Peer programs, including cooperative learning strategies, were concluded to be the single most effective school-based approach for reducing youth alcohol and drug use¶

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q2 i? Two meta-analyses of more than 200 studies concluded peer programs, including cooperative learning strategies, are the single most effective school-based approach for reducing youth alcohol and drug use. → Benard 1991

Evidence¶

Benard 1991¶

Benard, B. (1991). Fostering Resiliency in Kids: Protective Factors in the Family, School, and Community. Western Regional Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED335781

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The review reports, citing two meta-analyses (Tobler 1986; Bangert-Drowns 1988) comparing the effects of more than 200 studies, that "peer programs (in-cluding cooperative learning strategies) are the single most effective school-based approach for reducing 'alcohol and drug use in youth." No effect size is printed.

"peer programs (in-cluding cooperative learning strategies) are the single most effective school-based approach for reducing 'alcohol and drug use in youth"

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