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Lewis, Karla C. – Review of Research in Education, 2005
Instructional aides were formally introduced to classrooms more than 40 years ago, but their jobs have changed over time. Instructional aides do more than prepare materials for teachers and monitor the lunchroom; they provide direct services to students. Most instructional aides care about their jobs and the students they work with, and sometimes…
Descriptors: Teacher Aides, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Education

Thompson, Albert R.; Van Gorp, Daniel – Science and Children, 1975
Describes the working of the Mutually Aided Learning (MAL) project in which high school students serve as learning assistants in elementary school classrooms. (PEB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instruction