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Samway, Katharine Davies; And Others – 1995
Offering suggestions on setting up and maintaining a cross-age reading program, this book describes teachers' experiences in establishing a cross-age reading program in a multiethnic, multilingual inner-city school in Oakland, California. The book notes that what began as an effort to engage one under-achieving fifth-grade boy evolved into an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education
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Labbo, Linda D.; Teale, William H. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Studies low-achieving fifth-grade readers to evaluate the feasibility of a cross-age reading program and to clarify implementation details for a large-scale project. Finds that quantitative results and qualitative data suggest that cross-age reading programs are a promising way to help poor readers to improve their reading. (MG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cross Age Teaching, Decoding (Reading), Grade 5