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Lundell, Kerth T.; Brown, William E. – Academic Therapy, 1979
A peer tutoring model is described and suggestions for implementing peer tutoring programs are provided. The seven steps in the development of a peer tutoring program are: establishing a need, considering curriculum, assessing, selecting learners, selecting tutors, monitoring, and coordinating. (PHR)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems
Gallimore, Ronald; And Others – 1974
Ethnographically derived measures of sibling caretaking were correlated with attentiveness to a peer tutor for 26 kindergarten children in the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP). It was hypothesized that children raised in a sibling caretaking system would be more accustomed to learning from other children than those reared primarily by…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement
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Gardner, William E. – Urban Review, 1978
This article focuses on a demonstration project that was developed to investigate the effects on reading achievement, self concept, attitudes toward school, and behavior of the participants (low achieving third and fourth grade tutors and first and second grade tutees). (Author)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Low Achievement
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Maheady, Larry; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1987
The study examined the effects of classwide peer tutoring (involving team assignment, a game format, contingent point rewards, and immediate error correction) on the academic performance of mildly handicapped and nondisabled students (n=91) in ninth- and tenth-grade math classes. Group and individual results indicated significant improvement in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Educational Games, Feedback
Dollar, Bruce – 1974
A case study, in-depth description, and analysis of a youth tutoring youth program are presented in this document. The approach used in preparing the study--mainly utilizing participant observation, site visits, and structured interviews--are detailed in a separate chapter. This is followed by a chapter of background information in which the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Children, Demonstration Programs