Cross-age tutoring is an educational model where an older tutor is paired with a younger tutee, valued for its economic advantages and capacity to engage participants. This model leads to improvements in both academic performance and behavior, as evidenced by Shenderovich et al. ("International Journal of Educational Research, 76,"…

Cross-age tutoring is an educational model where an older tutor is paired with a younger tutee, valued for its economic advantages and capacity to engage participants. This model leads to improvements in both academic performance and behavior, as evidenced by Shenderovich et al. ("International Journal of Educational Research, 76,"…

A discussion of how the child study team concept has evolved in the past few years and the advantages of the current model. (HB)

This article describes classroom-tested ideas and activities for use in cross-age tutoring in elementary schools. (Editors/JA)

The renaissance of tutoring in New York state is discussed, focusing on methods of selection, training, instructional approaches, and benefits for both tutors and tutees. A summary of the New York City school system's Youth Tutoring Youth Program is provided, as well as highlights of other state programs. (EH)

This book describes current educational programs in which young people have been tutoring younger students; the programs are based on the assumption that children learn more from teaching other children. To the degree that they offer a chance to enact an adult role, teaching tasks can provide reassurance and confidence for many youths. Strategies…

This article outlines a cross-age elementary level geography tutorial project and suggests some experiences suitable for tutorial activity. (DE)

This document examines eighteen studies on the subject of cross-grade tutoring, the studies being classified according to the manner in which the tutoring task is selected--whether based on the needs of the teacher, the tutor, or the tutee. Presentation of the studies follows the following sequence: (1) a description and analysis of experiments…

Fifth- and sixth-grade students were trained by kindergarten teachers to tutor kindergarten pupils in reading by using highly structured practice exercises, selected by teachers for each pupil as part of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's First-Year Communication Skills Program. To measure the effectiveness of tutoring on the progress of pupils…

Outlines a student tutoring program called SAILS (Student Assistance in Learning and Support) that helps students who have chronic difficulties in mathematics, reading, English, and with personal problems. (MD)

Twenty high school seniors from a psychology class were used to tutor 20 primary grade pupils. (NQ)

A description of the Tutorial Project which provides secondary school students as tutors to elementary school pupils. The tutors operate under the direction of the elementary school teachers and administrators, and generally serve from one to two hours daily. The project is designed to provide success-oriented educational experiences for high…

The author uses concepts of social psychology to examine "learning-by-tutoring" tutorial projects designed to enhance the learning of both tutors and tutees by ensuring that tutors are teaching work that they themselves need to practice. Selected areas of social-psychological research are briefly described, and concepts from these areas are…