Peer and cross-age tutoring in math: Outcomes and their design implications

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-362

  Robinson, Debbie R ^a   Schofield, Janet Ward ^a   Steers Wentzell, Katrina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross age tutoring; Mathematics; Minority; Peer tutoring; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844455745     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-005-8137-2     Document Type: Review

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