Age Differences in Reactions to Help in a Peer Tutoring Context.

DePaulo, Bella M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ387666

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Age Differences in Reactions to Help in a Peer Tutoring Context.

DePaulo, Bella M.; And Others

Child Development, v60 n2 p423-39 Apr 1989

Studies the reactions to "self-threatening help" of members of 103 dyads of second-, fourth-, and sixth-graders in a peer tutoring context. Results indicated that threatening conditions were those in which tutors and tutees were similar in age and achievement levels. (RJC)

Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Helping Relationship, Peer Teaching, Self Esteem, Social Cognition, Tutoring

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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