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

A project has been planned to help individualize instruction and change the learning climate by using elementary school pupils to assist each other in learning. A "tutorial community" is being established involving an entire ghetto school of 1,500 students (Pacoima Elementary School, Los Angeles) in intra- and intergrade tutoring, student…

This report describes a pilot program set up to test the feasibility of a student out-of-school tutoring service for 4th and 5th graders as a means of providing remedial instruction for potential dropouts. For testing purposes, a small-scale 5-session program was set up, using as tutors 9th through 12th grade volunteer students, from a local…

A study described the amount of usage and structure of cross-age reading tutoring programs. A survey was sent to 68 schools in northwest Ohio to determine percentage and ranges of usage. Results indicated that less than 22% of the 42 elementary schools that responded to the survey used a cross-age tutoring program. Of the programs in place, less…

This is a first-year report of an attempt to create a tutorial community in an elementary school. The goal is a learning community of students, parents, teachers, administrators, and researchers who are expected to work together in planning and conducting instruction. The students will hopefully develop a capacity for self-directed study and…