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Peer reviewedFresko, Barbara; Eisenberg, Theodore – Journal of Experimental Education, 1985
Socially disadvantaged Israeli children in grades three or six were paired with university student tutors. Mathematics and reading achievement were measured after one year of tutoring, two years of tutoring, or no intervention. One year of tutoring yielded some gains; however, a second year did not increment them. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedYogev, Abraham; Ronen, Rachel – Journal of Educational Research, 1982
The psychological benefits of a high school tutoring program were investigated. Results gathered from questionnaires answered by high school students tutoring junior high school students, both before and after the tutoring experience, indicated that tutors' empathy, altruism, and self-esteem increased as a result of program participation.…
Descriptors: Altruism, Cross Age Teaching, Empathy, Foreign Countries
