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ERIC Number: ED074473
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1972-Aug
Pages: 46
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Students Helping Students Program, 1971-72. Final Report.
Bremmer, Barbara L.
A tutorial program which used students as tutors was conducted in the Seattle Public Schools during the 1971-72 school year as part of an ESEA Title I project. Called "Students Helping Students," the program used 40 seventh and eighth graders as tutors in reading, mathematics, and language for about 80 first through fourth graders. Following a one-week training session, two or four older students were assigned to each participating elementary classroom, one or two each day on alternate days for one hour. Evaluation of the program was conducted in four ways: evaluation by the program staff on a day-to-day basis, teacher assessment of tutee progress, absenteeism count of the tutors, and an attitudinal survey of both the tutors and tutees at the beginning and end of the program, as well as a feedback survey of the elementary teachers involved. Results showed that almost half of the tutees showed greater academic progress with tutors than without; 60 percent of the tutors improved their attendance records; and there was no significant change in attitude of either tutors or tutees. Anecdotal reports of the student helpers, interview readouts by the tutors, research summaries and evaluation instruments, and the program coordinator's evaluation are included as appendixes. (TO)
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Sponsor: Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Compensatory Education.
Authoring Institution: Seattle Public Schools, WA. Dept. of Planning, Research, and Evaluation.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
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