Book Review: Peer Support Strategies for Improving All Students' Social Lives and Learning

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 145-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Support Strategies

scholarly journals IMPROVING ACQUISITION OF LEARNING THROUGH PEER-MEDIATED SUPPORT STRATEGIES IN TEACHING RESEARCH

2020 ◽  
pp. 298-307
Author(s):  
Joseline M. Santos
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Methodological Triangulation ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Writing Activity

The conduct of an action research enabled teachers to assess the research capabilities of the students specifically in writing the different parts of the paper. The aim of the study is to improve the learning acquisition of students through peer-mediated support strategies in teaching research. The participants of this study were the Senior High School students taking Research Project as a subject. A pre-writing activity was administered to identify the needs of the students in writing the different parts of the research. A learning plan integrating the use of the Peer-mediated Support Strategies (PMSS) such as classroom-wide peer tutoring, peer support arrangement and lunch bunches as interventions, was developed to improve the performance of the students-participants in writing research. A post-writing activity was given as well to the participants to find out if there were significant improvements in their writing capability. The study used methodological triangulation. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse and compare the results of the pre-writing and post-writing scores. A focus group discussion and teachers’ observation were conducted to support the result of the analysis made. The result was found to be significant proving PMSS to be an effective strategy in improving acquisition of learning. KEYWORDS: Research writing, acquisition of learning, peer-mediated support strategies, peer assisted learning, classroom-wide tutoring, peer-support arrangement, lunch bunches

scholarly journals Digital Urban Ethnography: A Book Review of The Digital Street

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Walters ◽  
Enid Truong
Keyword(s):  
Social Worlds ◽  
Urban Ethnography ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
Physical Spaces

Jeffery Lane explores the social worlds of youth in Harlem during the digital era through his unique approach, digital urban ethnography. Researchers use this ethnographic method to understand how social lives and meanings are co-constructed within digital and physical spaces. The digital and physical do not neatly represent each other but each provides specific ways to engage that both shape and are shaped by youth’s social lives. As novice researchers, we read this work with an eye towards methodological choices and techniques. In particular, we hoped this work would provide us with an understanding of how to conduct research with youth on ways the physical and digital worlds interact to produce knowledge and meaning. This review discusses Lane’s theoretical framework, three themes that highlight the potential of digital urban ethnography to construct unique findings, and the significance of Lane’s work in terms of methodology and specific techniques/data construction methods.

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