The subject of this booklet is cross-age helping. It begins with a discussion of what cross-age helping is and why it is effective. Cross-age helping is described as a program where children teach or help other children. The older children help the younger children learn what the younger children want to know, and the younger children help the…

A program is described in which advanced high school language students acted as tutors in Spanish and French in a FLES program. (RM)

When one student tutors another, both gain. This article (1) recounts the origins of peer tutoring; (2) summarizes the relevant research; and (3) describes three programs around the country where tutoring is applied to computer education, hands-on science lessons, and basic skills instruction. (LHW)

In the metals program at Rincon High School in Tucson, Arizona beginners in the metalshop can benefit from the assistance of advanced students. (BP)

This annotated bibliography is an effort to provide educators and researchers with a comprehensive listing of current resources, information, and research concerning peer and cross age academic tutoring by students, together with a selection of references on related topics of cross age interactions, tutoring in general, and the use of…

It is possible that the student himself may be a valuable resource in the individualization of instruction in the elementary school. This study paired a fourth grade student with a sixth grade student who had a similar reading skill level. The pair then used a kit of auto-instructional materials designed to teach elementary school science.…

This 20-minute tape cassette on students as teachers is one of a series designed to inspire inservice school personnel and provide them with basic information about school innovation. Allen's comments focus on the appropriate teaching roles for students and the advantages of students as teachers. Allen feels that all kinds of students can and…

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)

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)

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)

This review of the literature on peer, cross-aged, and reverse-role tutoring postulates that reverse-role tutoring is an effective intervention for use with students with learning disabilities. Critical components for a successful tutoring project include organization, planned activities, training for tutors, high behavioral expectations, and…