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This study describes and compares theories from multiple disciplines about how peers (classmates) influence one another. The study then compares the empirical predictions of the theories with empirical evidence about peer influences on student achievement and draws tentative conclusions about which theories are most consistent with the evidence. A new hybrid theory, group-based contagion, is proposed that seems most consistent with the evidence.
Published: 2010
Updated: May. 30, 2010
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This study compares research on the theoretical models and predictors of teacher effectiveness with those of other occupations. Four models of teaching are identified—labor, profession, craft, and art—each with its own (often implicit) objectives and theories about how learning takes place. In addition, there is considerable similarity between the teacher characteristics that predict teacher effectiveness and those predicting worker effectiveness in similarly complex occupations and professions. Specifically, cognitive ability and experience predict effectiveness for both groups, whereas personality and education are not predictive. These specific findings are informative for developing specific models of effectiveness.
Published: 2010
Updated: May. 30, 2010