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Limbeck, Elizabeth; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1985
Reports a program, a modification of the "paired-reading" technique of Morgan and Lyon, which involved both concurrent modeling of correct reading and praise for reading independently by peer tutors. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Children, Cross Age Teaching, Peer Teaching, Reading Improvement

Scruggs, Thomas E.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
Compared cross-age and peer tutoring interventions conducted within special education settings. In Experiment 1, learning disabled (LD) and behaviorally disordered (BD) students tutored younger LD and BD students. In Experiment 2, same-age LD and BD students alternated tutor and tutee roles. In both experiments, tutors and tutees exhibited…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Children, Comparative Analysis

Ginsburg-Block, Marika; Fantuzzo, John – School Psychology Quarterly, 1997
Investigated the relationship between peer-tutoring interactions of dyads and experience in a reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT) program in mathematics. Analysis of 40 at-risk fourth- and fifth-grade students indicates that RPT participants displayed significantly higher rates of mathematics achievement, social acceptance, and other favorable measures…
Descriptors: Children, Cross Age Teaching, Grade 4, Grade 5