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Baroody, Arthur J.; Purpura, David J.; Eiland, Michael D.; Reid, Erin E. – Cognition and Instruction, 2014
Achieving fluency with basic subtraction and add-with-8 or -9 combinations is difficult for primary grade children. A 9-month training experiment entailed evaluating the efficacy of software designed to promote such fluency via guided learning of reasoning strategies. Seventy-five eligible first graders were randomly assigned to one of three…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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Dion, Eric; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Behavioral Disorders, 2005
This experimental study examined the influence of a classwide peer-tutoring reading program (Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies; PALS) on the quality of social relationships of elementary school children. Using a sociometric procedure, social preference and friendships were evaluated before and after the PALS program. Overall (mean) and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Learning Strategies, Peer Teaching