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Examining the Academic Effects of Cross-Age Tutoring: A Meta-Analysis
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A. Chang; E. Mauer; J. Wanzek; S. Kim; N. Scammacca; E. Swanson – Educational Psychology Review, 2025
Cross-age tutoring is an educational model where an older tutor is paired with a younger tutee, valued for its economic advantages and capacity to engage participants. This model leads to improvements in both academic performance and behavior, as evidenced by Shenderovich et al. ("International Journal of Educational Research, 76,"…
Descriptors: Tutors, Tutoring, Tutorial Programs, Cross Age Teaching
Five Recommendations to Implementing Cross-Age Tutoring in Reading
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Andrew Chang; Emily Mauer – Reading Teacher, 2024
Teaching elementary students how to read is undeniably crucial, yet a substantial number of children encounter difficulties despite early interventions. Cross-age tutoring, a pedagogical approach that pairs older students with younger peers, emerges as a cost-effective solution that brings academic and social benefits to both the tutor and the…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Tutoring, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
Development and Evaluation of Neuroscience Lesson Content to Improve Key Stage 3 (11-14 Year Old) Students' Understanding of the Early Years in England
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Louise J. Dalton; Louise Aukland; Ella Lloyd-Newman; Hadassah Buechner; Amy McCall; Elizabeth Rapa – Curriculum Journal, 2025
The Oxford SEEN (Secondary Education around Early Neurodevelopment) project developed Key Stage 3 (11-14 year olds) science lesson content about the importance of the early years for lifelong health and evaluated its impact on students' knowledge of the neuroscience and practical application to a real-world scenario. A mixed methods approach was…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Science Education, Middle School Students, Health
Cross-Age Peer Tutoring to Improve Literacy Outcomes for Students with Disabilities
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Emily Mauer; Elizabeth Swanson – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2025
Learning to read is of primary focus in the early grades. Reading can be a challenge for many students, especially those with disabilities. With rising class sizes, and more students with disabilities included in the general education setting, the need for more individualized support in literacy instruction is vital. Innovative approaches are…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Literacy
The Long-Term Implications of an After-School STEM Mentoring Program: The Perspectives of Former STEM Undergraduate Student Mentors
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Pamela Martínez Oquendo – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to make sense of the individual perspectives of former undergraduate student mentors from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields who took part in an after-school STEM mentoring program. The study examined the following research questions: (1) How do former undergraduate student STEM…
Descriptors: After School Programs, STEM Education, Mentors, Student Attitudes
Five Recommendations to Implementing Cross-Age Tutoring in Reading
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Andrew Chang; Emily Mauer – Grantee Submission, 2024
Teaching elementary students how to read is undeniably crucial, yet a substantial number of children encounter difficulties despite early interventions (NCES, 2022). Cross-age tutoring, a pedagogical approach that pairs older students with younger peers, emerges as a cost-effective solution that brings academic and social benefits to both the…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Tutoring, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
Examining the Academic Effects of Cross-Age Tutoring: A Meta-Analysis
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A. Chang; E. Mauer; J. Wanzek; S. Kim; N. Scammacca; E. Swanson – Grantee Submission, 2025
Cross-age tutoring is an educational model where an older tutor is paired with a younger tutee, valued for its economic advantages and capacity to engage participants. This model leads to improvements in both academic performance and behavior, as evidenced by Shenderovich et al. ("International Journal of Educational Research, 76,"…
Descriptors: Tutors, Tutoring, Tutorial Programs, Cross Age Teaching
"When I Started, I Wasn't Really Interested in Such Things": Catching and Holding an Interest in Computer Science and Technology
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Jonas Tillmann; Claas Wegner – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2024
Satellite laboratories, designed to ignite interest in technical and computer science topics, employ cross-age peer tutoring and physical computing platforms. Catering to students from 5th grade onwards, these laboratories are led by tutors from 9th grade onwards. Employing a design-based research approach, the project aims to comprehensively…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Tutoring, STEM Education, Secondary School Students