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ERIC Number: EJ553167
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7783
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Converting Peer Pressure.
Gartner, Audrey
Social Policy, v27 n2 p47-49 Win 1997
Reports on research on peer helping programs and describes a peer tutoring program in three New York City high schools. Results illustrate the importance of youth participation in meaningful roles. Notes that programs in which youth help youth could do many positive things, especially in urban schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Helping Relationship, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools, Peer Influence, Peer Teaching, Tutorial Programs, Urban Education
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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