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HELP: Students Teach Students

Rossi, Timothy P. – Reading Impr, 1969

Examines HELP, a tutorial program in Jersey City, New Jersey, which utilizes high school students as reading teachers for disadvantaged grade school students. The student teachers had only average academic ability and limited training, but results suggested that both students and teachers gained significantly from the experience. (RW)

Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, High School Students, Instructional Innovation

Reading and Writing Can Be Fun for the Underachiever

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Anderson, Jean P. – English Journal, 1970

Relates the experiences of students at Joel E. Ferris High School (Spokane, Washington) who tutored culturally deprived elementary school students. (SW)

Descriptors: Creative Writing, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students