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"I Must Be Good if I Can Teach!"--Peer Tutoring with Aggressive and Withdrawn Children.
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Lazerson, David B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
The study involving 60 withdrawn and aggressive elementary school students tested the hypothesis that Ss would benefit from participating in daily learning sessions with peers having similar behavioral problems. After 5 weeks of peer tutoring, almost all Ss who actively participated in the program showed higher gains than control Ss in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education
Three Types of Peer Tutoring: Effects on the Attitudes of Students with Learning Disabilities and Their Regular Class Peers.
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Eiserman, William D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The effects of three types of tutoring treatments on the attitudes of learning-disabled and control students (n=124) in grades K-6 were compared. The tutoring programs, involving sign language and reading, produced beneficial effects on attitudes about peers, school, and learning, whereas control students did not experience comparable gains.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Individual Instruction
The Effectiveness of Cross-Age Tutoring with Truant, Junior High School Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Lazerson, David B.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
This study determined the effects of using truant and tardy junior high school learning-disabled students as tutors for younger learning-disabled pupils. After six weeks of tutoring, most of the 16 tutors showed a significant increase toward an internal orientation of locus of control and a decrease in truant/tardy behaviors. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education