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McKinney, John A. – 1975
The purpose of the particum described in this paper was to teach parents tutoring skills so that they could help raise their children's academic achievement in reading and mathematics. The pupils and parents in the project represented a tri-ethnic population of blacks, whites, and Spanish surnamed. The practicum consisted of training 50 parents in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction

Thurston, Linda P.; Dasta, Kathy – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990
Three studies involving tutoring of elementary children are reported. The first demonstrated that eight parents utilized oral reading tutoring procedures successfully after training. The other two found that home tutoring improved math and spelling performance of four children both during tutoring sessions and subsequently in school. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Outcomes of Education
Cairney, Trevor H.; Munsie, Lynne – 1993
The Talk to a Literacy Learner (TTALL) program was developed in response to a New South Wales (Australia) government initiative, and is designed to focus on parents and the strategies they use to interact with their children as they read and write. An 8-week parent workshop on literacy development and a community tutor program trained selected…
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education