Cross-Age Tutoring: Effects on Tutors' Attributes.

Yogev, Abraham; Ronen, Rachel

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Publication Date: 1982

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Cross-Age Tutoring: Effects on Tutors' Attributes.

Yogev, Abraham; Ronen, Rachel

Journal of Educational Research, v75 n5 p261-68 May-Jun 1982

The psychological benefits of a high school tutoring program were investigated. Results gathered from questionnaires answered by high school students tutoring junior high school students, both before and after the tutoring experience, indicated that tutors' empathy, altruism, and self-esteem increased as a result of program participation. (Authors/CJ)

Descriptors: Altruism, Cross Age Teaching, Empathy, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship, High School Students, Junior High School Students, Participant Satisfaction, Peer Teaching, Secondary Education, Self Esteem, Tutorial Programs, Tutoring, Underachievement

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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