delinquent acts (based on data independent of official records). (Author/JM)

The results demonstrated the influence of test scores on self-rating and suggested several variables controlling the effects of social comparisons. (Author)

Eighty-five institutionalized retardates, some of whom were members of a peer group and some of whom were isolates, were compared for adjustment to the institution and conformity to institution rules. (Author)

Results of study indicate that the attitudes of inner-city black and white junior high school youth toward their peers are very much alike, and that the attitudes expressed by the youth are not, for most part, related to ethnic group membership. (SB)

Proposed model for a cooperative educational effort, the Peer Group Learning Unit. (MB)

Briefly discussed is the conflict between the school imposed system and sociolinguistic values and the peer group system and sociolinguistic values in cases of functional mental retardation due to cultural differences. (CB)