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Osguthorpe, Russell T. – Exceptional Parent, 1985
The author describes a project in which disabled students are trained to tutor nondisabled students. The advantages of such an approach are considered. Tutoring is described in resource rooms, total class approaches, and as a "ripple" model which begins small and expands. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Development
Osguthorpe, Russell T.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1985
The study measured social acceptance experienced by fourth through sixth-grade mentally retarded students who acted as tutors of their regular class peers. Results showed that tutors interacted with regular class peers more often than handicapped non-tutors and suggested that handicapped students would make more personal/social progress with…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Mild Mental Retardation, Peer Acceptance, Peer Teaching
Download full textOsguthorpe, Russell T.; Bishop, Milo E. – 1977
The paper suggests the application of a research and development (R and D) process in an ongoing project at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Four phases/stages of the process are discussed: research, development, implementation, and maintenance. It is pointed out that the objective of the project has been to train normal hearing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Students, Deafness, Higher Education
Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1976
The feasibility of employing hearing college students as tutor/notetakers for deaf students was examined with 25 deaf and 10 hearing students. Hearing Ss were given an intensive training program in manual communications, notetaking, and tutoring, and assigned to take notes for and tutor the deaf Ss who were enrolled in classes for the hearing.…
Descriptors: College Students, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Higher Education
Osguthorpe, Russell T.; Custer, Jeanene D. – 1982
The authors, experienced with educable and trainable mentally handicapped fifth and sixth graders, describe a procedure for training handicapped students to tutor their nonhandicapped peers (reverse role tutoring) to enhance handicapped students' abilities in the areas of academic achievement, personal/social adjustment, and decision making/moral…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Intermediate Grades, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Custer, Jeanene D.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1980
Twelve educable and three trainable mentally retarded fifth and sixth grade students were trained in techniques to allow them to tutor nonhandicapped students in sign language. Observers noted free play interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped children at lunch hours. Results indicated that the mean percentage of interaction between…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Peer Acceptance
Scruggs, Thomas E.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1985
Two experiments compared cross-age and peer tutoring interventions within special education settings. In experiment 1, 47 elementary age learning and/or behaviorally disordered (LD/BD) students acted as tutors of younger LD and BD students. In experiment 2, 31 same-age LD and BD students alternated tutor and tutee roles. In both experiments,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedOsguthorpe, Russell T.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1986
The article synthesizes results of studies dealing with cross age and peer tutoring in special education, noting both tutor and tutee benefits (academic and personal/social). Implications for instruction are noted. (CL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Osguthorpe, Russell T. – Academic Therapy, 1984
Programs in which handicapped students tutor their nonhandicapped peers can enhance the tutors' academic achievement and personal/social growth. Steps to be considered in developing such programs include determining the type of tutoring (peer, cross-age, adult-child, etc.), choosing a content area, training and supervising the tutors, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedScruggs, Thomas E.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
Compared cross-age and peer tutoring interventions conducted within special education settings. In Experiment 1, learning disabled (LD) and behaviorally disordered (BD) students tutored younger LD and BD students. In Experiment 2, same-age LD and BD students alternated tutor and tutee roles. In both experiments, tutors and tutees exhibited…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Children, Comparative Analysis
Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1984
Issues in tutoring handicapped and gifted students are examined in the paper, one of a collection of papers commissioned for the Foundations project on the career development needs of students entering the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Studies are reviewed which assess the effects of tutoring on both tutors and tutees in three broad…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Cross Age Teaching
Eiserman, William D.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1986
The second year of a 2-year study on the benefits of using handicapped students to tutor nonhandicapped peers focused on the effects of having all students in a special class tutor simultaneously (the total class tutoring method). Forty intellectually handicapped students (IQs ranging from 50 to 75) tutored 60 nonhandicapped agemates in basic sign…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Osguthorpe, Russell T.; And Others – 1986
This final report presents eight papers resulting from research conducted during the third and final year of the "Handicapped Children as Tutors" project, which investigated effects of involving handicapped students as tutors of disabled and non-disabled elementary and secondary school students. Results of all the research showed…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
