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Peer reviewedCartwright, Sally – Young Children, 1991
Presents an interview with the founder and director of the Riley School in Maine in which she discusses the school's educational philosophy and practices, curriculum design, and physical plant design. (BB)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Cross Age Teaching, Curriculum Design, Educational Facilities Design
Download full textPica, Teresa – 1975
The general objective of this project is to enhance the educational and psycho-social development of seventh and eighth grade students who are experiencing learning or psycho-social deficits. This is accomplished through a meaningful tutorial relationship with a senior citizen aide. Together the adolescent student and tutor create educational…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Demonstration Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Persons
Drummond, Robert; And Others – 1975
Project STEP was developed at John Reed Middle School, Redding, Connecticut, to investigate the feasibility of directly involving retired citizens in an instructional relationship with learning-disabled junior and senior high school students. The project proposed to demonstrate the effectiveness of techniques for training senior citizens as…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cross Age Teaching, Handicapped Students, Individual Development
Reid, Marilyn J. – 1972
A primary annex, built to relieve overcrowding, is attended by children registered in kindergarten through grade 3. The building consists of an open area organized into a number of learning centers plus three closed classrooms. The school's program is based on two concepts adapted from the British Infant School system: (1) family or vertical…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Classroom Furniture, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Environment
Glaser, Ann; Stanton, Sharon – 1982
A low-cost reading program at De Anza Junior High School, Ontario, California, designed to motivate reluctant junior high school readers and to develop an early interest in books in preschool children is described. A background history of the Preschool Story Hour is given and sources of books are suggested. Junior high students who may be…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Library Role
Easton-Redding Regional School District 9, CT. – 1975
The general objective of this project is to enhance the educational and psycho-social development of seventh and eighth grade students who are experiencing learning or psycho-social deficits. This is accomplished through a meaningful tutorial relationship with a senior citizen aide. Together, the adolescent student and tutor create educational…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Cross Age Teaching, Emotional Disturbances
Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990
This handbook provides information about an innovative model, Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), that encourages "at-risk" students to stay in school and to set broader goals for themselves through a cross-age tutoring experience in which at-risk middle school students tutor younger, elementary school students. After a preface, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Association of Classroom Teachers. – 1968
Twenty-four local projects which are intended to serve as sources of ideas for professional group action are described in this pamphlet. The projects are reported within the framework of four areas of improving teaching. Under "professional development" projects are portrayed concerning the use of student tutors and the improvement of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anthologies, Cross Age Teaching, Economically Disadvantaged
Report on the Role of Higher Education in Enhancing Cooperation with the Public Schools in Maryland.
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1985
The potential for college-public school partnerships and issues of faculty workload, incentives, and rewards were assessed by an advisory task force. Six areas of possible cooperation were identified: responding to teacher shortages, improving the transition to college, providing tutoring and other volunteer services to public school students,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), College Role, College School Cooperation
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Social Welfare Development and Research Center. – 1974
An operational description of the 1973-74 Buddy-Tutor Project at Hilo Intermediate School in Hilo, Hawaii and an evaluative assessment of its outcome with statistical treatment of the data is provided in this report. This project is an exploratory behavioral intervention program for educationally deprived students and focuses its efforts on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Ryan, Thomas P. – 1980
This document presents narrative descriptions of 14 selected programs for reducing truant and disruptive behavior in schools, as selected by a group of Virginia educators in a project sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education. Among the tools utilized in these programs are behavior modification using tokens, in-school tutoring, in-school…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Attitude Change, Basic Skills, Behavior Change
Morris, Judson H., Jr. – 1984
Designed to improve self esteem and quality of life for rural adolescents and elderly, Project Teen-Ager enables these groups to exchange knowledge and skills for their mutual benefit. Initial sponsors of the program were Manning High School and South Carolina Community Long Term Care, a state agency for elderly/disabled persons who need help to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Services, Cross Age Teaching, Experiential Learning
PDF pending restorationAnne Arundel County Board of Education, Annapolis, MD. – 1976
The social studies component of a secondary level interdisciplinary project, Personalized Reading Interdisciplinary Development for Everyone (PRIDE), is described. Intended for use as an individualized approach for the slow learner, PRIDE encourages students with reading difficulties to tutor two mornings a week in elementary classrooms and attend…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
