Tutoring has emotional as well as cognitive benefits. Students can achieve at their own pace without being compared with faster learners. The extra attention and emotional support may help fill important psychological needs for children from troubled or single-parent families. Research has demonstrated that with proper training, students can successfully tutor other students. However, sometimes the term peer tutoring is used to include both types.
Successful programs take many forms.
Three programs serve to illustrate the wide range of configurations possible. This program in Eugene, Oregon, selects academically strong students as tutors and gives them academic credit for training classes and tutoring. Tutors, who are the program's primary focus, are paid as well as given academic credit. Tutoring is one of several integrated instructional components. All students in a class take turns acting as tutor and tutee during daily exercises.