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Peer Helping Relationships in Urban Schools. ERIC Digest.
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Webb, Michael – 1987
Research has shown that students and teachers can benefit from structured in-school helping relationships in which peers assume formal roles as tutors. For the student in need of academic help, peer tutoring programs provide an opportunity to learn in a more nonthreatening environment than the classroom. Immediate feedback and clarification of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Outcomes of Education