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Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (NJ3), 2009
What reading programs have been proven to help students in grades 2-5 to succeed? To find out, this review summarizes evidence on three types of programs designed to improve the reading achievement of students in grades 2-5: (1) Reading Curricula (Curr), such as "Open Court," "Harcourt," "Reading Street" and other standard and alternative…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Reading Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Reading Programs
Cairo, Leslie, III; Craig, Jim – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
Peer tutoring and cross-age tutoring are two student-to-student tutoring methods. Peer tutoring occurs when tutors and tutees are of the same age. Cross-age tutoring refers to older students tutoring younger students. Studies of cross-age tutoring have reported improved academic performance for both tutors and tutees. The present study was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Tutors, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods