This program, included in Effective Reading Programs . . . serves approximately 500 pupils in kindergarten through grade six who are eligible for Title I services. About 50 percent of the students are black and about 50 percent are white. Pupil selection is based on low reading capability as determined by test scores, pupil performance, or teacher…

The purpose of a five-week pilot project in composition at a Manhattan inner city high school were to test a methodology for teaching the nonnarrative essay and to determine if students could provide informed editorial guidance to other students in regular peer criticism sessions. The assumptions underlying the approach are that the central…

The aim of this study was to obtain information about how advisory teachers and persons within schools perceive the operation of the Advisory Teacher Service inaugurated in the Queensland State Department of Education in 1970. The service was provided so that advisory teachers would visit primary schools on invitation of the principal and help…

This study examined interaction among members in small groups under different leadership conditions: leadership by teacher, by untrained student, and by trained student. Small groups of low-income fifth- and sixth-grade students were videotaped as they discussed solutions to problem-solving stories. Analysis of the tapes shows that trained…

An experimental student-to-student tutoring program established at California State University is discussed in this article. The tutors receive academic credit rather than money for their services. The tutor's responsibilities require: (1) contact hours with the tutees; (2) tutorial preparations; (3) consultation with course instructors; (4)…

The Communication I course described in this paper effectively incorporates peer Teaching Assistants selected from within the community college environment. The course consists of: (1) a Writing Skills Lab covering twelve areas of basic skills, staffed by an instructor and five peer Teaching Assistants; and (2) a Writing Skills Workshop in which…

A description of the 2-year experience of a group of 6 social workers, engaged in family therapy, who experimented with the use of peer group supervision. (BRT)

A Chicago project used the concept of the extended Black family and the interdependence that exists within that relationship to develop a peer-group/cross-age tutoring program as a strategy for teaching and/or reinforcing reading skills. (Author)

Peer instruction in mainstreamed classrooms can produce gains for everyone. Not only will the special child benefit by developing personal learning and social skills but the teacher will also acquire new insights into how and under what conditions learning takes place. (Author/RK)

The back-to-basics movement will leave children ill prepared to deal with the complexities of the world. A look at man's development suggests that to improve learning we must ask the question: education for what purpose? Students learn when they understand the purpose of their actions. (Author/IRT)

Two studies with elementary and preschool children investigated the effects of varying the perceptual support for speakers on the process of listener-adaptation in communication. An instructional task in which the child taught a peer to play a board game was utilized. (Author/JMB)

A discussion of the implementation of peer tutoring programs in the elementary school with emphasis on the choice of tutor, tutor training, and supervision of the tutoring pair. Advantages of peer tutoring are outlined. (GO)

Recent cutbacks have diminished the ability of public agencies to offer needed training to employees. An internal program--peer training--is defined and advocated as an alternative of choice for many training situations. The advantages and disadvantages are presented. Emphasizes the need for a program that complements existing relationships.…

The group dynamics of a peer tutoring program using three (instead of the traditional two) students helps learning-impaired students in both academic achievement and social development. Two students are learners, while the third serves as teacher. (CB)

Twenty-four empirical investigations of tutoring interventions with learning disabled students were evaluated. Although all authors favored tutoring, equivocal results were reported with few substantiated reports of social benefits to tutors or tutees. Methodological problems associated with such research in field settings are identified. A chart…