A training guide for college tutors and peer educators / [print]
Sally A. Lipsky.
- Boston : Pearson, 2011.
- xix, 113 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. The power of peers: your role as a peer educator -- Andragogy and peer assistance -- Facilitator of learning -- Learning strategy: managing your time -- Strategies for improving time management -- Setting goals -- Elements of effective peer-led sessions -- 2. Promoting active learning -- How learning occurs -- Information processing model -- Differences in learning -- Visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic preferences -- Learning modalities -- 3. Incorporating critical thinking and questioning skills -- Reading textbooks -- Previewing -- Cognitive process instruction -- Integrating questions in sessions -- Observing -- Directive words -- Critiquing -- Critical thinking -- 4. Assessing students' learning -- Thinking and assessing -- Adequate evidence of learning -- Summative assessment -- Preparing for exams -- 5. Collaborative learning and group work -- Collaborative learning guidelines -- Group configurations -- Dealing with common problems -- Summarize and apply -- Communication -- Critique an online dialogue -- 6. Tutoring as a proactive process -- Highlighting and annotating -- Proactive model -- The tutoring cycle -- Assess the student's needs -- Recommend, demonstrate, and apply -- Break down content; evaluate learning -- Plan for application -- Follow up -- Active listening -- Verbal communication -- 7. Valuing diversity among students -- Listening and note taking -- Brainstorming -- Creating a Venn diagram -- Identifying similarities and differences -- Role-playing scenarios -- Stereotypes and biases -- 8. Online assistance -- Learning discipline-specific terminology -- Synchronous versus asynchronous -- Critique online dialogue -- 9. Effective peer-led sessions: a summary -- Top-ten list -- Your role in students' development -- Self-assessment.