The phenomenon of teacher mentoring is examined from a micropolitical point of view. Data from 58 mentor teachers in a career ladder school district in the Southwest are used to explore alternative views of collegiality and collaboration and the nature of the mentor relationship. (SLD)

Research shows that peer tutoring is more cost effective than many other instructional strategies. Parsons (Kansas) High School grants credit for tutoring and being tutored. Participating juniors and seniors enroll in regularly scheduled elective course that meets daily. Tutors work with partners on everything from solving quadratic equations to…

Describes an exercise in which students in an editing class edit stories written by students in a beginning reporting class. Notes that the exercise focuses on coaching (rather than bullying), thus encouraging good reporting and strong writing. (SR)

The authors describe peer coaching as the process of teachers helping each other using techniques based on models of clinical supervision. Presents positive outcomes of peer coaching. Suggests that the professional interaction should involve a preconference, an observation, and a postconference. (five references and an annotated bibliography) (PR)

Describes the real-world impact on a class of fourth graders of a civics lesson about constitutional government taught by high school students. (SR)

Effects of instructional complexity and role reciprocity within classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) programs were examined with a total of 119 students (learning disabled, low achieving, or normally achieving) in grades 2 through 5. Students in all CWPT conditions outperformed controls on a reading fluency measure; however only those in CWPT with role…

At Ruskin College full-time students take teaching methods courses and teach part-time adult students. Focus on critical adult education fosters skills connecting education and democracy to create a more just and participatory society. (SK)

Sixty eight year olds in tutor-tutee pairs on two tasks (spatial-numeric and item recall) benefited from elaboration (being taught principles guiding task performance). However, when child-tutors generated their own principles for guiding learning, performance was not improved. (SK)

Investigated effects of classwide peer tutoring on academic performance of students (n=7) with behavioral disorders and highest, middle, and lowest performing strata of nondisabled students (n=52) in regular education history class. Tutoring was associated with increases in individual test scores of students with behavioral disorders and…

Examined Reciprocal Peer Tutoring (RPT) and parent involvement interventions on mathematics achievement of academically at-risk fourth and fifth graders (n=84). Found that students who received RPT plus parent involvement displayed higher levels of accurate mathematics computations than either RPT Only or control students and that students in RPT…

Three institutions of higher education piloted peer tutoring/guidance arrangements. Results suggest that students have an enhanced role to play in a renegotiated tutor-student relationship. Uses the darkness metaphor to convey the transition students undergo as they move from their early university days toward a more enlightened position.…

Examines the nature of the relationships tutors create with their clients in a writing center. Finds that asking open-ended questions, echoing each other's speech, and using qualifiers are ways tutors worked toward collaboration; and that, in a number of cases, an undue or misdirected emphasis on the collaborative approach resulted in wasting time…

Looks at the premises on which peer education is founded and considers whether the approach is the panacea that many claim. Also, describes how positive views of peer education have spread in the absence of any assessment of its premises, and evaluates each of the claims made for peer education. (DSK)

Describes an assessment of a peer-tutoring system developed for an advanced physiology course. Finds that peer tutoring was effective in enhancing student performance and was perceived as beneficial by students. Contains 15 references. (Author/WRM)