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Books on: peer learning

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Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning

Book by Angela M. O'Donnell, Alison King; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999

Subjects:

Cognitive Learning--Congresses, Learning, Psychology Of--Congresses, Peer-Group Tutoring Of Students--Congresses

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning Edited by Angela M. ODonnell Rutgers...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cognitive perspectives on peer learning / edited by Angela M. ODonnell, Alison...
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Learning Together: Peer Tutoring in Higher Education

Book by Nancy Falchikov; RoutledgeFalmer, 2001

Subjects:

College Teaching, Peer-Group Tutoring Of Students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The number of students in higher education has expanded dramatically in recent years, but funding has not kept pace with this growth. The result is less contact time for lecturers and their students, and corresponding worries about how the quality of teaching and learning can be improved. Peer ...
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The number of students in higher education has expanded dramatically in recent years, but funding has not kept pace with this growth. The result is less contact time for lecturers and their students, and corresponding worries about how the quality of teaching and learning can be improved. Peer tutoring is one method which is growing in popularity, and has already proved successful in a number of countries. This book provides an introduction to the methods and practice of peer tutoring focusing on how to set up schemes and how to cope with common problems. It discusses the theory behind this form of learning and the beneficial effects associated with it. Summaries are included at the end of each chapter.
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Peer-Assisted Learning

Book by Keith Topping, Stewart Ehly; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998

Subjects:

Peer-Group Tutoring Of Students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Peer-Assisted Learning Peer-Assisted Learning Edited by...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peer-assisted learning / edited by Keith Topping...1. Introduction to Peer-Assisted Learning 1 Keith...
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Peer Power: Preadolescent Culture and Identity

Book by Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler; Rutgers University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Children--Social Networks--United States, Cliques (Sociology)--United States, Interpersonal Relations In Children--United States, Peer Pressure In Children--United States, Social Interaction In Children--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...knowledge and skills, at ever younger ages, to function successfully. Preadolescence represents an important learning period, and its peer culture contains members distillations of societys expectations. A Study of Childrens Peer Culture...
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Addiction and Pregnancy: Empowering Recovery through Peer Counseling

Book by Barry R. Sherman, Laura M. Sanders, Chau Trinh; Praeger Publishers, 1998

Subjects:

Drug Abuse In Pregnancy--New York (State)--New York, Drug Abuse--Treatment--New York (State)--New York, Lincoln Acupuncture Clinic (New York, N.Y.), Narcotic Addicts--Rehabilitation--New York (State)--New York, Peer Counseling In Rehabilitation--New York (State)--New York, Pregnant Women--Drug Use--New York (State)--New York

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Pioneering evidence is presented in this book to support the effectiveness of peer counseling for substance abuse treatment of pregnant women and their families. The authors use the theory and principles of social learning to justify the peer counselor model, known as SISTERS.

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Journal Articles on: peer learning

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Peer Relationships and Collaborative Learning as Contexts for Academic Enablers

Journal article by Kathryn R. Wentzel, Deborah E. Watkins; School Psychology Review, Vol. 31, 2002

Subjects:

Academic achievement, Peer-group tutoring of students--Models, Social learning--Models

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...possible. Research on collaborative peer learning has confirmed that children do...ADHD to profit from collaborative peer learning. A program designed to demonstrate...would benefit from collaborative peer learning when paired with a high-achieving...
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Do Peer Relationships Foster Behavioral Adjustment in Children with Learning Disabilities?

Journal article by Judith Wiener; Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 27, 2004

Subjects:

Children--Health aspects, Children--Social aspects, Learning disabled persons--Social aspects, Learning disabled--Social aspects, Peer pressure

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...1982). Correlates of learning disabled students peer-interaction patterns. Learning...353-362. Bryan, T. (1976). Peer popularity of learning-disabled children: A replication...183-193. Wiener, J. (1987). Peer status of learning disabled children and adolescents...
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Effects of Peer Mentors on Work-Related Performance of Adolescents with Behavioral And/or Learning Disabilities

Journal article by Debbie Westerlund, Elizabeth A. Granucci, Peter Gamache, Hewitt B. Clark; Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Vol. 8, 2006

Subjects:

Learning disabilities--Research, Learning disorders--Research, Peer counseling--Services, Young adults--Behavior, Young adults--Psychological aspects, Young adults--Research

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Effects of Peer Mentors on Work-Related...Behavioral And/or Learning Disabilities...improve successful learning of work-related curriculum skills. Peer mentors would...acceptability of using peer mentors as natural...with specific learning disabilities and...
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Peer Tutoring in Arithmetic for Children with Learning Disabilities

Journal article by Mary Beirne-Smith; Exceptional Children, Vol. 57, 1991

Subjects:

Arithmetic--Study and teaching, Learning disabled--Education, Peer-group tutoring of students--Technique

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...support the use of peer tutoring for students with learning disabilities. No...investigations of peer tutoring with students with learning disabilities (Eiserman...1975). Studies of peer tutoring with children with learning disabilities have...
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Impact of Peer Teaching on the Acquisition of Social Skills by Adolescents with Learning Disabilities

Journal article by Mary Anne Prater, Loretta Serna, Kayleen K. Nakamura; Education & Treatment of Children, Vol. 22, 1999

Subjects:

Learning disabled--Social aspects, Peer-group tutoring of students--Social aspects, Social skills--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the impact of peer teaching on social...adolescents with learning disabilities...the effects of peer teaching on social...students with learning disabilities...deficits and low peer acceptance of mainstreamed learning disabled children...

