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Banta, Trudy W.; Shoun, Sandra – Tennessee Education, 1981
Evaluation of Lenoir City, Tennessee pilot program using 14 retirees to tutor fourth and seventh graders one-to-one in reading using Laubach Reading Method indicated that fourth graders were more positive about the program; Laubach materials were too easy; and pre- and posttutoring California Achievement Test scores did not support reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 7, Individual Instruction
Peer reviewedThrope, Lynne; Wood, Karen – Clearing House, 2000
Offers an overview of research on cross-age tutoring. Describes a successful cross-age tutoring program pairing 7th-grade with 3rd-grade students. Offers guidelines for developing a successful cross-age tutoring program. (SR)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Early Adolescents, Educational Research, Elementary Education
