This study examines the peer interaction in a small group work task of a pre-intermediate level Japanese language classroom at an Australian university. Based on Sociocultural Theory (e.g. Vygotsky, 1978), the study explores the opportunities for learning that occur during the pair/group work. Data include video-recordings of learners engaging in a group work task, interviews incorporating retr...

A model entitled "reciprocal peer support" (RPS) is introduced in this article to describe the peer support activity provided at University Behavioral HealthCare-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) in a variety of peer programs. More than 10 years of peer support have been developed, reviewed, and assessed by this writer in an attempt to clarify the "lessons learned" and ...

Traditionally, women have relied upon the wisdom and experience of other women to learn about mothering and breastfeeding. In the United States, however, this once-standard mother-to-mother interaction was almost nonexistent by the mid-20th century. Recent advances in the understanding of the benefits of breastfeeding for maternal and child health have led most professional organizations to adv...

The initially unrestricted host-to-host communication model provided by the Internet Protocol has deteriorated due to political and technical changes caused by Internet growth. While this is not a problem for most clientserver applications, peer-to-peer networks frequently struggle with peers that are only partially reachable. We describe how a peer-to-peer framework can hide diversity and obst...

Learning happens through interaction with others. The purpose of this study is to investigate how online interaction patterns affect students’ text revisions. As a sample, 25 undergraduate students were recruited to play multiple roles as writers, editors, and commentators in online text revisons. In playing different roles, they chose to read peer writers’ texts, edit peer writers’ errors, eva...

The present study aimed at investigating whether two types of assessment strategies, namely Dynamic Assessment and Non-Dynamic Assessment had any significant impact on elementary and pre-intermediate Iranian EFL learners' performance on their final achievement test including reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and language functions. The participants of the study were 81 learners studyi...

OBJECTIVES The present study examined the association of providing assistance to older parents amid everyday circumstances and short-term psychological consequences for adult children providing assistance. METHODS We explored this association using 824 daily diary interviews of 119 adult children providing assistance in the National Study of Daily Experiences by using a left-censored random e...

International Journal of Social Science Studies (IJSSS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review manuscripts this issue. Many authors, regardless whether IJSSS publishes work, appreciate helpful feedback provided by reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were great help authors in improving quality papers. Each listed below returned at least one...

Business Management and Strategy (BMS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts this issue. Many authors, regardless whether BMS publishes work, appreciate helpful feedback provided by reviewers. Their comments suggestions were great help authors in improving quality papers. Each listed below returned at least one issue.Reviewers Vol...

The initially unrestricted host-to-host communication model provided by the Internet Protocol has deteriorated due to political and technical changes caused by Internet growth. While this is not a problem for most client-server applications, peer-to-peer networks frequently struggle with peers that are only partially reachable. We describe how a peer-to-peer framework can hide diversity and obs...