Private tutoring: how prevalent and effective is it?

By J. Ireson. 2004

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Exploring the potential impact of reciprocal peer tutoring on higher education students’ metacognitive knowledge and regulation (2012, result): “Nonetheless, the large effect sizes are in line with previous research about the impact of peer tutoring and peer discussions on students’ higher-order thinking and learning (e.g. Ellis, Goodyear, Prosser, & O’Hara, 2006; Ireson, 2004; Rosé & Torrey, 2005).”
Achieving Excellence in Teacher Workforce and Equity in Learning Opportunities in South Korea (2008, background): “The quality and quantity of private instruction may vary depending on its cost (Ireson, 2004).”
Buying your way into college? Private tuition and the transition to higher education in Ireland (2009, background): “Thus, research on private tuition is rarely linked to analysis of other sources of student support, such as after-school study programmes (Ireson, 2004).”
Private tutoring in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: policy choices and implications (2010, background): “However, more recent studies reveal that private tutoring has been growing elsewhere, including Africa (for example, Sambo 2001; Paviot, Heinsohn, and Korkman 2008), North America (for example, Burch 2009; Davies 2004; Gordon, Bridglall, and Meroe 2005), and Western Europe (for example, Mischo and H”
Private supplementary tutoring: comparative perspectives on patterns and implications (2006, background): “…pupils receiving tutoring in other societies may be lower, but it has also become increasingly evident, with different dynamics and underlying forces, in Western Europe (see e.g. Mischo & Haag, 2002; Glasman, 2004; Ireson, 2004) and North America (Schwartz, 1999; Davies, 2004; Gordon et al., 2005).”