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Outcomes and Process in Reading Tutoring
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Topping, K. J.; Thurston, A.; McGavock, K.; Conlin, N. – Educational Research, 2012
Background: Large-scale randomised controlled trials are relatively rare in education. The present study approximates to, but is not exactly, a randomised controlled trial. It was an attempt to scale up previous small peer tutoring projects, while investing only modestly in continuing professional development for teachers. Purpose: A two-year…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Readability, Reading Ability
Working Together Works
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Majors, Hughie Lee – Childhood Education, 1971
Describes cross-age tutoring experiment in which sixth graders provided individual help and companionship to first-graders. Tutor gains were subject reinforcement, extended creativity, and meaningful personal relationships. (AJ)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Grade 1, Grade 6, Individual Instruction
ERIC/RCS: Peer Teaching.
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Lehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1984
Reviews ERIC materials dealing with effective tutoring programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Development
A Resource Guide for Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Peer and Cross-Age Tutoring.
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Bohning, Gerry – Reading Improvement, 1982
Provides resources for teachers who wish to establish programs of peer or cross-age tutoring. (FL)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Development
Increasing Sight Vocabulary in Grades 1, 2, and 3 through Cross-Age Tutoring and Game Strategies.
Levine, Sally F. – 1986
A practicum addressing (1) elementary school students' need to increase their sight vocabulary, (2) their needs for self-esteem, (3) their individual learning differences, and (4) the practical difficulties of providing additional practice time and personnel to teach is described in this guide. The introduction of the guide discusses the community…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Practicums
A Study of the Effects a Structured Tutorial Program Has on the Reading Levels of Low Achieving Readers in the Sixth Grade.
Halls, William Alford – 1976
This study sought to determine the effect of the Grant Von Harrison Lay Tutor Program on low-achieving, sixth-grade students who became tutors and on low-achieving second graders who were tutored. Experimental groups and control groups of sixth graders were formed from a list provided by the principal. Students were pre- and posttested for reading…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Grade 2
Low-Achieving Students as Successful Cross-Age Tutors.
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Giesecke, Denise; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1993
This study evaluated a cross-age peer tutoring intervention using four low-achieving grade-four students as tutors and three grade-three students reading at grade level. Tutors and tutees all improved their sight word performance substantially. All participants reported they liked the program and tutors also improved in self-concept. (DB)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4
Tutoring: Putting It All Together.
Earl, L. M.; And Others – 1980
A cross-age tutoring program--using a highly structured tutoring method, an administrative reporting system, and home based reinforcement--was implemented and evaluated in six Ontario, Canada, schools. The subjects were 50 students with reading scores at least six months below grade level. These students were placed either in an experimental group…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation