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Pupils Making a Difference: Enhancing the Power of the Student Peer Group to Promote Positive Social, Emotional and Behavioural Outcomes
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Cooper, Paul; Jacobs, Barbara – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2011
In this paper, the authors review empirical evidence on the effects of peer groups on social, emotional and behavioural functioning. The paper shows that an understanding of the ways in which peer groups can influence the development of deviance and subvert the positive effects of interventions can be exploited in the promotion of positive social…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Health, Peer Influence
Effects of an Integrated Prevention Program on Urban Youth Transitioning into High School
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Johnson, Valerie L.; Holt, Laura J.; Bry, Brenna H.; Powell, Sharon R. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2008
The current study is a formative evaluation of an integrated, school-based program for urban minority youth transitioning into high school. The design of this pilot project was quasi-experimental in nature, with one freshman physical education class assigned to receive the intervention and one to receive no program or "treatment as usual." The…
Descriptors: High School Students, Physical Education, Pilot Projects, Formative Evaluation
Fussbusters: Using Peers To Mediate Conflict Resolution in a Head Start Classroom.
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Gillespie, Catherine Wilson; Chick, Angela – Childhood Education, 2001
Discusses conflict as a normal part of young children's social development. Examines the teacher's role in children's conflict, classroom conflict outcomes, and the use of peer mediation programs and peace education in elementary and secondary schools. Describes the impact of the Fussbuster Program on Head Start children with high levels of…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Peer Influence, Peer Mediation, Peer Relationship
Making The Grade in High School: Success for African-American Urban Males.
Boddie, Jackie L. – High School Magazine, 1997
Urban African American males face complex barriers to learning and achievement. A Washington, D.C., school has designed a ninth-grade program that effectively enhances youngsters' self-concept and allows them to succeed academically. Ninth graders attend most classes in the Annex, a personalized, caring environment that subverts negative aspects…
Descriptors: Black Students, Change Strategies, Grade 9, High Schools
Bilingual Program Project SELL. Final Report.
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Neidich, Robert – 1980
Project SELL (Spanish/English Language Learning) served 344 limited English speaking (LEP) and 40 non-limited English speaking (non-LEP) students from intermediate and junior high schools in Queens, New York. Non-LEP students acted as role models for LEP students to assist in the improvement of English language skills while LEP students acted as…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Heterogeneous Grouping, Intermediate Grades
Too Good for Drugs[TM]. What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2006
"Too Good for Drugs"[TM] is designed to promote life skills, character values, resistance skills to negative peer influence, and resistance to the use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The program, which targets elementary and middle school students, is based on classroom discussions and structured activities that center on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Narcotics, Community Involvement, Peer Influence