ERIC Number: EJ844208
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
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Differential Effects of Peer Tutoring in Co-Taught and Non-Co-Taught Classes: Results for Content Learning and Student-Teacher Interactions
McDuffie, Kimberly A.; Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.
Exceptional Children, v75 n4 p493-510 Sum 2009
Differential effects of a peer-tutoring intervention on the academic achievement of 203 7th-grade science students with and without disabilities in co-teaching and non-co-teaching settings were examined over an 8-week period. Impact of peer tutoring was assessed using a 2 condition by 2 settings by 2 types of students analysis of covariance with pretests as covariates. Results indicate that the peer-tutoring intervention was associated with improvements in student performance, and students in co-teaching settings perform better than those in non-co-teaching settings, but no additional value was added when peer tutoring was implemented in co-taught classrooms. Because co-teaching is increasingly used for teaching students with disabilities in general education classroom settings, implications of these findings for current practice and the need for future research are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship, Grade 7, Disabilities, Team Teaching, Classroom Environment, Achievement Gains, Mainstreaming, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Special Needs Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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