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ERIC Number: EJ244923
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Feb
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Effects of Role and Assignment Rationale on Attitudes Formed during Peer Tutoring.
Bierman, Karen Linn; Furman, Wyndol
Journal of Educational Psychology, v73 n1 p33-40 Feb 1981
The role of assignment rationale on the attitudinal effects of peer tutoring is examined. Tutors had more positive attitudes than tutees when they had been given a competence or physical characteristic rationale but not when the tutors were provided a chance rationale or no rationale. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Peer Teaching, Role Perception, Role Theory, Self Concept
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Michigan Pupil Attitude Questionnaire; Tutoring Attitude Questionnaire