A three-phase study was devised to investigate possible differences in the teaching effectiveness of trained and untrained upper-grade elementary school student tutors. In phase one, objectives for instruction in linear mathematical equations were specified for first-grade students and special instructional materials were prepared. Tutorial skills…

Elementary school teachers and volunteers turned a small room into a writing center, where elementary students can work on compositions with the encouragement of secondary school tutors. (SJL)

One-to-one tutoring is an exceptionally effective teaching method. Adding a well-designed peer or cross-age teaching component to an elementary or secondary school program has the potential for significantly augmenting the school's capability to promote academic achievement and interpersonal growth. (LHW)

Investigated changes in the helping relationship between eighth- and first-grade students during a semester-long cross-age tutoring project. Results are reported for eight categories of behavioral interaction: on task, prompting and guiding, praise and encouragement, adjusting to the child's needs, managing behavior problems, allowing autonomous…

Advantages of a program in which high school students teach arithmetic to small groups of elementary students are discussed. (DT)

There are several educational, social, and economic trends that converge to increase the need to understand how adolescents can best become more involved in the education of younger children. Many educators have pointed to the benefits of the rich and complex learning that occurs during cross-age tutoring. Current reforms in public school…

Discusses a personalized training program that can be taught to and used by elementary, secondary, and college student tutors. (TO)

Article describes cross age teaching programs in five different schools and gives reasons for their success. (GB)

This study evaluates the effectiveness of including sixth graders as an integral part of a behavior modification program designed to reduce the frequency of disruptive classroom behavior exhibited by third graders. It was hypothesized that this cross-age program would have positive impact on the younger subjects as well as on the sixth grade…

The essential value of this program is not only the attainment of increased reading skills for both tutors and tutees, but the positive social and emotional benefits which it offers. (Author)

Describes two successful basic new'' approaches to tutoring -- one stressing the development of an open, nonstructured relationship between students, and the other emphasizing the programed or structured tutoring that concentrates on reading and prescribes detailed steps to follow. (Author)

Describes a tutorial program in which school personnel trained fifth- and sixth-grade pupils to tutor kindergarteners in reading. (WY)

A description is given of a program in which college students volunteer to give "mini lectures" on the dangers of smoking to public school children. (JD)

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…