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Van Keer, Hilde; Vanderlinde, Ruben – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
To close the gap between reading research and the reality of instruction, the authors developed a reading comprehension approach for elementary school, aiming at explicit instruction and practice of reading comprehension strategies. Their approach encompasses two complementary cornerstones: explicit instruction in reading strategies and creating…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
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Veerkamp, Mary Baldwin; Kamps, Debra M.; Cooper, Lori – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
This study investigated the effects of Classwide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) on the reading skills of urban middle-school students using novels as the curriculum. Teacher-led instruction was compared with CWPT and CWPT plus a lottery contingency for appropriate on-task and tutoring behaviors. Three sixth-grade general education reading classes under the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Oral Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Rate
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Kohler, Frank W.; Greenwood, Charles R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
A classwide peer tutoring procedure was implemented in an urban elementary school classroom of 23 students, to improve students' spelling performance. Results indicated the untrained or collateral tutoring behaviors increased the academic response frequencies of three tutees and the weekly spelling achievement of one target tutee. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Problems
Whorton, Debra M.; And Others – 1986
The project attempted to experimentally validate the use of tutoring and small group teaching formats as alternatives to one-to-one teaching procedures involving autistic children. Single-subject studies and experimental-control group designs were used to compare the effects of tutoring and small group teaching formats in public and private school…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kamps, Debra; Wendland, Maura; Culpepper, Michelle – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
This study presents functional assessment data from two second-grade students with behavior and academic problems. Functional assessment procedures included interview, observation, functional analysis, and intervention. Functional analysis conditions, conducted by the classroom teacher, with coaching from the researcher, indicated multiple…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems