The power of peers in the classroom : enhancing learning and social skills / edited by Karen R. Harris, Lynn Meltzer.
Material type: TextSeries: What works for special needs learnersPublisher: New York : The Guilford Press, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781462521111
- 1462521118
- Peer teaching
- Children with disabilities -- Education
- EDUCATION / Special Education / General
- PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy
- EDUCATION / Educational Psychology
- EDUCATION / Administration / General
- EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions
- Children with disabilities -- Education
- Peer teaching
- 371.39/4 23
- LB1031.5 .P695 2015eb
Print version record.
"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 18 reproducible tools are provided. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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