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Haynes, Kathi; Brendle, Janna – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2019
To address the problem of low achieving math students, a cross-age math tutoring intervention paired middle school tutors with kindergarten and first grade students with low math skills. This instrumental group case study explored the effects of the intervention on the math skills of the students through teacher interviews and the testing program…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Tutoring, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Morris, Ronald V. – Gifted Child Today, 2000
This article describes a learning activity, the Texas History Walk, in which third- and seventh-grade gifted students learn about life in the 1870s on the Texas frontier. The younger students interact with the actors, seventh graders role-playing characters of the 1870s. Benefits of the activity include its interdisciplinary nature, the cross-age…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Davenport, Sandra V.; Arnold, Mitylene; Lassmann, Marie – Reading Improvement, 2004
The purpose of this study was to determine if cross-age peer tutoring of fifth graders with learning disabilities and kindergarten students would have an effect on reading attitudes and reading achievement. A tutoring program was designed to meet the literacy needs of fifth grade special education resource students as well as provide enriching…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Kindergarten, Reading Attitudes, Reading Achievement
IDRA Newsletter, 1995
This theme issue focuses on motivating young people to learn by providing leadership opportunities in school. "Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program: Assessing Progress" (Josie Danini Supik) examines the program's success. This program, which trains high-risk middle and high school students as tutors of younger children, has dramatically…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, High Risk Students
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Association of Classroom Teachers. – 1968
Twenty-four local projects which are intended to serve as sources of ideas for professional group action are described in this pamphlet. The projects are reported within the framework of four areas of improving teaching. Under "professional development" projects are portrayed concerning the use of student tutors and the improvement of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anthologies, Cross Age Teaching, Economically Disadvantaged