The Task Force on Student Life and Alcohol Abuse of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities identified four models that have proven effective in combating alcohol abuse by students. These models include: social norming, peer education, student assistance programming, and environmental management. Every institution is different,…

Gains in arithmetic achievement were assessed for fifth graders taught by ninth-grade tutors during a summer session. Using the Mann-Whitney test, a gain in arithmetic computation skill was significant at the .05 level. (JP)

Discusses a personalized training program that can be taught to and used by elementary, secondary, and college student tutors. (TO)

A look at the use of peer tutoring at the kindergarten level as a remediation technique. (HB)

Article describes cross age teaching programs in five different schools and gives reasons for their success. (GB)

Discusses the use of peer teaching as a means of achieving educational objectives. (JS)

First-grade teacher describes her program of having each student responsible for teaching'' one book to other students. (SP)

Describes two successful basic new'' approaches to tutoring -- one stressing the development of an open, nonstructured relationship between students, and the other emphasizing the programed or structured tutoring that concentrates on reading and prescribes detailed steps to follow. (Author)

Maintains that the school itself has a significant effect on the educational attainment of its pupils. Cites evidence to this effect, as well as ways of conceptualizing factors producing variations in the effectiveness of schools. (DM)

Described is a technique, utilizing team work, which will increase student participation in classroom discussions. The teacher asks a student for some information. Before answering, the student is allowed to solicit answers from as many other students as he or she wishes in order to gather needed data. (RM)

A program of faculty development that uses peer consultants to interpret classroom processes to the teachers, rather than giving advice, is described. Among significant benefits were improved faculty relations and increased guest lectures among faculty. (MSE)

Describes a special curriculum devised to teach cooking to a physically disabled high school student, a program which also served as physical therapy. Key ingredients included individualization, kitchen accessibility, and peer tutoring. (SK)

The role of assignment rationale on the attitudinal effects of peer tutoring is examined. Tutors had more positive attitudes than tutees when they had been given a competence or physical characteristic rationale but not when the tutors were provided a chance rationale or no rationale. (Author/GK)