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ERIC Number: EJ594885
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Positive Peer Solutions: One Answer for the Rejected Student.
Rosenberg, Steven L.; McKeon, Loren M.; Dinero, Thomas E.
Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n2 p114-18 Oct 1999
Positive Peer Groups (PPG) is a leadership training program that helps alienated and disengaged students bond to school via participation in school-oriented service activities stressing work, discipline, and responsibility. Students form affiliations with peers involved in the same efforts. Results in Ohio schools are encouraging. (MLH)
Descriptors: Alienation, High Risk Students, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Leadership Training, Peer Groups, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Service Learning, Social Development, Student Responsibility
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ohio (Northeast); Social Rejection; Student Disengagement; Work Habits