This is Part I of a three-part report. (RD)

The study evaluated the effects of four fifth-grade learning disabled (LD) students tutoring one third-grade and three second-grade LD students on word recognition skills. The results indicated that the cross age tutoring procedure was mutually beneficial for the tutors and the tutees. For related information see EC 132 758-768. (Author)

Among procedural considerations in planning a peer tutoring program are tutor and tutee selection (examining age, sex, socioeconimic, cultural, and racial factors); tutor training; and program monitoring. Ethical considerations include stigmatization of the tutee. Future research issues should focus on long term effects and optimal tutor-tutee…

Literature on peer tutors and peer helpers with handicapped and nonhandicapped students is reviewed and a model is proposed for the establishment and supervision of peer helpers. Steps include identification of needs; selection of helpers; preparation of helpers; the process of helping, recording, supervision, and evaluation. (Author)

Identifies features and activities of tutorial programs that contribute to success and examines the nature of successful teaching-learning interactions. Discussion is based on an evaluation of a chemistry tutorial program on the University of Wisconsin--Madison campus. (Author/RAO)

A description is given of a training program for students preparing to be tutors. Tutors are taught to apply clearly specified motivational principles as a part of the tutoring process. (JD)

A case study of inverse tutoring, in which a slow reader in the ninth grade tutored a first grader with speech and reading problems, indicates that both students benefited from the project. (WD)

Notes the benefits of effective tutoring programs. Discusses the role of the tutor as coach, as commentator, and as counselor. (RL)

A two-credit course for students who wish to tutor in a writing lab focuses on helping students objectively evaluate compositions and respond appropriately to them. (DD)

In peer-helping programs, a professional counselor or teacher trains a group of students who then help other students by listening, providing information, and referring them to others with the necessary expertise. Peer helpers can help improve the school climate by contributing to its health and security. Since 1979, Seattle's Natural Helpers…

Describes how a parent, in cooperation with other volunteers, organized a writing center on a high school campus. Explains how they secured funding, found a room out of which to operate, and worked their way into the culture of the high school. Outlines the development of the writing center over its first four years. (TB)

A peer tutoring program at an Appalachian university was designed to meet the needs of students with poor academic backgrounds and multiple risk factors. Tutoring patterns included dyad, small group, large group, skill based, assignment based, and question based. Qualitative evaluation data revealed that each pattern required different tutor…

Examines the pros and cons of several family-oriented initiatives offered by President Clinton and Senator Bob Dole during their 1996 campaigns. These include tuition tax credits, volunteer tutoring programs, across-the-board tax breaks, and school voucher programs. (HTH)