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Foster, Elizabeth S.; Tindall, Judith A. – Schools in the Middle, 1992
A well-designed peer or cross-age teaching program can significantly improve academic achievement and interpersonal growth among middle-level students. Effective peer programs are the result of systematic planning, training, supervision, and evaluation. When planning peer-helping program, administrators must consider need, philosophy, design, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Helping Relationship, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Johnston, William F. – Schools in the Middle, 1994
At a Virginia middle school, the Collaborative Teaching Project was established to increase overall student achievement and attitude levels, while providing teachers skilled at delivering instructional programs to children with a wide variety of instructional and personal needs. Program objectives were built around student outcomes, staff…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Peer Teaching
