Description
Peer support and social relationships have a tremendous influence on development, motivation, and achievement for all students, including struggling learners and those with disabilities. This highly practical book is one of the few resources available to guide classroom teachers and special educators in the application of peer-assisted instructional strategies in grades K-12. Expert contributors describe evidence-based approaches for building students' skills in reading, writing, math, and other content areas, as well as social competence and executive functioning. Sample lessons and more than a dozen reproducible tools are provided. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
Chapter
Executive Function and Academic Performance
Strengthening Executive Function Strategies with Peer Mentoring and Peer Coaching
Promoting Executive Function and Peer Mentoring/Coaching across the Grades
Cognitive Flexibility/Shifting
Organizing and Prioritizing
The SMARTS Executive Function and Peer Mentoring Program
2. Peer Interactions in the Content Areas: Using Differentiated Instruction Strategies
Inclusive Classroom Instruction
Content Areas: Science and History
Why Differentiate Instruction?
What Research-Based Strategies Should Be Used in the Content Areas?
Designing Differentiated Instruction with Peers
Differentiated Curriculum Enhancements
Quality Instruction: PASS
How Can Teachers Use the PASS Framework?
Additional Peer-Mediated Strategies: Using Technology-Based DCEs
Future Development of Additional Strategies
3. “Thank You for Helping Me Write a Better Paper”: Peer Support in Learning to Write
The Need for Peer-Assisted Learning in Writing
Characteristics of the Writing Processes and the Role of Peers
Self‑Regulated Strategy Development
Conclusions and Future Directions
4. Using Collaborative Strategic Reading to Promote Student Discourse
Promoting Reading Comprehension with Peer Discourse
The Importance of Strategy Instruction
Collaborative Strategic Reading
APPENDIX 4.1. CSR diagram
APPENDIX 4.2. Leader Role Card
APPENDIX 4.3. Clunk Expert Role Card
APPENDIX 4.4. Gist Expert Role Card
APPENDIX 4.5. Question Expert Role Card
APPENDIX 4.6. Learning Log
APPENDIX 4.7. Learning Log Rubric
APPENDIX 4.8. Teacher’s Guide for the CSR Gist Collaboration Video Clip
5. Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies to Improve Students’ Word Recognition and Reading Comprehension
Implementing PALS Reading
6. Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies in Mathematics
Implementation of PALS Math
7. Maximizing the Benefits of Working Cooperatively with Peers
What Is “Small-Group Instruction”?
Benefits of Working Cooperatively with Peers
Lesson Qualities That Maximize Benefits for Students
Suggested Solutions for Common Problems in Cooperative Learning Arrangements
Incorporating Other Educational Professionals
8. Peer-Supported Instruction for English Learners
Increase in Student Diversity
Benefits of Peer Support for English Learners
Designing Peer-Supported Activities
A Classroom Scenario: Envisioning Peer Supports in the Classroom
Implementing Research-Based Peer-Supported Instruction for English Learners
9. The Power of Preschool Peers to Influence Social Outcomes for Children with Special Needs
Young Children with Social Delays
Studies That Set the Stage for Peer-Mediated Intervention
Laying the Groundwork for Peer-Mediated Instruction
Strategies for Promoting Social Interactions
Play Activities for Promoting Social Interactions
Peer-Mediated Strategies: The Social Skills Curriculum
Lessons Learned about Peer-Mediated Interventions
APPENDIX 9.1. Sample Script: Getting Your Friend’s Attention
APPENDIX 9.2. Sample Script: Sharing—Giving to a Peer
The Power of Peers in the Classroom
：Enhancing Learning and Social Skills
( What Works for Special-Needs Learners )
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