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Peer reviewedHeward, William L.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1986
Within the context of an ongoing classwide peer tutoring system for sight words, a training program was conducted to teach first-grade peer tutors to provide verbal praise for correct responses on an intermittent schedule. After training, the four observed tutors successfully delivered praise on the desired schedule. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Peer Teaching, Positive Reinforcement
Peer reviewedStubbs, Judith C.; Vandever, Thomas R. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
Twenty-one trainable mentally handicapped students (age range of 126-247 months) at two schools completed 2 years of reading instruction using a sight method of learning. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Individualized Instruction
