Title: A Special Kind of Tutor
Author: Linda Brown Anderson
Publication: Teaching Pre K-8
Year of Publication: 2007
Description: Anderson describes how cross-age tutoring can not only increase learning for both tours and tutees but build up a sense of community in the school. She explains how contrary to what many may believe, the tutor benefits the most from tutoring. The most shocking thing about the article is that Anderson teaches students with emotional and behavioural disorders and she implements the peer-tutoring program with these students as tutors. She goes on to say that these students showed improved academic performance following their tutoring. She also describes three successful models in place in the US in both elementary and secondary schools. It may be important to note that this study was done on elementary-aged children.
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