Look Who's Teaching Science Today! Cross-Age Tutoring Makes the Grade.

Smith, Walter S.; Burrichter, Cindy

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ERIC Number: EJ463144

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8148

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Look Who's Teaching Science Today! Cross-Age Tutoring Makes the Grade.

Smith, Walter S.; Burrichter, Cindy

Science and Children, v30 n4 p20-23 Apr 1993

Describes the use of cross-age tutoring in which sixth-grade students are used to teach first-grade students about plants. Provides a list of praise words used by the sixth graders and discusses the mutual benefits received by the students. (MDH)

Descriptors: Biology, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 6, Investigations, Peer Teaching, Plants (Botany), Science Education, Science Instruction, Self Esteem, Teaching Methods, Tutoring

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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