Suggestions are offered for building classroom-based social skills programs for young severely disabled children. Scheduling, ecological, and instructional factors are examined. Among conclusions drawn are that peers can be effective teachers and that toys, materials, and play activities can significantly influence the success of social skills…

Use of peer correction of compositions in ESL classes improves writing skills and oral communication and reinforces understanding of principles. Four procedures outlined are whole class correction, immediate feedback and rewriting, seeking specific types of errors, and correction of modified and duplicated essays. (CHK)

Some history of peer teaching is recounted and a study is described which found peer teaching to be beneficial to elementary, secondary, and higher education students. (JY)

This paper outlines lessons about teaching and learning one college teacher learns from students in peer study groups. From the perspective of the teacher, these lessons are: (1) student-led discussions make the lectures and reading assignments more valuable to the students; (2) it is important to spend time modeling the thinking process for…

This book is about tutoring writing--about the techniques of tutoring, the theoretical and practical background that tutors will need to be successful--and the specific issues that make writing center work both challenging and rewarding. The structure of the book mirrors the structure of tutor training, starting with overviews of the writing and…

This series of issues of a newsletter called "The Dangling Modifier" begins with Volume 1, Number 1 (Fall 1994) and concludes with Volume 9, Number 2 (2003). The newsletter is subtitled "A National Newsletter by and for Peer Tutors in Writing" for the majority of the issues--the last issue changes the subtitle to "An…

This study continued the evaluation of the Collaborative Coaching and Learning (CCL) initiative in Effective Practice (EP) Schools in the Boston Public Schools, Massachusetts by examining the practices and outcomes of the second year. First year data led evaluators to conclude that the CCL model was basically sound and that it showed promise for…

A description of how peer tutoring can work with a systems approach. (HB)

A program for utilizing undergraduate students as teaching assistants in an introductory psychology course sequence is applicable to the university, community college, or high school setting. (Author/KM)

Two studies compared (1) the pre- and posttest music performances of beginning fourth grade band students in tutor and tutee pairs and (2) the effects of tutor approval and disapproval (error-correction) on student music performance. (Author/SR)

In Part I of this two-part article, the author describes the evolution of the Computer Tutor project in Palo Alto, California, and the strategies she incorporated into a successful student-taught computer literacy program. Journal availability: Educational Computer, P.O. Box 535, Cupertino, CA 95015. (Editor/SJL)

How to use traditional techniques to "mainstream" gifted children in a heterogeneous classroom, while meeting their individual needs through differentiated curriculum and voluntary activities. (Editor/SJL)