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…

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)

The first half of this report reviews four major projects which are training tutors for cross-age and peer tutoring, and the second half outlines a model for training and using tutors in either elementary or secondary schools. The four projects reviewed are 1) Youth Tutoring Youth, operated by the National Commission on Resources for Youth in New…

The four studies in this report consider the attribution of ability in the relationship of tutor to tutee among elementary level students. In each of the studies, the tutee displayed, or was represented as displaying, one of four learning sequences: success-success, failure-failure, failure-success, or success-failure. The results of the first…

Low-achieving fifth-grade children either taught a third grader or studied alone for a series of daily sessions. At the end of the two-week period, the low-achievers' performance was significantly better in the tutoring condition than in the studying condition. This showed a reversal in the direction from the initial difference between conditions.…

This study was designed to provide experimental data on the efficacy of tutoring and to provide specific outlines for the implementation of a tutoring project. The results indicated that fifth- and sixth-grade children facilitated measureable though limited reading development of younger children. (Author)

A kindergarten teacher implemented a cross-age tutoring program pairing second-grade students with her kindergarteners for the purpose of improving the younger children's pre-reading and mathematics abilities, and increasing the older children's self-esteem and motivation for learning. Chapter I describes the focus of the study. The literature…

A cross-age tutoring program conducted in an elementary school is described. Part I of the report concerns reasons for instituting such a program. Benefits are predicted for (1) the tutor, in improving his/her attitudes toward learning, (2) for the tutee, by promoting a positive relationship with an older child, (3) for the teachers, in providing…

The Mutually Aided Learning (MAL) program in Cherry Creek School District, Englewood, Colorado, is a special program that high school students take for credit. Planning for the general program began a year before the course was to be taught. The program, now self-supporting, has two major expenses--released time for the elementary and secondary…

This study was undertaken to determine some of the effects of role change on children's language production. The questions to be answered were: (1) To what degree is the language of a 6th grade child more conplex in the tutor role than it is in the role of student?; (2) Is there a significant difference in the variety of basic language patterns…

An evaluation, informed by a literature review, was conducted of current PALS (Partners in Active Learning Support) programs run by the FFA (Future Farmers of America), through site visits and survey administration. Site visits were made to four participating FFA chapters to evaluate the program, which matches high school mentors with grade school…

Possible effects that college female students in education had on third and fourth grade male and female isolates were investigated. (NQ)

Eighteen second-grade boys and girls identified as being high or low role-takers were videotaped teaching two same-sex kindergartners to make construction-paper caterpillars. High and low role-takers differed on eight dimensions of the 16 categories of prosocial behavior coded during videotaped observations. (Author/MP)