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Download full textFeldman, Robert S. – 1975
This document reports on a series of studies carried out concerning nonverbal behavior in peer tutoring interactions. The first study examined the encoding (enactment) of nonverbal behavior in a tutoring situation. Results clearly indicated that the tutor's nonverbal behavior was affected by the performance of the tutee. The question of whether or…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Peer Teaching, Research, Student Behavior
Case, Chester; McCallum, Neil – 1971
A 4-week Sequenced Peer Teaching program for experienced faculty members of Ohlone College (California) was designed to bring faculty together for the development and/or improvement of teaching. The program included the teaching of a sequence of assignments by individual participants to a class of peers. The teaching was video-taped and replayed…
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Peer Teaching, Teacher Evaluation
Rector, Douglas; And Others – 1972
The teaching protocol Encouragement, which emphasizes simple verbal praise, specific praise, and the use of student ideas for motivational reinforcement, was selected for testing. The protocol was tested in a 2-week graduate workshop to determine the extent to which a group of experienced teachers could, upon completion of the protocol training…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Graduate Study, Laboratory Training, Microteaching
Colton, Frank V. – 1972
Within the framework of individualized instruction, a study explored: 1) the effects on performance when students either know or do not know how much time it has taken others to complete the same task, and 2) the importance of the concept of "peer tutor." Students enrolled in two sections of a class in utilization of educational media participated…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Individualized Instruction
Kerstiens, Gene – 1976
In order to improve the policies governing the El Camino College (California) Peer Tutoring Program, a survey instrument reflective of potential policy issues and concerns was constructed and then administered to the entire population of tutors (n=75) in order to learn their opinions concerning seventeen policies and conditions. The study design…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Peer Teaching, Program Improvement, School Policy
Peer reviewedBiehn, Aubrey – Hispania, 1975
A program is described in which advanced high school language students acted as tutors in Spanish and French in a FLES program. (RM)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, FLES, French, Language Instruction
Rapp, Harvey; And Others – Humanist Educator, 1978
The helping students completed a training course dealing with topics of communication, sensitivity, and resources. They had definite objectives for both themselves and the program. In implementation, the students tutored, oriented, ran projects, helped counselors and the administrative staff, answered student questions, and provided various other…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Middle Schools, Peer Counseling, Peer Teaching
Peer reviewedGood, Harold M.; Dowdeswell, W. H. – Journal of Biological Education, 1978
Proposes a method in which students teach students in preference to instruction by academic staff. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Biology, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Instruction
Vacc, Nicholas A. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1978
The establishment of a peer tutoring program for mentally retarded individuals by an agency or institution can serve as an effective method to assist with their learning and vocational skill development. (Author/JYC)
Descriptors: Career Development, Mental Retardation, On the Job Training, Peer Teaching
Dawson, Terry – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1987
In response to the number of young children taking care of themselves after school, the state of California has developed "Safety Pals," a program that teaches children how to take care of themselves when they do not have adult supervision. (MD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Employed Parents, Latchkey Children, One Parent Family
Peer reviewedJenkins, Joseph R.; Jenkins, Linda M. – Educational Leadership, 1987
The Lake Washington School District (WA) has developed a successful peer tutoring program for elementary and secondary students. Identifies the characteristics of successful tutoring programs, how to start a program, recruitment and scheduling needs, selection of tutors and learners, and how to maintain tutor involvement. Includes a table and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1987
A study of 211 students during their first- and second-grade school years showed that peer tutoring and teacher instructional procedures were both effective in increasing spelling performance above pretest levels. Peer tutoring produced statistically greater gains relative to the teachers' procedures for both low- and high-achieving groups.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Effectiveness, Peer Teaching, Primary Education
Greene, Elizabeth – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Richard J. Mahaffy, II, the only deaf student at Trinity College, and a senior who can hear are teaching a course called "Understanding Deafness." They have covered topics such as the causes of deafness, the advantages of sign language over oral communication, and the psychological implications of being deaf. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, College Students, Deafness
Peer reviewedHo, E. E.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1987
Pilot-tested health promotion delivery system using peer leadership and social networking model in elderly population. Participants took lessons on fiber intake, dietary change, and peer leadership. Qualified peer leaders then recruited second generation of participants and taught them. Model appeared to be feasible, suggesting that peer leaders…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Models, Nutrition Instruction, Older Adults
Sasso, Gary; Rude, Harvey A. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1988
Using a peer nomination sociometric tool, the study measured the degree of social status change with high and low status nonhandicapped elementary grade children who participated in a peer initiation intervention with severely handicapped children. Nonhandicapped students who participated in the peer initiation program gained in social status.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching
