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Foster-Harrison, Elizabeth S. – 1997
This pamphlet describes the key elements necessary for a successful schoolwide or classroom-based tutoring program, explores the benefits for tutors and tutees, and explains the steps that are necessary for the effective training of tutors. The first section looks at peer and cross-age tutoring, including terms and definitions and the benefits of…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Development
Boland-Willms, Annette – 1991
A practicum report addressed the problem of lack of interest in the literacy of young readers and the need to motivate them to want to read. A cross-age peer-tutoring program was established where primary students were paired with upper intermediate grade students who displayed positive reading attitudes and habits. The tutoring pair worked…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cross Age Teaching, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The learning module described is designed for the use of teachers interested in implementing or improving a student tutoring program. The content of the module is outlined, and the activities and resources involved in its use are described. A critique of the module is presented, and ordering information is included. (JD)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
Download full textKlaus, David J. – 1975
Four patterns or generalizations about peer tutoring are discussed, including the following: (a) academic gains for the learner seem to be most uniformly produced by highly structured programs which explicitly define the content, sequence, and procedure for each lesson; (b) academic gains for the tutor seem most likely when the tutoring experience…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs
Towson, Shelagh M. J. – 1972
The purpose of this study was the determination of those peer teaching variables crucial for the older child's maximal satisfaction. Subjects were 48 fifth grade and 48 third grade children, each grade consisting of 24 males and 24 females. The failure of some subjects to participate in all experimental sessions necessitated the elimination of…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Evaluation, Grade 3, Grade 5
Peer reviewedDill, W. Charles; Conners, Gregory A. – Catalyst for Change, 1976
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs, Peer Teaching
Peer reviewedStrom, Robert D. – Elementary School Journal, 1978
Advocates the use of peer and cross-age teaching in the elementary grades. Play as a method for peer teaching is emphasized. (CM)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Activities
Lane, Karen Sue – 1997
A study examined whether cross-grade peer tutoring increased student performance on weekly spelling tests. Subjects, 7 sixth graders and 19 second graders attending Coal City Elementary School in Raleigh County, West Virginia, spent 10 minutes each day for 9 weeks working on spelling. The experimental group used cross-grade peer tutoring and the…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 6
Lee, Faye C. H.; Murdock, Shelley; Paterson, Carole – 1996
In the San Francisco Bay Area (California), community agencies and organizations routinely use teenagers as mentors and teachers of peers and younger children. Despite the literature indicating that teens should derive many benefits from these roles, agency staff have observed teen teachers who appear frustrated, bored, or disengaged, or who have…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Community Programs
Craker, George; Richardson, Jim – Australian Journal of Reading, 1981
Reports the results of a study that supports the use of cross-grade tutors reading along with poor readers to improve their reading skills. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedBlock, Cathy Collins; Dellamura, Robyn J. – Reading Teacher, 2001
Describes how book buddies activities enable both tutors and tutees to reach new heights in their literacy abilities. Describes how teachers can significantly increase these benefits by incorporating record-keeping and writing activities. Offers examples of book buddy journals, reflection forms, reading records, strategies checklists, question…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching
Direct linkLazerson, David B. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2005
Concerned professionals in the juvenile justice field frequently express concern for effective programs that help youth offenders successfully rejoin society. This mixed-method pilot study involved detention home teens functioning as tutors for special education students in a public school. Tutors were selected who, based on previous assessment as…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Pilot Projects
Vogelwiesche, Uta; Grob, Alexander; Winkler, Britta – Learning and Instruction, 2006
In a voluntary tutor-based training program, socially disadvantaged adolescents acquired basic computer skills. Two training groups were compared: one group was instructed by adolescents, the other by adults. Both groups achieved comparable results in a final test. The tutees' learning results did not differ with respect to their initial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged, Computer Literacy, Tutoring
Anderson, Linda Brown – Teaching Pre K-8, 2007
Tutoring has long been recognized as superior to group instruction, especially for students with special needs. Tutors can adapt instruction to the learner's pace, learning style and level of understanding. Feedback and correction are immediate. Basic misunderstandings can be quickly identified and corrected. Tutoring also has emotional benefits:…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Special Needs Students, Psychological Needs, Group Instruction
Young, Allison J.; Boyle, Robert A. – 1994
A study investigated whether grade-level status affects learning through cross-age activities. Data were collected through unstructured and open-ended audiotaped interviews with 11 pairs of students in a combined third- and fifth-grade class. Coding and analysis of data revealed seven themes related to students' perceptions of their interactions…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
