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Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking

When they compare similar students in track- ing and nontracking high schools, Betts and Shkolnik (2000) conclude that low- achieving students are neither hurt ...

Peer Group Connection (PGC)

Peer Group Connection (PGC) uses peer education to strengthen relationships among students across grade levels. Junior and senior high school students are ...

PEER MENTORING

CSS's impact can be seen in the experiences of 425,000 students across 500 schools. Peer Group Connection (PGC) is CSS's seminal peer leadership and mentoring ...

Can Mentoring Promote Self-esteem and School Connectedness ...

Results showed a significant increase in mentees' self-esteem compared to the control group, while the difference in school-connectedness was nonsignificant.

Why a Positive Peer Group is Essential for Middle and High School ...

A positive peer group can significantly influence the academic and social development of boys in middle and high school.

The effect of peer group stability on achievements: Evidence from ...

The average students were largely unaffected. One category of students that seems to benefit from the change when moving to middle school are ...

Effects of Cross-Age Peer Mentoring Program within a Randomized ...

Given the adverse effects of the transition to high school, this promising evidence indicates that the cross-age peer mentoring intervention could be an ...

the evaluation of peer group connection in rural north carolina and ...

Peer Group Connection (PGC) is a school-based, cross-age, group peer mentoring program for 9th- grade students designed to facilitate the transition into high ...

School-Based Peer-to-Peer Resource Hub

A collection of articles, tools, resources, and perspectives that support the planning and implementation of School-Based Peer-to-Peer Programs.

Peer Group Connection - National Mentoring Resource Center

It would be nice to see more consideration of the impact of this experience on the peer leaders. One can imagine that this experience developed their ...

Inter-Peer Group Status and School Bullying: The Case of Middle ...

The results showed that, compared to those in the higher-status groups, students in lower-status peer groups tended to be bullied and ...

Tapping Into the Untapped - Maryland State Department of Education

What is Peer Group Connection. (PGC)?. A peer-to-peer group mentoring model ... CENTER FOR SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS Peer Mentoring. 28. Page 22. Final Reflections.

Transforming Schools Through Evidence-Based Mentoring | PPT

The document discusses Peer Group Connection (PGC), an evidence-based peer mentoring model that aims to improve school connectedness and ease student ...

Ensuring Successful Student Transitions from the Middle Grades to ...

Students in the Cooper/Markoe-Hayes study report that in high school peer group association is far more influential than the family or the school. While a ...

Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success

When students feel valued, supported by teachers and peers, and engaged in school activities, they show higher attendance, academic performance, and better ...

The Connection Project: Changing the peer environment to improve ...

This study evaluated a school-based intervention to enhance adolescent peer relationships and improve functional outcomes, building upon. Ed Zigler's seminal ...

A New School, a Fresh Start? Change and Stability in Peer ...

Social integration in the peer group is widely acknowledged to be crucial for students' academic development (Deci & Ryan, 2008). Peers in class ...

Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Support

Youth want to talk to other youth · Peer relationships are highly valued by adolescents · There is a critical need for more mental health supports in schools ...

THE ROLE OF TEACHERS ON STUDENTS' PEER GROUPS ...

It is widely acknowledged that peer group relations are fundamental for children's development, affecting both, school engagement and students' academic ...

Investigating a Positive Youth Development Approach to Improving ...

The project team investigated how a positive youth development and cross-age peer mentoring model known as Peer Group Connection impacted economically- ...