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Magazine Articles on: peer learning

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Peer Tutoring with Mathematics Manipulatives: A Practical Guide

Magazine article by Michelle M. Barone, Lyn Taylor; Teaching Children Mathematics, Vol. 3, September 1996

Subjects:

Mathematics--Study and teaching, Peer teaching--Management, Peer-group tutoring of students--Management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...behaviors and skills that enhance peer learning (Fantuzzo, Polite, and Grayson...analysis of Vygotskian theories on peer learning, the peer relationships often...their research on the effects of peer tutoring on learning-disabled students: * Enhanced...
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'Peer Grading' Passes School Privacy Test

Magazine article by David C. Slade; World and I, Vol. 17, May 2002

Subjects:

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, Grading (Education)--Cases, Grading and marking (Students)--Cases, Oklahoma, Peer review--Ethical aspects, Pletan, Philip--Cases, Privacy, Right of--Interpretation and construction, Right of privacy--Interpretation and construction, Schools, Student records--Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Supreme Court--Cases

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...answers. Supporters of peer grading praise it as being an integral part of the learning process. The Supreme Court...to Philip Pletans mother, peer grading was a violation of...Philip struggled with a learning disability and was placed...
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Three Perspectives of Learning Styles

Magazine article; School Administrator, Vol. 51, January 1994

Subjects:

Education--Methodology, Learning--Models, School management and organization--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...students or groups learning style for reading...management training and peer coaching. In addition...groups, and with their peer partners as they...for teaching and learning. (A requirement of...for applying course learnings include: * planning...engaging in peer coaching experiences...
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Is E-Learning E-Ffective for IT Training: You'd Think So, Wouldn't You? but an IT Training Firm Bravely Conducted Its Own Research, with Some Surprising Findings

Magazine article by Leslie Laine; T&D, Vol. 57, June 2003

Subjects:

Employee training--Analysis, Information technology--Training, Learning Tree International Inc.--Product development, Learning Tree International Inc.--Research, Online education--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...learning program manager at Learning Tree, says, "It appears that high-quality e-learning, even when it includes interactive features such as hands-on exercises, text-based peer interaction, and expert mentoring via email discussions and phone calls, just...
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A Consumer's Guide to Learning Styles Programs

Magazine article by Helene Hodes; School Administrator, Vol. 51, January 1994

Subjects:

Education--Information services, Educators--Information services, Learning--Information services

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...youngster is teaching a highly visual peer during cooperative learning, he or she would try to use pictures...motivation and increased academic learning. However, one students style...cannot, for example, talk to a peer because I understand concepts...

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Newspaper Articles on: peer learning

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THE KING OF THE CASTLE; despite; Shattering Personal, Legal and Financial; Blows, Henry Mount Charles Remains an Irish Aristocrat without Peer

Newspaper article by Amanda Doherty; Sunday Mirror (London, England), June 27, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...known to music lovers as the King of Slane. The 48-year-old peer single-handedly transformed the image of Irelands gentry when...learned to roll with the punches. That whole period was a savage learning curve for me. The fire actually taught me a lot of things and...
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Football: Merson Gets the Chairman's Nod - and Peer Approval

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 26, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Football: Merson Gets the Chairmans Nod - and Peer Approval. Byline: By Brian Dick Paul Merson received...decisive. I believe that this season has been a very valuable learning exercise for Paul, and that he deserves the chance to continue...
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Culture: Peer Pressure Pays off; the Company That Brought Greek Tragedy to Stourbridge Two Years Ago Is Following It Up with Ibsen's Most Problematic Masterpiece. Terry Grimley Finds out Why

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 21, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...which caters for students with learning difficulties. While Antigone...a tiny 80-seat studio space, Peer Gynt marks the theatrical debut...economic base here is students with learning difficulties, and weve got five...a very valuable formula. n Peer Gynt is at the Glasshouse Theatre...
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'End of the Peer' Show as Lord Rix Bows Out

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 8, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...performance ofThe End Of The Peer Show. Lord Rix, dressed in...the charity for people with learning disabilities. Lord Rix, famous...way to go before people with learning difficulties are treated equally...than 1.2million people with learning difficulties in the UK. Lord...
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Prescott Attacks Tory Peer over City's 1980s Decline; Lord Heseltine Backs Plans for Elected Mayor

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 21, 2007

Subjects:

Mayors--Elections

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...inner-city regeneration. On a visit to Liverpool last year, the peer claimed the Conservative government had "saved the Albert Dock...Yesterday, Mr Prescott insisted it was bodies such as the RDAs, Learning and Skills Councils, English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: peer learning

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Eakins, Thomas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...from live, nude models, on learning anatomy from dissection, on learning motion by watching athletes perform, and on working in oils...describe honestly the reality of what he saw, attempting to "peer deeper into the heart of American life." He felt that no formula...
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Medieval Latin Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...these were successful only in promoting learning in general and establishing educational...Richard of St. Victor is ranked by many as a peer of St. Bernard. The volume of writing...literature. Meanwhile the revival of classical learning and the scholarship of the Renaissance...
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Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...creation of a legal drug culture that discouraged people from learning other ways to deal with their problems. At the same time, readily...Motivations for Drug Use People take drugs for many reasons: peer pressure, relief of stress, increased energy, to relax, to relieve...

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