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Psychology in the Schools

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Ehly, Stewart W.	1
Larsen, Stephen C.	1
Levenkron, Jeffrey	1

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Increasing Academic Performance Through Contingent Access to Tutoring

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Levenkron, Jeffrey; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1974

This article attempts to determine whether contingent access to a tutor would serve to motivate more positive academic behavior. Subjects were 16 fourth-graders. Results indicate that contingent application of individual tutoring did, indeed, increase academic performance in 15 of the students. (Author/HMV)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Elementary School Students, Individual Instruction

Tutor and Tutee Characteristics as Predictors of Tutorial Outcomes

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Ehly, Stewart W.; Larsen, Stephen C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1976

A peer tutoring program in spelling was developed to investigate effects of several tutor and tutee characteristics on tutorial outcomes, amount of learning and learning efficiency. Examination of the data reveals only the tutee's pretutorial spelling score was a significant predictor of the amount of learning. (Author)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Interaction Process Analysis, Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching