Teeter-Totters and Tandem Bikes: A Glimpse into the World of Cross-Age Tutors.

Zukowski, Virginia

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ERIC Number: EJ557679

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Teeter-Totters and Tandem Bikes: A Glimpse into the World of Cross-Age Tutors.

Zukowski, Virginia

Teaching and Change, v5 n1 p71-91 Fall 1997

A third grade teacher followed the development of a peer tutoring program involving third- and fifth-grade study partners. The cross-age tutors included students representing diverse learning styles and academic achievement. Students were matched by personality. Cross-age tutoring was judged to be good for all the students. (SM)

Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Action Research, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5, Interpersonal Competence, Low Achievement, Peer Teaching, Personality Traits, Tutoring

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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