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Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Phillips, Norris B.; Hamlett, Carol L.; Karns, Kathy – School Psychology Review, 1995
Examines the effects of classwide peer-assisted learning strategies (PALS) in mathematics incorporating the use of curriculum-based measurement on acquisition and transfer learning of three types of students (average-achieving student, low-achieving students, and students with a learning disability). Analysis of variance indicates superior…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedFuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Burish, Pamela – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2000
This article describes the Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) program for developing reading skills in grades 2-6. It notes a 3rd grade teacher's perspective and reports on research and development efforts supporting use of PALS reading with students with learning disabilities. Noted is the recent extension of PALS reading downward into…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedSaenz, Laura M.; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Exceptional Children, 2005
This study assessed the effects of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS), a reciprocal classwide peer-tutoring strategy, on the reading performance of native Spanish-speaking students with learning disabilities (LD) and their low-, average-, and high-achieving classroom peers. Participants were 132 native Spanish-speaking English language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grade 3, Reading Comprehension, Reading Teachers
Peer reviewedMcMaster, Kristen Nyman; Fuchs, Douglas – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
This article reviews 15 research studies published from 1990 to 2000 examining effects of cooperative learning strategies on the academic achievement of students with learning disabilities. Despite design problems, the review finds that cooperative learning strategies that incorporate individual accountability and group rewards are likely to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFuchs, Douglas; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1997
Effectiveness of a classwide peer tutoring program was studied for low achievers with and without learning disabilities and average achievers in 20 elementary school intervention classes and 20 control classes. All types of learners in peer tutoring classrooms demonstrated greater reading progress regardless of which of three measures was used.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Inclusive Schools
