Cross-Age Tutoring: Why Does It Help the Tutors?.

Nevi, Charles N.

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Publication Date: 1983-May

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Cross-Age Tutoring: Why Does It Help the Tutors?

Nevi, Charles N.

Reading Teacher, v36 n9 p892-98 May 1983

Notes that researchers have generated multiple theories as to why students learn to read better when they tutor others. Surveys several options, then concludes that the answer may lie in the amount of time spent on task in tutoring. (FL)

Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Student Role, Teacher Effectiveness, Time on Task

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Language: English

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