Supporting and Developing Adult Learning. Peer Tutoring: An Approach to Learning for Adult Literacy Students.

McLachlan, Caroline

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ERIC Number: EJ420922

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Publication Date: 1990

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Supporting and Developing Adult Learning. Peer Tutoring: An Approach to Learning for Adult Literacy Students.

McLachlan, Caroline

Adults Learning (England), v2 n4 p110-12 Dec 1990

Detailed interviews with four volunteer tutor/student pairs at the Stow Hill Adult Literacy Centre in Newport (England) found that peer tutoring substantially increased student confidence and reduction of anxiety about literacy problems and negative schooling experiences. Tutors also learned from the experience. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Volunteers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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