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Peer reviewedTopping, Keith J.; Campbell, Jean; Douglas, Walter; Smith, Andrea – Educational Research, 2003
A 5-week cross-age tutoring program involved 14 11-year-olds and 13 7-year-olds. Measures of self-esteem and analysis of verbal interactions indicated that tutors gained in self-concept and self-esteem, tutees in self-esteem. Verbal interactions showed significant increases in use of math words, strategic dialog, and praise. (Contains 61…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Dialogs (Language), Elementary Education, Mathematical Vocabulary
Direct linkTopping, Keith J.; Bryce, Angela – Educational Psychology, 2004
Outcomes for methods to accelerate thinking skills involving some peer interaction have been more consistently positive than those for purely teacher-directed or materials-led methods. However, methods involving mainly or only peer interaction are rare. This paper describes and evaluates such a method for peer tutoring in thinking skills, which…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Teamwork, Thinking Skills, Reading Skills
Topping, Keith J.; Peter, Carolyn; Stephen, Pauline; Whale, Michelle – Educational Psychology, 2004
The development of deeper understanding and transferable skills in science requires continuous interactive discussion and feedback and extended practice in various contexts for generalisation. In primary schools, these desiderata are difficult to supply through direct teacher instruction, but might be feasible through interactive peer tutoring.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Science Education, Elementary School Science, Cross Age Teaching
McKinstery, Janie; Topping, Keith J. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
Teaching thinking skills has been characterised by the teacher-directed "embedded", "infusion" and "bolt-on" approaches, for which outcomes have been mixed. Peer tutoring in thinking skills offers a fourth way of wide applicability. This study evaluated such a method (Paired Thinking) in a high school setting. A…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Reading Comprehension, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
