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McTeer, J. Hugh; And Others – 1983
A one-year study of peer tutoring in social studies was conducted among seventh grade students in Buchanan, Georgia. Although peer tutoring took place in the experimental group, the same text, supplementary materials, classroom activities, and teaching methodologies were used in both the experimental and control groups. Both groups were given…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 7, Individual Instruction, Junior High Schools

Maheady, Larry; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1988
Fourteen mildly handicapped (learning-disabled or behavior-disordered) and 36 nondisabled students in grade 10 social studies classrooms participated in a classwide peer tutoring program. Performance on weekly tests was significantly improved; 60 percent of all students earned "A" grades, and failing grades were virtually eliminated. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Grade 10, High Schools
Brottman, Marvin A. – 1975
The purpose of the program described in this report was to improve reading and other basic skills of third- and sixth-grade children by providing a program in which sixth-grade children tutored third-grade children. Three classrooms of third-grade children and three classrooms of sixth-grade children were involved in this endeavor over a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cross Age Teaching, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education